Hello All! Just came back from a short trip to Singapore. All i can say is, it was a short n sweet trip. To save budget, we set our so called based camp at Selesa Hotel. Considered a 4 star, but personally, i think it's just a 3 star hotel. Anyway, no major complains whatsoever.
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| Waiting patiently...It seemed that the bus was late this morning.. |
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| R n R |
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| Testing...testing...while waiting for Faris... |
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| Charging my HP here while having lunch... |
After checking in and refreshed ourselves, we quickly took a cab to CIQ and hopped on the CW2 bus to Queen Street. The journey was not that long since it was not a peak hour. However, the stamping of passport was tedious. Up and down, up and down... My 1st option was just to take a cab straight to Spore, but that means i would miss the fun of it... Actually, I had been to Spore a few times in my life but mostly by cars and a few times by train.
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| Going up to the 2nd floor for passport verification |
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View from CIQ. Cars queuing to be
inspected. |
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This is the bus to Bugis. There are plenty of buses here for u to
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FYI, the cab to CIQ will cost RM8 per cab (from Selesa n New York) and the bus trip to Queen St will cost u only RM2.50. From Queen Street, we walked to Arab Street which is very near. Our 1 st stop was Zam Zam Restaurant. Well, a trip to Spore will no be complete if one does not try the food here. Let's see what's inside the restaurant. Setting is very typical mamak/Indian Muslim restaurant. A lot of people were eating when we arrived, mostly tourists, i presumed.
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| With signboard as huge as this, U won't miss the restaurant! |
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| Suji pudding with almonds |
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| Newspaper article on the wall |
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| Giant Menu with prices |
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| Ni x da kat Msia |
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Top left: Mi grg basah yg x berapa nak basah (SD4),
top right: deer murtabak - M size (SD10),
bottom left n right: briyani beef n chicken (SD6) |
The murtabak has various sizes. For instance, the deer murtabak cost SD10 for M size and SD20 for large. That was the 1st time I tasted venison. The taste...? Similar to beef, i guess...may be tenderer than beef. Anyway, i can't really differ the taste as it was minced. But, it was delicious...great!
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I snapped this on my way down from the 2nd floor. More people
were flocking in... |
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| Adjacent to the restaurant. |
After eating, we just crossed the street to the other side and we ended up at rows of shops selling clothes, souvenirs, more restaurants, etc. We just stopped for a while to buy souvenirs.
I think that's all for now. Click
HERE for my journey to the Merlion.Ta!
