My exchange in Singapore is coming to a close. I finished my final exams on Thursday and have been relaxing and going out with friends to enjoy Singapore before I leave back home to California. A few friends and I decided to go get nasi lemak from an eatery on Upper Thomson Road. It is called Nasi Lemak Kukus and is highly rated online–one of … Continue reading Nasi Lemak Kukus
Over the weekend, Elsanor and I met up with her friend Hilary in Hong Kong! Hilary attends Hong Kong University, which is great because she was so nice to show us around the city! Hong Kong is massive and full of giant buildings and tons of people! The food is really amazing and the public transportation is crazy! Such a difference compared to Singapore and … Continue reading Hong Kong: Day 1
Tuesdays are my free days. This Tuesday, I had originally planned to go into Chinatown to do some shopping as well as visit a couple of places. Unfortunately, one of the places I wanted to visit permanently closed down : ( Richard wanted to try a place called Windowsill In The Woods Cafe, which is off Lavendar MRT. I had passed by the cafe a … Continue reading Tuesday Eating Outing
Desserts! After coffee and exploring, my friend Richard asked if I would be down to go get dessert later! Of course I said yes because who doesn’t like dessert?! He found a place on hungrygowhere and we set off with some other friends to find said place, which is called Baker and Cook Cafe. After walking about 15 minutes from the MRT stop, we found … Continue reading Baker and Cook Cafe
This post isn’t very eventful. It’s just about boring adult things made exciting because they’re in a different place. Read if you want or just skip it! Every Tuesday I don’t have any classes or tutorials. It’s strange that my schedule is like that, but I took what I could get. I actually appreciate having a break right after the weekend because it gives me … Continue reading Tuesday is Free Day
Orchard Road is a very affluent shopping area in Singapore. There are endless amounts of stores and malls carrying SO many types of goods and clothing items. It’s actually pretty crazy how much a small area has to offer and that people go shopping there to buy things–not just window shop! There are luxury and designer brands lining the street: Louis Vuitton, Tory Burch, and … Continue reading Orchard Road, Lucky Plaza, and Fareast Plaza
On our way to Pulau Ubin Island, Richard said that we had to eat at Changi. So, of course we did! After traveling for quite some time, we were all very very hungry! Once we got the the hawker centre, we claimed our table and went to find food! I always have a hard time deciding what to eat because everything has an equal chance … Continue reading Changi Village Hawker Centre
Singapore is a very tiny nation state, but it is known for its big taste in food! Singapore’s migrant history dates back to the 1800s, when Indians and Chinese were entering and leaving Singapore to work on tea plantations. With the mass Asian diaspora during the 1850s to early 1900s, culture remained within the area while people came and went. The most prominent aspect of … Continue reading NUS Eats
Chomp Chomp is a hawker centre located in Serangoon. It has a wide selection of foods, mainly barbecued goodies and refreshing drinks the size of your head! My friend Andrew, who took us out to get bah kut teh, was kind enough to take us here to eat the whole hawker centre. Okay, we didn’t eat the whole Chomp Chomp, but we ate seven … Continue reading Chomp Chomp, Serangoon
About half of the UC group and I decided to visit Little India in Singapore one Sunday! What I learned from that trip was: internal shuttle buses run on 30 minute intervals on Sundays (inconvenient) and hawker centres are bustling like crazy on the weekends! For those of you who don’t know, a hawker centre is similar to a food court where each vendor has … Continue reading A Taste of Little India
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