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Saturday, September 02, 2006
rich man's world
I've returned from my escapades in the magical land of Singapore, and I am here to regail you with the wonderful events that transpired there. This may take a while, lots of stuff happened, besides shopping. Big surprise, lah? Oh, and there's going to be a meme at the bottom of it all. So let's all take a cleansing breath.... and begin.
First of all, I'd like to give a big shout out to my sister Steph for the hacking/birthday entry. You filled in for me when I could not preform my duties! Thanks big sis, you're so talented with the spiffy design stuff.
Wow, I am all off whack here. We left LA airport at like 7:30 pm thursday night, then arrived in Singapore at 4:00 sat morning. As if missing a day wasn't weird enough, I had little to no sleep on the 15 hour flight, and so I was dopey. Not something good when in a foreign country for the first time at 4:00 in the morning.
Frst day there, once we were all showered and fed, we walked over to Little India for some shopping. Actually, we tried to walk, but got lost and ended up in a Taxi. (Taxis=good) We shopped half heartedly, dreary from the crazy flight, but it was fun to see all the little markets and stands. At first the pushy shop owners were annoying, but then I went to a little Sari shop and their enthousiasm proved to be very helpful in finding me the perfect sari for a fairly good price. Since it was only the first day, we were probably supposed to pace ourselves, but to me it felt like I had to buy up everything I spotted, and I pretty much did. It was good for me that the prices were excellent and the exchange rate is amazingly in our favor. (american dollar vs singapore dollar) The food in little India didn't agree with me very well, even though I have found that I quite like curry. Overall, everythings spicy and alien. I didn't know what I was eating, and whether the thing in it was a hair or a noodle. So that wasn't so good, but the shopping, and the temples were neat.
Sunday we headed over to China Town. This was mom's time to shine, she loves China and used to be able to speak the language. Plus she's been to China and knows what she wants from the merchants. We shopped like crazy once again, probably buying more little items for less money than in little india. This was the day I fulfilled much of my shopping expectations for the trip: buying souvenirs. Most of them were purchased on sunday in China Town, i'm not going to lie. This was not so much a testament to the pushy shop owners as little india, they were more non-chalant, more high class in the little shopping centers (not so desperate). In one of the little 3 items for 10$ shops I found myself a happy buddha and a lucky dragon to adorn my room with. Brings good fortune. Lunch here was much better, or atleast I knew what I was eating. I ordered a bowl of dumpling soup (I discovered that I really like dumplings) for 3$ and a glass of water chesnut juice. Soiunds funky but it was delicious (the juice) the noodles were okay, I really liked the dumplings as I had expected.
After this the days all run together. Early in the week we went to the botanical gardens, and hiked amongst towering greenery for free. It was really hot though, and even with a scoop of funky ice cream, we needed a coke when we reached the mall near our hotel. Once parched we searched the mall in and out, and found a wonderful little massage parlour. It was called My Summer Spa, and I got a 40 min long traditional massage with hot oil. O...M...G! Wonderous, my friends, you must have a massage in Asia, this is very important. Mom got foot reflexology, and we liked it so much we made apt.s for Friday for me, mom, and step pop to come back. More on that later.
Another day in the week we saw the Asian Civilisation Museum. You know how that goes: you walk around for 2 or 3 hours, think to yourself 'hmm, this is somewhat interesting', and move on with your life. This was no different, except for the faact that his museum had a flippin awesome cafe in it, where mom and I shared a delectable creame brulee. Pure magic ;)
More shopping done in china town, to redeem ourselves for the things we'd seen there and not bought. For example I went there and bought a wonderful wall fan. Huge and beautiful. I either got the blue jays or the storks. Either way, I'm happy with my purchase. (all of them in fact) Mom went back for more pillow cases to gift to my Aunt her Sister that makes them into little dresses. These pillowcases will make some girl very happy somewhere. Also we went to see 'The Break Up' where I disputed to step pop why that movie wasn't a chick flik, mostly to protect the movie by saying it was worth more than a mere chik flik. I get prickly when people don't like movies that I like.
Sleeping was a strange affair. It was easy to fall asleep because we all got dopey early and headed for the hotel around 9:00. Then the first few mornings I'd wake up randomly and not want to go back to sleep. That's jetlag for you. This is another reason I'm all off whack now. You see me blogging at nearly one o'clock am??? And I don't even notice the lateness. Weird.
Thursday!!!! This day I remember because it was... my BIRTHDAY! Mom took me shopping at the mall, and bought me a purse, some cute shoes, and a spiffy hairdo! Somewhere in here I think we all got a crippleing massage that gave us bruises, but improved my posture. Then I got all cute and we went for the celebration at the zoo to see the Night Safari! OMG it was great, the animals were so awesome and right in your face. We were like 9 feet from Hyenas without a fence. Good stuff. I have pictures, but i'll post them tomorrow. There was also a great Fire show with some mild Borneo men dancing nd whooping. Very exciting. Not so sexy, but wild and brutish. All in all, great birthday.
Friday we had the massage apts. I was signed up for a Shiatsu massage, if you know whata that;s all about. It wasn't anything too crazy, she just dug her elbow into my spine and pinched my limbs. Felt really good afterward, very loosey. Mom and step pop got the asian hot oil massage that I'd gotten before, that they enjoyed too. More shopping ensued, I frantically tried to spend all my Singapore money and bought several random items. This is today I guess, but to me it was yesterday because this was also the day we boarded a 15 hour flight back to LA. This is where it gets REALLY trippy: we got on the plane at 4:00 pm friday afternoon. Fifteen hours later we landed in LA at 5:00 pm that same afternoon. Now you see why I'm off whack?? How is it possible that this day hasn't ended yet?? It's been super long but it wont end because I'm not tired and thence I'll be sleeping all morning tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Meme:
Top ten things I'd do if I won a billion dollars.
1) Republish my dad's book and get it freakin awesome publicity, see how well it fares with better chances
2) Meet David Bowie. Every man has his price, all I ask for is a handshake and perhaps an autograph.
3) Trade LilMillie (my car) for a violent purple PT Cruiser convertable. Then I will proceed to name it LilMillie...in memorial...
4) Throw one of those "I'm not married nor pregnant parties, but I'm celebrating me anyway!" -stolen from sex and the city-
5) Go to Egypt. Expirience Egypt. Live there for a time if at all possible.
6) Switch homes between Egypt and Singapore. Yes, it was THAT awesome.
7) Say 'screw you' to the rich doctor idea, and write for a living thereby writing myself into Hollywood and living it up.
8) Own a disco hut. (you need a random move when you hit it big)
9) Visit all the places that need visiting. (manchu pichu, the parthenon, ect)
10) Donate heavilly (to who is my business ;))
I tag PheonixHearse, Shadow My Likeness, Rain
and there you have it, I'm off to fight jetlag. goodnight!