ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Kahirap kong i-install yang aking blog-look tapos papalitan ko lang? No way, highway! One of my weaknesses as you may have noticed is my penchant for old and shabby things (like my look dito sa Ninang...)...kaya stick na ko dyan....(sorry, no relevance...) Just when I was opening my blog..a pop-up msg got me started...lol!
Today, I woke up feeling I miss SINGAPORE! Ewan kung bakit...I just do. Maybe if I just talk about it....I won't feel this melancholy, na parang gusto ko bumalik even for a day with E. As some of you may know, we were stationed in Singapore for almost 5 blissful years....What made SG so special in our hearts?
We love the food. Have you tried going to Lau Pa Sat? There's this BBQ place we frequent (like every Saturdays and special occasions?) our favourite dishes were bbq crayfish, bokchoy with garlic, chilli crab and grilled stingray. Or the scrumptous beef noodle at Plaza Singapura...parang nalalasahan ko na...(mouth-watering...) Lol. Who wouldn't miss the Indonesian Chicken at Lucky Plaza with matching avocado shake...ay sus, patok ah!
Our SG home at Bukit Merah was very ideal, as I've shared before. Our place was walking distance to the community library, the grocery, KFC (my fave chicken place), Mcdo (with 24 hour library...ops, internet connection....ginagawang library ng mga bata doon hahhaa)...and of course, the hawker centres or food courts. Kahit saan ka umikot sa SG, sa ibaba ng mga housing laging me food court, where you can buy lunch for $2 (PHP66) like the yummy CHICKEN RICE. (Nagutom tuloy ako...) And our authentic roti with cheese breakfast and teh! Champion!!! Kapitbahay ng lugaw na me century egg..hay!
Where can you buy a $1.95 for a pair of undies? (ops, sorry po sa kumakain...hahaha) You got it? Only by our nearby market stall at Bukit Merah Central. Mura talaga ang bilihin sa SG in comparison dito ha. Well, clothes are expensive. If you want a new pair of undies (paumanhin uli) the cheapest would be NZD5. Of course, maraming factors bakit mahal...as in namasahe pa ang galing Asia, napagod...(joke lang) at taxes..In SG you can buy cheap notebooks anywhere (gawang Japan or China) with lovely materials...pero dito hay, meron din pero frustrated ang lola ninyo dahil ang mamahal. I can't imagine na ang mabibili mo ng SGD10 at Borders ay bibilhin mo dito ng doble! But I must say, mura dito ang meat and milk products.
Yesterday, I went shopping at Spotlight, dahil nga halos every week they think of SPECIALS or discounts...kaya I got a new set of cutting board and a rotary cutter at 20% discount. And after browsing through my idea books of projects, I slept last night comparing our SPOTLIGHT over here (NZ) and the one in SG...missssss ko pa rin ang sa SG. Bakit? I love the location, the SG Spotlight is situated in a mall, (and you know how I love going to malls!) next to the bookstore...and DAISO, the $2 shop....the movie house at mga kainan. Need I say more? More importantly, next to E's workplace. So any time we meet, I don't mind if he's a little late dahil makakapaglibang naman ako sa Spotlight. Our Spotlight here is like a warehouse, so I guess they have more stocks. I can spend probably half a day in there and NOT get bored. My only problem is it IS THE LONG WALK, yes, 20-30 mins. walk from my bus stop. On the plus-side, Red Cross Shop is along the way, so I can also walk in like I did yesterday...bought $10 worth of sewing materials (cloth). I was so happy! Kaya di pa umabot sa Spotlight dami ko nang bitbit! hahhaa. (me isa for 50 cents, $1 ang 2 meters for a bag material, and $2 for the interfacing material naman...etc) kaya I'd say umuwi din akong tagumpay!
I could go on and on....about the things that made our lives in SG so memorable, but I can't forget the friends and family at Zion we met. They added so much flavour, colour and blessings in our lives. How we miss you guys....I wish one day we can visit and maybe we can once again gather at the nearby hawker centre...eat our hearts out and share how God has blessed us and kept us....until then...I'll be praying and dreaming....ONE DAY...
Today, I woke up feeling I miss SINGAPORE! Ewan kung bakit...I just do. Maybe if I just talk about it....I won't feel this melancholy, na parang gusto ko bumalik even for a day with E. As some of you may know, we were stationed in Singapore for almost 5 blissful years....What made SG so special in our hearts?
We love the food. Have you tried going to Lau Pa Sat? There's this BBQ place we frequent (like every Saturdays and special occasions?) our favourite dishes were bbq crayfish, bokchoy with garlic, chilli crab and grilled stingray. Or the scrumptous beef noodle at Plaza Singapura...parang nalalasahan ko na...(mouth-watering...) Lol. Who wouldn't miss the Indonesian Chicken at Lucky Plaza with matching avocado shake...ay sus, patok ah!
Our SG home at Bukit Merah was very ideal, as I've shared before. Our place was walking distance to the community library, the grocery, KFC (my fave chicken place), Mcdo (with 24 hour library...ops, internet connection....ginagawang library ng mga bata doon hahhaa)...and of course, the hawker centres or food courts. Kahit saan ka umikot sa SG, sa ibaba ng mga housing laging me food court, where you can buy lunch for $2 (PHP66) like the yummy CHICKEN RICE. (Nagutom tuloy ako...) And our authentic roti with cheese breakfast and teh! Champion!!! Kapitbahay ng lugaw na me century egg..hay!
Where can you buy a $1.95 for a pair of undies? (ops, sorry po sa kumakain...hahaha) You got it? Only by our nearby market stall at Bukit Merah Central. Mura talaga ang bilihin sa SG in comparison dito ha. Well, clothes are expensive. If you want a new pair of undies (paumanhin uli) the cheapest would be NZD5. Of course, maraming factors bakit mahal...as in namasahe pa ang galing Asia, napagod...(joke lang) at taxes..In SG you can buy cheap notebooks anywhere (gawang Japan or China) with lovely materials...pero dito hay, meron din pero frustrated ang lola ninyo dahil ang mamahal. I can't imagine na ang mabibili mo ng SGD10 at Borders ay bibilhin mo dito ng doble! But I must say, mura dito ang meat and milk products.
Yesterday, I went shopping at Spotlight, dahil nga halos every week they think of SPECIALS or discounts...kaya I got a new set of cutting board and a rotary cutter at 20% discount. And after browsing through my idea books of projects, I slept last night comparing our SPOTLIGHT over here (NZ) and the one in SG...missssss ko pa rin ang sa SG. Bakit? I love the location, the SG Spotlight is situated in a mall, (and you know how I love going to malls!) next to the bookstore...and DAISO, the $2 shop....the movie house at mga kainan. Need I say more? More importantly, next to E's workplace. So any time we meet, I don't mind if he's a little late dahil makakapaglibang naman ako sa Spotlight. Our Spotlight here is like a warehouse, so I guess they have more stocks. I can spend probably half a day in there and NOT get bored. My only problem is it IS THE LONG WALK, yes, 20-30 mins. walk from my bus stop. On the plus-side, Red Cross Shop is along the way, so I can also walk in like I did yesterday...bought $10 worth of sewing materials (cloth). I was so happy! Kaya di pa umabot sa Spotlight dami ko nang bitbit! hahhaa. (me isa for 50 cents, $1 ang 2 meters for a bag material, and $2 for the interfacing material naman...etc) kaya I'd say umuwi din akong tagumpay!
I could go on and on....about the things that made our lives in SG so memorable, but I can't forget the friends and family at Zion we met. They added so much flavour, colour and blessings in our lives. How we miss you guys....I wish one day we can visit and maybe we can once again gather at the nearby hawker centre...eat our hearts out and share how God has blessed us and kept us....until then...I'll be praying and dreaming....ONE DAY...
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