the crazy intinerary...

This is the itinerary....complete with links!! Feel free to check out the reviews for the different places and to use it yourself too..though it is very much customized by someone who likes food too much...the traditional hair cut is really worth a try; the barber was extremely professional and the Keeper said that it's the best hair cut he's ever had...(and my not so secret motive was that I didn't like the Keeper's former hair style...after he had his hair cut and hair styled later in the day by my younger sister, I literally swooned- not quite sure whether it was due to that that I was, by that time, awake for more than 30 hours, or whether he looked so much better..the first thought was: Wow!!!! He looks like an Armani model!!! Thank you God!!!!!!)

basically the Keeper just wanted to spend every waking moment with me..he really didn't care about anything else... :P and yeah....I do know that the schedule's a bit packed- we did manage to follow it rather closely other not going to any museums, macritchie tree top walk and the botanical gardens, we also managed to do an impromptu trip to JB for supper and durians!! 

I thought that the tight schedule would help keep us occupied in case we didn't enjoy each other's company and also if we did enjoy each other's company, the presence of many different friends would make sure that everything was above reproach...:))

Oh and I also thought that it would be only fair that since he has flown 26 hours to come here that I introduce him to all my closest friends cos I wanted to make sure that he gets a good idea of the real person I am..not that I have concealed anything or pretended to be someone else during our on-line interactions but cos I think different friends bring out different sides of us and it's much easier to get to know a person when you've seen them in various social settings..(he agrees and when I visited Kentucky, he did the exact same thing for me! :P)

The numbers in brackets are estimations of prices for everything...a bit OCD but it's always nice to be informed right??

Monday
2am-5.30am chill out at airport

6.30-7.30am check in at hostel

7.30-11am- explore Chinatown area + surrounds + go for brekkie --> Kaya toast at Good Morning Nanyang Cafe (~6) at Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green Community centre

 + traditional hair cut (~6) ?? :D

11.30-12.30pm  get fitted at Ken's tailor (~200 = one shirt ~70 + pants ~100)

1pm -2pm Lunch @ Nam Nam Café

2-5.30pm – Asian Civilizations Museum  OR shopping + fragrance profiling @ orchard road

7-9pm dinner with my family (parents, sisters, brother in law + grandma and aunt) @  Zai Soon + Second review - try curry fish head, pork trotters, salted egg with bitter gourd (scary foods alert! :P We’ll try to order more ‘normal’ stuff too…)

9-10pm Shampoo + hair styling at chin boon's salon 

Tuesday
9am brekkie – Nasi lemak (~10) at Adam’s Road (pack fruit and water for hike)

10-2pm Macritchie tree top walk

2.30-3.30pm Japanese Style Suna (complimentary – won from a lucky draw sometime back too… ;)) this should be something quite novel!! But mainly I thought that it’s a good idea cos there’re shower facilities after our hike and we get to rest for a while. You mainly just sleep in the room which is made up of bricks with lotsa negative ions.
4-5.30pm-afternoon tea @ Ichiban Boshi (~10) with Dr Tan (doctor friend at work who treats me like a daughter)

5-7.30pm: Kampong Glam area + pashmina shawls for pressies (~20)  +teh terik (~2) + murtabak (~4) at Kampong Glam

8-10.30pm Tuesday group at Raffles Place (sorta like a church service but much more free form and organic) with Jesslyn

10.30-11.30pm Drinks @ 1 Altitude bar (complimentary!)

(last train: 11.58am)

Wed
10 am meet-check out hostel - breakfast at Tiong Bahru wet market – local delights (~10) –laksa, congee, wanton mee, prata +  wander around tiong bahru area + visit Yiling (close friend from high school who let me name her first born son!)  

1-2pm – lunch @ Maxwell market (~10) with Lisa (lovely friend from church who tries to mother me!)– Tian Tian Chicken Rice + Annie’s ice kachang

2.30pm check in Wanderlust Hotel

3.30pm Collect Zoo card @ Mt A
4-7.30pm Botanic gardens + orchid gardens- (~8) + drinks @ Blue Bali (~10)
8-10pm Dinner Bukit Timah Food Centre (~12) (satay, fried carrot cake, thai food, BBQ chicken wings, popiah)+ desserts  (~8) @ Alfero  - try the avocado and durian gelato! with Liwen (best friend from high school)

10.30pm Stroll along Clarke Quay and Boat Quay

11.30pm Mustafa Shopping for souvenirs? tiger balm(~20)

Thursday
10am Brekkie at Cocotte (restaurant @ Wanderlust)
12- 5pm – Zoo (Pls click link for show times) (complimentary) + panda enclosure (5) return via Ang mio kio - breadtalk – flosses bread  (~2)+ Old Chang Kee Curry Puff (~2)+ durian pancakes (~2)  OR Palawan Beach if zoo card not available

6pm Shower + change  @Wanderlust

7pm Dinner @ Bismillah (best Indian rice in Singapore!! :P Really delicious!!) (~10)

8-10.30 pm Soakability (the weekly worship session where people just come and sing their hearts out) with Shi Hua (friend who sings exceptionally well and works as a youth leader in a church but actually we don’t really know each other that well…hehe..)

11pm Supper at Swee Choon Tim Dim Sum (~15)

Friday (good Friday)
10am Brekkie at Cocotte - leave bags at hotel
11am – 2pm Orchard + CityHall - pick up clothes from Ken + shopping and sight seeing
2.30-5pm Seder Event @ Petra Church with Yvonne and Michelle (close friends from first church) and Jesslyn
5-7pm – ? Gardens by the Bay  OR Visit Grandma
8.00pm -10pm  Chocolate Bar at Marina Bay Sands? Watch Laser show at MBS OR Dessert with ? friends
10.30pm Collect bags from Wanderlust
head for airport and chill

Others:

·      tropical fruits to try: Mangosteens, jackfruit, dragonfruit, lychee, longan, mango

·       fullarton? Garden by the bay? Esplanade

·       ?try foot massage (~15)

Other  expenses:

Transport: ~40, Backpacker’s Hostel: ~80

All figures in SGD – total estimate: ~ SGD 800 (includes optional clothes shopping of $200 on Thursday) /USD 650 -- Exchange rate : USD 1: SGD 1.24