Spent the entire Saturday out from 8am to 11pm. Wow now that's what you call weekend. Whee~

Started the day with a tour organized by my SS module prof..every student is supposed to go for at least one of the series of tours around Singapore (related to module contents of course) and I very predictably signed up for Civic District Tour. Yeah coz it involves touring my favorite "emo place" even though it's during daytime (night scenery is so much better). Anyway, started off with the Arts House (used to be a Parliament House ages ago), then walked along the roads all the way to Marina Bay Sands while pausing here and there to listen to prof's "lectures" on the history and ideas behind those constructions. Under the baking hot sun. Whoosh. Snapped pictures like a tourist hahaha. Think I might need to revisit the place soon because I wanted to write about the sights and sound of Singapore River for my term essay and need inspiration and pictures. Shall do that at night :)









Lepak a bit around Marina Square and Suntec while waiting for Stel who was supposed to join me for the rest of the day's adventures. Headed off to Pizza Hut for lunch coz we had coupons for free personal pan pizzas. Haha cheapo. Next stop, IT Show 2011 at Suntec Convention Centre! I wanted to buy a camera since last sem and finally decided to get one during this IT fair..plus some other gadgets. Crowd was crazy as usual (come to think of it, maybe crazier, guess everyone is doing well economically?). Headed straight to the camera company booths to grab some brochures..price was my only main concern as a really good camera probably will just go to waste in my possession. Initially targetted a Sony camera..but after playing around with it didnt like it too much for some reason. Ended up at the Samsung booth and they have a couple of nice promotions..tempted me. Sat down somewhere and pondered my choices while Stel went to buy her Mac stuff...eventually decided on a Samsung model but when we went back to the booth..we were just in time for their daily promotion hour. Wasted a good half an hour waiting for the first model to be sold...the promoter damn chiong hei lor..and we din dare to move coz we were at a rather good spot. Thankfully the second model promoted was the one that caught my eye...and they suddenly dropped the news that there were only 10 sets remaining. Cue lots of squeezing and raised arms waiting to grab the offer paper.

"Going for $249!!!"

*grabs paper* FAILED TO GET ANY

*tries again* SNATCHED ONE PIECE YEAHHH.

In fact I accidentally grabbed two pieces instead of one. Threw the other piece into the air on the whim and and Indian lady who had just given up caught it in surprise. Wow must be her lucky day.

First time involved in such intense "fight" and left with a sore chest (i think i overstretched myself) and my new toy :) Din even have time to buy other stuff! Wanted to buy handphone pouch, headphones and a new memory card for my phone. Zzz. Coz we were behind schedule alr.


Walked to this place in Bugis area to try out Tom's Palette. Supposedly a really good ice cream parlour with original flavours and NUS students get 10% discount. And it lived up to our expectations! Medium cup with two flavours for $3.30 only. Other shops probably sell for $5. They have a lot of flavours but they rotated them..as in you see different flavours each month or something. Really friendly staff too! Thumbs up. (Why do I sound like I am writing a review?) Forgot to take pictures though.

Took a bus to St. James Power Station to visit....


Won myself a pair of tickets for her live showcase..she is in town promoting her new album. Thought I was one of the privileged and lucky few until we reached there at around 5+ and the queue was already 100m long. =.= Okay I think i exaggerated a bit but you get my point. Luckily we ended up standing at a rather acceptable spot...not as near as the earlybirds but good enough to see her clearly and snap nice pics. :) And her live performance is awesome! (Some singers can only record well) Mostly songs from her new album except a couple from a previous album when she was accompanied by live piano and violin. Niceeeee. The organizers even slotted in a segment where a male fan tried to surprise and propose to his long time friend. Ultimate corny lah in my opinion and the girl din even look impressed or touched. Plan failed? Whatever. Fish Leong is awesome, that is what's important. Hahah.




Went over to Vivo/Harbour Front Centre for dinner and a bit of window shopping..had dinner at this Vietnamese restaurant and even tried Gong Cha (贡茶)...was not bad...pics below.


Burnt a hole in my wallet as a result and was damn tired at the end of the day =.= But yeah an enjoyable day out wif the bff and I got to see one of my favourite singers live and I got a new toy. Nice little break from all those school work. Heheh.

Labels: around singapore, outings, techno