First off, I want to say
Happy Birthday Singapore!
44 years of independence and stronger everyday. Now if only we could set off Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes Fireworks and Gandalf's dragon fireworks...
I'm grateful to be born in Singapore and enjoy all the good things here. There may be times I take things for granted but I truly appreciate. It is more so when I went overseas.
Recently, I went to Sydney, Australia. I can't help but compare things. It's so different in Australia. I'm not saying that Australia is on the bad side, just very different. The country still remains the top destination to go, as a traveller.
Anyway, reading all those entries dedicated to Singapore on the newspaper today made me teary-eyed.
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Met up with my friend and her brother yesterday before she goes back to USA. It'll only be next year Summer before she'll come again. Another friend also joined us.
I wanted to go to Ion Orchard, the newest shopping mall in Orchard Road. It was a bad idea. There were tons of people there, all wanting a share of the new pie. Since, it was dinner time, all eateries and restaurants were chock-full of people. Queues were also forming everywhere.
In the end, we ate at the food court, which we had a hard time finding available seats. Needless to say, the food court ended up the destination where most people went because it's certainly cheaper to eat there than in a restaurant. Despite being new, the floors were quite dirty, because of all the crowds.
The toilets were full too, and it was also quite dirty. The cleaners are having a hard time cleaning. Some people just don't know how to take care of stuff. Tsk, tsk. In Australia, public toilets in train stations or near beaches remain quite clean even though cleaners are not always around.
We went to this new coffee house, Dr Cafe Coffee. It's like StarBucks. Sadly, they were out of Strawberries, so I can't order the Strawberry Cocktail. I ended up ordering Peach Tea because I don't take coffee.
We talked about lots of stuff, with the majority being about the state-of-weapons in various countries and the national service.
Too bad, I didn't have a chance to visit threesixty, the gourmet marketplace at Ion. They are selling cool chocolates there. There's also Royce, the chocolate brand from Hokkaido. Ahh well, when the hype is all gone, I'll ask my father to bring us there.
Took the MRT home, and bid good-bye to my friends.
Throughout the ride home, we were talking about weapons in different countries, the exchange rates and the leaders of Indonesia, USA and Singapore. Really, it made me think what strangers will say; teenagers who spoke of great and sophisticated things. It made me laugh a little.
I always can't help it to hear what people are saying on trains and buses.
It's been a great time.
