meitachi | can you live like this?

I have arrived in Singapore! Thanks for all the well-wishing in the previous post; y'all are the best. Things I have done so far:

1. observed from a distance SkyPark (a giant boat on top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel)
2. flitted around town in a skirt
3. met

forochel in person at laaaaaast ♥ and made her eat my hummus (no, not a euphemism; quite literal)
4. bought a cell phone
5. texted

thundersquall with plans to meet next week ♥
6. registered in person with NUS (only to discover to finish the process, I need a medical exam, so tomorrow, "hello doctor! please tell me I'm not dying of cancer")
7. electrocuted myself with the outlet
8. had dinner (tapas) at Clark Quay
9. been exposed, already, to people who actually and truly love durian (ew WTF)

Adventures shall continue, and my lurking on LJ will get presumably worse. Singapore red tape continues to strangle me slowly. I've also realized that I am probably the worst international student ever. :( I don't really care about meeting other international students and going to organized international student events (I may change my tune later about the former, who knows? they might be very cool) - I am much more interested in getting to know the locals and hanging around in the less touristy and expensive places in town. I want lots and lots of food! Preferably, cheap food! Also shoes. And coffee. Surely I can find someone (local or international student) who is willing to explore Singapore with me beyond the drinking and the clubs. (I do miss clubbing. But not that much. I have recently come to the conclusion that I have no art and no glamour in my soul. And damn it, spellcheck, I don't care what you say, it's "glamour" not "glamor". Your word doesn't count, you don't even think "spellcheck" is a word.)

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1) Giant boat? I'd always thought it looked like half a banana, cut lengthwise. ^__^

You do have an umbrella? It rains a lot at this time of the year.

That also works! It's ready for the floods of global warming, in either case.

I do have umbrella, indeed. Forecast calls for rainy day after rainy day...

ew, durian. well, I mean the taste isn't bad, but you know. The smell. *waves hands helplessly*

I am sure your hummus was excellent, Mei. The best hummus of them all!

IT IS ALL TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE.

It was all right hummus. Not the most exciting I've ever had. :( But it came with pita bread and ground lamb!

durians!! it seems people who love durians *love* them, ENJOY INVIGORATING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEM, ATTEMPT TO CONVERT OTHERS AROUND THEM TO THE JOY OF THE DURIAN. IT'S LIKE FRUIT SCIENTOLOGY.

it sounds like you are having an amazing time. <3 please continue. AND WHATEVER, GLAMOUR AND ART, YOU HAVE ALL OF IT THERE IS IN THE WORLD. <3

omg i love durian *_* why do you hate it already

I've sent you an LJ message with my number, btw! And I shall be in NUS tomorrow and free after 2:30 so if your medical exam is over by then, I'll be glad to have lunch or something if you don't already have Plans! Just text me or something.

What lies, you're the best international student ever. I think the cool ones are the ones who actually, you know, hang out with us boring locals. At least those are the ones I've met. >.> And if anybody from overseas will let me I'd love to bring them to see the heartlands - it disturbs me that in all our official tourist collateral there isn't a single real heartlander scene in them, what is this.

inorite! PASAR MALAMS. BRING HER TO ONE. FEED HER A RAMLY BURGER.

CONSIDERING I HAVE NEVER HAD A RAMLY MYSELF (since they're all beef and I've only just recently begun eating beef) THIS WILL BE AN EXPERIENCE AND A HALF.

ei which pasar malam have you been going to there are chicken ramly burgers lah

idk man but the ones i've seen were all beef. doesn't help that vj only sold beef ramly burgers too :|

that's weird the hwachong stall sold chicken ramly burgers as well!

Getting to know the locals is the best thing an international student can do, so go ahead and make the most of it! How else are you going to be able to appreciate Singapore to its fullest? Aaaand I'm so glad you got there okay, (I do admit I was a bit worried, but only because that's how I am, not because I doubt your survival abilities) T^T

MEI YOU ARE THE COOLEST AND MOAST GLAMOUROUS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT, DON'T LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING TELL YOU OTHERWISE!!

Over time I have reached the conclusion that durian is less a fruit of the mouth and more a fruit of the heart, an opinion which has absolutely no basis in science or observation but seems to make sense when I don't think about it very hard...

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IKR WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM DDD: /judges everyone on this post

I LOVE DURIAN, HDU DDDDD: i could sit for an hour just eating it and feeling blissful about life :DDD

i left you a comment on your previous entry with a list of places that you could go to, and if you want more cheap food, check out any coffeeshop in the heartland (residential) areas! the food should be pretty passable. try chicken rice, laksa, nasi lemak, roti prata, mee soto, mee siam, fishball noodles, char kway teow, char tao kuay, nasi padang,.... they should all be very easy to find :D don't stick around in bukit timah, there's nothing much there! go to the east, marine parade especially, there's a shopping mall there called parkway parade where you can get good food at the foodcourt (for $4!), have ya kun kaya toast, and then walk over to the beach (east coast park) :D

also, if you have time, go to changi village. it's a long ride down since it's in the far east of singapore, but it's totally worth it :)

have funnnnn and i'm glad to hear you arrived safely! if you want more places to explore, just ask me anytime, i am a great roamer of singapore XD

THERE IS ADAM ROAD NASI LEMAK!

WAY BELATED, I SUCK, but hmmmm I need to try lots of foods, definitely. :D I've been to Clark Quay, Marina Bay, Marina Square, Holland Village, Somerset/Orchard, NUS, BTC so far, but it's only been a week. ;) I will definitely get around and eat more and shop more!

Hope you're doing well in NY. ♥

I think wanting to know the locals and eat food and hang out in lesser known areas makes you a stellar international student! :D Eek, electrocution! D: Did you have to get different power adapters, etc.?

HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO ELECTROCUTE YOURSELF )))):

I WAS UNPLUGGING SOMETHING FROM AN OUTLET :( and electricity hates me, idk

B-but I LOVE durian Mei ;__; As the king of fruits, it reigns at the top of my fruit love.

Have fun in Singapore~ :D

... how is hummus even a euhphemism, mei? HOW?!!!?

also oh god the pita bread (white!) was sitting in my bag for hours before I remembered it was in there. I hope my parents don't get food poisoning ...

OMG MEI HDU, DURIAN IS THE KING OF FRUITS!!! I will convert you to it. Slowly.

And also, like some of the above commenters have said, I'll try to bring you to a pasar malam ^_^ RAMLY BURGERS AND PASAR MALAM OKONOMIYAKI ARE TO DIE FOR.

LET ME BRING YOU FOR FOOD. have you ever had chwee kueh? i know you were in china for a while but i've never been to china so i have no idea if they have chwee kueh. I love chwee kueh.

THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS - I am a big fan of food! :D I don't think I've had chwee kueh - I have no idea the names of food here. :( Do you know what chwee kueh is in Chinese?

It is technically 水餃, but when I googled that all I got were recipes for dumplings.

Have a link, though!

http://ieatishootipost.sg/2010/05/ghim-moh-chwee-kueh-why-chwee-kueh-is.html

Good lord. Now I'm hungry

Ooooh that looks very different from what normally I perceive as 水餃 - it also looks super delicious. :D /wants to try!

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