Yue and I were late when we met KV and he panicked a little. We went to Bugis for McDonalds breakfast and he put his luggage at my place. We then went to Causeway Point to look at the Canon Ixus 130 before making our way down to Funan the IT Mall, where he got it for $42 cheaper. Rule of thumb being the higher you go, the cheaper the price. There was also so Warcraft tournament happening and he was amazed. It was like the geeks had been let out to a prime public space. Dinner was a cosy affair with Qiqi and Melvin at the food court of Raffles City. The two of us then walked to the Esplanade with the city skyline in front of us and The Singapore Flyer spinning leisurely. Of course MBS was the structure that still takes my breath away. We continued walking past the floating platform, home to the National Day Parades and the recent opening and closing of the Youth Olympics, through the Helix Bridge and into the vast, sprawling mall that also housed the casino. We didn't make it to the legendary Sky Garden because it was closed.
Tuesday was simpler. I was studying in the morning and he was on the Internet. I went for Forensic Science exams and we met Ros on the MRT Platform. He made his way down to Newton, Dhoby Ghaut and Orchard, while I struggled to solve a murder. I met him at Ion Orchard, my favourite shopping centre in Singapore. We had dinner with Melvin at Watami, a place I've been increasingly familiar with despite the ever-present queue.
Wednesday was the French exam and so the two of us went down to Cafe del Mar to study. He bumped into a naughty French boy who ran away from his mother and he went up to tell him to go back to his mother. We settled in one of those small hut things that I've never chilled out at before, ordered the Mixed Basket and Iced Coffees. I spoke as much French as I could, dug out exam papers, dug deeper into the language and understood more than I ever could because I had a personal French tutor! I rushed back to school for the exam while my sister took him to the Luge. They saw the musical fountain and shopped at Vivocity while I wrote about a week-end in Paris, in French, before mugging my brains out for Media Law.
Thursday morning - media law. I wasn't that relieved when the paper ended as my FYP team and I had to meet with a sponsor and then the client. It turned out well though and possibly our work would not be in vain. It was drizzling a little as KV and I went down to Lorong Chuan to visit my alma-mater - Nanyang Junior College. First time I took the train there, first time I saw the MRT station less than a stone's throw away from my school... and it was looking grand. Walked past Zhonghua, took a photo of it and sent it to Ros. Continued walking, this time tiredly, to the 136 bus-stop and caught a bus to Chomp Chomp. KV ordered the food and I was ready for a surprise. I was thinking it might come in the form of something exotic, maybe even an oyster omelette. He got duck rice, kinda safe, and Kang Kong, also safe though it was a bit spicy. When the plate full of chicken wings came my jaws were on the floor because he ordered 10 of them! For the two of us! Then we went to AMK Hub to buy a mattress and durian puffs. Going to Geylang for real durians is definitely on the cards.
Friday we went to SAFRA Yishun, he went to the pool, I went to the gym. We went to Northpoint and said hi to my aunt and Romanian uncle and thereafter my optometrist cousin. It's almost like he's living my life. My friends don't even meet my relatives! I went to town for a meeting and he found me in Raffles City and said hi to Ruiqi, Amos and Qianqi. Had dinner at HK Cafe, drank at The Loof and strolled to Dhoby Ghaut, listening to Pimsleur's French I along the way.
This is Discovering Singapore for him as much as it was for me. One more week to go, possibly stopping by Geylang, Night Safari, Little India, Chinatown, the Causeway and HortPark. Possibly also prawning, more drinking amd Christmas with my relatives.
This is turning out to be a one hell of a holiday.
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Never bring him to RWS?! How come like that?
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