VAL
Met her last night, the second time since our first EB in Manila last December.
She flew in from Malaysia early afternoon, called me up to let me know she was here and arranged to meet for dinner. Nutty girl. She said she was passing by Singapore to meet another friend and all the while I thought the friend would be putting her up for the night. So I didn't offer her a room cause after all, I didn't want to infringe on their plans. If I had known she had to book herself in a hotel, I would have offered her a room for the night. Val, next time, let me know, okay?
Anyway, so fafa Jay and I left at 7 to meet her at 8. The cabbie we rode on was an elderly man and I guess he didn't understand where we wanted to go.
CABBIE: Where d'ya wanna go?
FAFA JAY: Holiday Inn at Park View.
CABBIE: Orchard?
FAFA JAY: Scott's Road? Yeah, yeah... in Orchard.
We ended up at the Royal Plaza Hotel, maybe about a mile from Holiday Inn... hehe.
I told fafa Jay he probably should have said 'Paaak View' and maybe the cabbie would have understood him. You see, not only are Singaporeans unable to pronounce r's, they can't seem to understand it as well... so 'corn' would be 'con' and 'pork' will be 'pok' and 'Park View' will be 'Paaak View.'
Anyway, so after a couple of phone calls (long distance on Val's roaming line when we were just minutes away from each other), a map courtesy of Royal Plaza's front desk staff and another cab ride, we finally were able to get to Val.
We took a walk from her hotel to Orchard Road, the main tourist shopping district here in SIngapore. I may be pre-empting her blog about this but I can't help being amazed with her. See, in the little time that she spent alone in this city-state, she's been to the zoo, around the shopping district, and has even received a free mini-tour from her cabbie who pointed out the presidential palace (was that it, Val?) to her. And to think that it's the first time she traveled all by herself. Of course she's not a newbie where traveling is concerned but still...
We treated her to dinner at Kartika, our favorite Indonesian restaurant at Ngee Ann City. Good thing she wasn't aversive to hot food. We had chilli kangkong, some beef dish, camaron rebusado that came with a chilli dip, and of course, fafa Jay's favorite, curry fish head. Funny thing about eating hot food is, you'll feel hot and even perspire while you eat but when you're all done, you'll feel cold. Val and I got to the part where we felt cold... fafa Jay just kept on perspiring... hehe.
After dinner, we walked Val back to her hotel. We would have invited her for coffe or something but I was thinking she might want the rest of her evening free for her friend. Besides, I was really getting sleepy and I couldn't hide the errant yawn every now and then anymore. Sorry about that Val... just that, I was up at 3 am. But hey, you are here after all and I would grab that chance and brave a late night to see you, KR or no KR. Besides, I've been wanting to spend time out of the house and what better excuse than to be with a friend, huh?
This morning, she intends to visit the Bird Park before she flies out. Just remember Val, around here?... it's 'Bud Paaak' to your local cabbie, okay?
Met her last night, the second time since our first EB in Manila last December.
She flew in from Malaysia early afternoon, called me up to let me know she was here and arranged to meet for dinner. Nutty girl. She said she was passing by Singapore to meet another friend and all the while I thought the friend would be putting her up for the night. So I didn't offer her a room cause after all, I didn't want to infringe on their plans. If I had known she had to book herself in a hotel, I would have offered her a room for the night. Val, next time, let me know, okay?
Anyway, so fafa Jay and I left at 7 to meet her at 8. The cabbie we rode on was an elderly man and I guess he didn't understand where we wanted to go.
CABBIE: Where d'ya wanna go?
FAFA JAY: Holiday Inn at Park View.
CABBIE: Orchard?
FAFA JAY: Scott's Road? Yeah, yeah... in Orchard.
We ended up at the Royal Plaza Hotel, maybe about a mile from Holiday Inn... hehe.
I told fafa Jay he probably should have said 'Paaak View' and maybe the cabbie would have understood him. You see, not only are Singaporeans unable to pronounce r's, they can't seem to understand it as well... so 'corn' would be 'con' and 'pork' will be 'pok' and 'Park View' will be 'Paaak View.'
Anyway, so after a couple of phone calls (long distance on Val's roaming line when we were just minutes away from each other), a map courtesy of Royal Plaza's front desk staff and another cab ride, we finally were able to get to Val.
We took a walk from her hotel to Orchard Road, the main tourist shopping district here in SIngapore. I may be pre-empting her blog about this but I can't help being amazed with her. See, in the little time that she spent alone in this city-state, she's been to the zoo, around the shopping district, and has even received a free mini-tour from her cabbie who pointed out the presidential palace (was that it, Val?) to her. And to think that it's the first time she traveled all by herself. Of course she's not a newbie where traveling is concerned but still...
We treated her to dinner at Kartika, our favorite Indonesian restaurant at Ngee Ann City. Good thing she wasn't aversive to hot food. We had chilli kangkong, some beef dish, camaron rebusado that came with a chilli dip, and of course, fafa Jay's favorite, curry fish head. Funny thing about eating hot food is, you'll feel hot and even perspire while you eat but when you're all done, you'll feel cold. Val and I got to the part where we felt cold... fafa Jay just kept on perspiring... hehe.
After dinner, we walked Val back to her hotel. We would have invited her for coffe or something but I was thinking she might want the rest of her evening free for her friend. Besides, I was really getting sleepy and I couldn't hide the errant yawn every now and then anymore. Sorry about that Val... just that, I was up at 3 am. But hey, you are here after all and I would grab that chance and brave a late night to see you, KR or no KR. Besides, I've been wanting to spend time out of the house and what better excuse than to be with a friend, huh?
This morning, she intends to visit the Bird Park before she flies out. Just remember Val, around here?... it's 'Bud Paaak' to your local cabbie, okay?
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