Boy -did we make some mistakes this weekend. Firstly, it was a 3 day weekend, with monday being celebrated for Hari Raya (signifies the end of Ramadam - the muslim fasting month). I did a bit of reading, and decided to go visit the Malay part of town to experience the festivites. We found it alright, along with the other 5 million inhabitants of the island.. it was hot, crowded and not really our scene. So, we decided to go back to explore Little India. I so love it here - it's very interesting with British and Indian architecture side by side. It's fun just to wander and get lost among the alleys and arcades. You can find everything from food sellers, to spice sellers, fortune tellers to henna tattoo artists. So wander we did for a couple of hours before meeting up with one of C's colleague's from work (who is here sans famille) at Newton Circus. Newton Circus is a giant hawker centre that's very popular with tourists and locals. The food is absolutely fabulous and so fresh.... predominately the stalls sell seafood, although you can get ANY type of food here you like. We ate garlic king prawns (these prawns were almost the size of a small lobster!) and had chilli mud crab (messy but SO delicious). Little Z hasn't acquired the taste of chilli crab yet, but likes the garlic prawns. She loves the satays and singapore noodles but she's starting to like chilli .... she tried her father's laksa the other day, and liked it.
Sunday
We slept in, then headed down to the harbourfront to think about going over to Sentosa island. From here, you can take the monorail over to Sentosa Island (a touristic place predominately for children with aquariums, pink humpback dolphin shows, rides and attractions). Again, I swear the other 5 million inhabitants decided to do the same thing. The place was SO crowded and we're really not good with crowds, so we came home and spent the afternoon lazing around the pool.
Monday
We've learned our lesson and decided to stay home for the day.
Future note to self: On public holidays either don't go out, or leave Singapore!
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