"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
- Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
I came back! It took more than 2 years to come back here, but I did. And boy do I hope you'll see me a little differently. Perhaps a little wiser? Let's hope. The last two years have been a bittersweet cocktail topped with lemony sunshine and a rainbow coloured stirrer. It started with where I left you last, remember the steak and the heartbreak? Yes, so the man who involuntarily caused that heartbreak turned out to be the muse of my epic journey through the charming cities of Europe that slowly but completely mended my foolish heart. Europe is a must for every soul. I covered 8 countries and 26 cities in a span of 3 months, and it clearly wasn't enough because I found myself bawling like a candy-less toddler at the airport in Berlin and on the flight home. It was spectacular and I wish I had written my blog, as I travelled from place to place, but of course I didn't get the time between sharing khakra with strangers in a carpool and finding silly French men to lose my common sense to.
So I'm afraid my Europe stories will only be known by a precious few for now. Or perhaps one day they'll be compiled in a book called 'The Adventures of the Saucy Minx'. We'll just have to wait and see. But for now I shall regale you with stories from my journey to Singapore and Cambodia. Most of you know me well enough to know that I cannot be in one place for too long. So after I returned from Bombay where I was working on a horror film with the coolest bunch of people, I had the itch to spend all the money I had just earned on another crazy adventure somewhere new. Singapore wasn't ever my first choice for a crazy adventure but since I've been promising my best friend Natameanie every year for the past seven, that I would visit her, I decided the time had finally come. Also, Davey Jones is about to go down the marriage road, so we thought this would be the perfect time for what was dubbed as The Last Singlette.
Singapore is so sterile it reminds me of the dentist's. And very plastic. Even the greenery seems a little fake. Singaporean money is plastic too. At first that put me off, but at the end of my trip when I found my US dollars a little torn and worn out and my Singapore dollars looking as fresh as a baby's bottom I saw the value of having plastic money. Though, if you had to read an autobiography of a currency note, you'd believe the US dollar had way more adventures than the Singaporean dollar. But that would be typically human, to judge based on looks. I digress, as usual. So in my opinion the must see and do things are:
Singapore Art Museum (SAM),
Bugis, (have the milkmaid coffee at the other side of the Bugis shopping street),
eat Kai-lan wherever possible,
party at Ku De Ta (ladies- go on a wednesday, it's free entry and you get 1 complimentary drink and shots if you can fight for them) and then eat at Spize,
take a walk around Clarke Quay and Boat Quay with a fabulous friend,
watch the fifteen minute water and light show at the bay (there are BUBBLES too!!) and then walk across to the Gardens by the Bay for the cool Avatar-like pods,
try Ais Kacang- dessert like you've never had it before,
and finally go check out the graffiti at Haji Lane.
There are lots of great restaurants (I hear) in Singapore that you can try, if you shit gold every morning, so make sure you have your Kai-lan everyday since it has great digestive properties (according to Davey Jones).
Those who love amusement parks should definitely go to Universal Studios. It's a $74 entry, but it's good fun. For me it was the most stressful day I've had in the longest time. Every ride had a 60 min (minimum) waiting so all I did while we waited was freak myself out and then shut my eyes during most of the 3 minute ride. I enjoyed the 20 min Shrek 4D movie the most, and surprisingly also the Jurassic Park water ride. [Ride Spoiler Alert] Here's a tip for the ladies and some gents who hate getting photos wrong- during the water ride at the Jurassic Park, at one point the pod you're sitting in, is elevated and almost shoved into the mouth of a T-Rex. At this point most of us would scream and look quite disastrous, but please remember that when the T rex opens his mouth to roar at you, there's a camera taking photos of you discreetly. Make sure to smile and smile like you mean it! Natameanie warned us of this, so the end result was quite hilarious because you can see we're shitting our pants but smiling through it all. We ended our day at Universal with a bag of Garrett's popcorn, which is apparently the pride of Chicago, but definitely the best damn caramel popcorn I've ever had.
The rest of my time in Singapore was spent on Baby Mellow's couch watching Netflix. It was equally memorable.
Singapore grows on you, and can be a lot of fun provided you have friends and if you don't have friends, at least make sure you've got the money.
PS: For all those who use Tinder, it would benefit you to get a sim card in Singapore because there's lot of Tindering (or whatever the word for that is) to be done.
AIS KACANG
COFFEE WITH MILKMAID
VIEW FROM KUDETA
YUMMY GARRETT'S POPCORN
EXHIBIT AT SAM
- Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
I came back! It took more than 2 years to come back here, but I did. And boy do I hope you'll see me a little differently. Perhaps a little wiser? Let's hope. The last two years have been a bittersweet cocktail topped with lemony sunshine and a rainbow coloured stirrer. It started with where I left you last, remember the steak and the heartbreak? Yes, so the man who involuntarily caused that heartbreak turned out to be the muse of my epic journey through the charming cities of Europe that slowly but completely mended my foolish heart. Europe is a must for every soul. I covered 8 countries and 26 cities in a span of 3 months, and it clearly wasn't enough because I found myself bawling like a candy-less toddler at the airport in Berlin and on the flight home. It was spectacular and I wish I had written my blog, as I travelled from place to place, but of course I didn't get the time between sharing khakra with strangers in a carpool and finding silly French men to lose my common sense to.
So I'm afraid my Europe stories will only be known by a precious few for now. Or perhaps one day they'll be compiled in a book called 'The Adventures of the Saucy Minx'. We'll just have to wait and see. But for now I shall regale you with stories from my journey to Singapore and Cambodia. Most of you know me well enough to know that I cannot be in one place for too long. So after I returned from Bombay where I was working on a horror film with the coolest bunch of people, I had the itch to spend all the money I had just earned on another crazy adventure somewhere new. Singapore wasn't ever my first choice for a crazy adventure but since I've been promising my best friend Natameanie every year for the past seven, that I would visit her, I decided the time had finally come. Also, Davey Jones is about to go down the marriage road, so we thought this would be the perfect time for what was dubbed as The Last Singlette.
Singapore is so sterile it reminds me of the dentist's. And very plastic. Even the greenery seems a little fake. Singaporean money is plastic too. At first that put me off, but at the end of my trip when I found my US dollars a little torn and worn out and my Singapore dollars looking as fresh as a baby's bottom I saw the value of having plastic money. Though, if you had to read an autobiography of a currency note, you'd believe the US dollar had way more adventures than the Singaporean dollar. But that would be typically human, to judge based on looks. I digress, as usual. So in my opinion the must see and do things are:
Singapore Art Museum (SAM),
Bugis, (have the milkmaid coffee at the other side of the Bugis shopping street),
eat Kai-lan wherever possible,
party at Ku De Ta (ladies- go on a wednesday, it's free entry and you get 1 complimentary drink and shots if you can fight for them) and then eat at Spize,
take a walk around Clarke Quay and Boat Quay with a fabulous friend,
watch the fifteen minute water and light show at the bay (there are BUBBLES too!!) and then walk across to the Gardens by the Bay for the cool Avatar-like pods,
try Ais Kacang- dessert like you've never had it before,
and finally go check out the graffiti at Haji Lane.
There are lots of great restaurants (I hear) in Singapore that you can try, if you shit gold every morning, so make sure you have your Kai-lan everyday since it has great digestive properties (according to Davey Jones).
Those who love amusement parks should definitely go to Universal Studios. It's a $74 entry, but it's good fun. For me it was the most stressful day I've had in the longest time. Every ride had a 60 min (minimum) waiting so all I did while we waited was freak myself out and then shut my eyes during most of the 3 minute ride. I enjoyed the 20 min Shrek 4D movie the most, and surprisingly also the Jurassic Park water ride. [Ride Spoiler Alert] Here's a tip for the ladies and some gents who hate getting photos wrong- during the water ride at the Jurassic Park, at one point the pod you're sitting in, is elevated and almost shoved into the mouth of a T-Rex. At this point most of us would scream and look quite disastrous, but please remember that when the T rex opens his mouth to roar at you, there's a camera taking photos of you discreetly. Make sure to smile and smile like you mean it! Natameanie warned us of this, so the end result was quite hilarious because you can see we're shitting our pants but smiling through it all. We ended our day at Universal with a bag of Garrett's popcorn, which is apparently the pride of Chicago, but definitely the best damn caramel popcorn I've ever had.
The rest of my time in Singapore was spent on Baby Mellow's couch watching Netflix. It was equally memorable.
Singapore grows on you, and can be a lot of fun provided you have friends and if you don't have friends, at least make sure you've got the money.
PS: For all those who use Tinder, it would benefit you to get a sim card in Singapore because there's lot of Tindering (or whatever the word for that is) to be done.
AIS KACANG
COFFEE WITH MILKMAID
EXHIBIT AT SAM
Stay tuned for Cambodia. x
