Suntec & Marina Square Day Tour with HM

I finally went to Marina Square yesterday! That's like after it reopened since its renovation half a year ago, and given the size of the paltry island I live on, a feat that I haven't visited it at all. GIVE ME MY CONSUMERISM LIFE BACK!

I met HM at City Hall MRT to celebrate her awfully belated 22nd birthday (opps!). Walked to the K-box in Marina South and stayed there for the 3-hours lunch package. It was then that I realise 1) my Chinese's Really Atrocious 2) HM can sing way better and I croak as well as a frog 3) K-box doesn't keep its English database of songs updated. I ended up selecting all sorts of oldies and felt 52 instead of 25. Lunch was some teriyaki salmon with rice, quite alright I guess though the salmon turned rock hard after being exposed in the cold air for a long time.

We then walked around to shop for HM's mp3 player. The Creative Neeon is so nice! However, nay, I dread the idea of carrying so many devices when I go around, not to mention the high price (where got cheap?). Anyway we then went to the arcade (YAY!) and saw this guy who mastered the latest House of the Dead 4 and completed the game with only one credit! It's such a pity that he cancelled all the cutscenes 'cos I'll love to find out what the plot is (since I'm such a lousy gamer that I never complete games).

Wow, we really splurged today! After some shopping which saw us sitting on ergonomically-designed chairs that transfer body weight from the spine (at the cost of S$1k/chair), we found ourselves in Suntec where we ate Bens&Jerry ice-cream. Yummylicious! :) More shopping ensued as HM got to get socks for her trip to China next week. I played drummania too, but it was awful as I was too tired after all that activity earlier (old liao lah, what to do). I then became real hungry at 5.30pm, and dragged HM to try out this corner in Suntec that serves local delights like roti prata and laksa. One'll definitely pass the place when coming from City Link to Suntec's Dell 'cos it's perpetually busy! We were lucky that most Singaporeans prefer to have dinner at home rather than outside, so we found places at that time of the day. I had a plain and an egged roti prata, bagus! However the price came to S$3, around twice of neighbourhood prices! We also shared a bowl of laksa from the eatery too, which was pretty nice. While I commented positively that the hawker soaked the noodles twice before draining the curry gravy away to lock in the flavour, it was with surprise when HM pointed out that other famous laksas like those in Katong do that 6 times! Wah!

More shopping ensued and we even went to the Harvey Norman at Millenia Walk.. after coming back to Suntec again, I asked HM for her opinion while I tried on specs.. fell in love with a pair but ARGH I forgot to Take Pictures to consult your opinion! Maybe next time I guess. :)

It's going to be C programming lab tutoring again in 3 hours and I haven't done my preparation. It's gonna be a rough ride again. Persevere! Oh! By the way I got a reply from JobsDB that a "Cornerstone Career Connections" is seeking my resume in consideration for a position of "Japanese HelpDesk Specialist(JLPT 2 or equivalent)". Personally I think I'm whacked as I only have JLPT4, the most fundamental JLPT level and my Japanese sucks. Oh well, let's just go for the experience and to know the market (and its prospects) better.

Ned Nickerson

House of the Dead 4
http://hod4.sega.jp/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Dead_4

JobsDB
http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBS055775450