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A Day in Singapore 2018

On the day after Miss Kiki's birthday that happened to be her first day of exam, DH had to go to Singapore for work and I decided to tag along. It was a very short overnight trip anyway.

We arrived at the Soekarno Hatta's new T3 and after we went through immigration we sat at Toastbox near our gate and looked out at the gloomy weather through the curtain wall. It was a rain storm with low visibility. Luckily it had subsided by the time we boarded our GA flight.



Singapore's Changi airport was beautifully decorated for Christmas as usual. This time, we arrived at T3 so I went to check the Hello Kitty Cafe out. I heard somewhere that this cafe was scheduled to permanently close at the end of this year.



We took Grab car to our hotel in Tanjong Pagar area. I chose Klapstar Boutique Hotel because it was located very close to DH's office and it had good reviews. The room we were given had very high ceiling, motorized curtains, and a VERY UNUSUAL shower. Check it out!









In the morning, we got ready and I walked with DH to the office with a breakfast stop. Originally, I wanted to go to Two Men Bagel House Tanjong Pagar. They had good reviews on google. However, we found out that they were closed for the day when we got there. With no back up plan, we walked toward the office and stopped at a kopitiam on the way.




After I left DH at work, I ventured out with no destination in mind. I messaged my friend who is a former resident of Singapore for ideas. She suggested Tiong Bahru area, so off I went.


Tiong Bahru is a heritage area with a lot of old buildings in it. It is actually Singapore's oldest housing estate, built on what used to be a cemetery. The area is now hip with cafes and stores around the Tiong Bahru Market. It wasn't a big area and was still quite empty when I got there. I spent about an hour walking around and finally settled for my second phase of breakfast at a cafe.

Free walking tour



I didn't know what touting was until that day!

Indonesian pork seems popular here.

More Indonesian pork.

Fruits inside Tiong Bahru Market

Back alleys





Second breakfast

From there I took a bus to Wheelock Place to have lunch with my friend who just recently moved to Singapore from Jakarta. It was nice to see a familiar face!


After our long lunch we separated ways, I walked around Orchard area and moved to Suntec City where I met up with DH later on. From there we went straight to the airport and flew home.... :) This year's Christmas display at Changi T3 was one of JK Rowling's new book that was made into a movie. It was nice but by that point I just couldn't be bothered with picture taking anymore. :D

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