Mr.FcuK Snapshots & Lessons of My Life

Woke at early today, because I am desperate to finish the North South line today, not wanting to delay it for another day. After having my breakfast, off I go to Dover station again to board the MRT to Jurong East. I reached Jurong East, and stopped by the McDonalds for add 2 hashbrown to my morning breakfast. After that, I moved on to complete my North South line, by stopping at each MRT station, from Jurong East to Toa Payoh, as I have been to Newton and Novena yesterday and I have been to the other South stations during my last trip to Singapore.
Bukit Gombak had a stadium and a sports complex just below the MRT station. I did not even been to a Malaysian stadium, but I have stepped my foot at the Singapore one. Some Malaysian I am.

Choa Chu Kang was a place full of HDB flats. If you take the LRT, you can see a lot of HDB flats around you.
At Kranji, there is a Singapore Turf Club. It was closed, at it was a Monday. I guess there was not any race. I am not really sure myself what day do they open though.

At Khatib, I went to find a MTG Card shop and it was just a small shop. Did not have what I need at the shop.
At Ang Mo Kio, I went to AMK Hub. I was wondering what was so famous at Ang Mo Kio, but I could not find the answer, as I have neither any Singaporean traveling with me nor the courage to ask people. But, I saw this damn long queue in front of the DBS bank at AMK Hub. My legs were killing me, as I do not know why my ankle hurts so badly.

At Bishan, I went to find another MTG shop. They did not have the things I need too, but at least I found a shop which was quite active.

In the end, I decided to go to Somerset and try my luck to catch a movie. Decided to go to Cathay Cineleisure. I have to say, the place was quite pack, even though it was a weekday. I cannot imagine weekends then. Anyway, luck was on my side, as I managed to get a seat for myself to watch Die Hard 4.0. Cannot wait to watch it, but the stomach called.
On to Chicago’s Steakhouse then. It was quite pack, but got a seat four one. Saw a person actually dropped a hot plate steak on the floor, from the kitchen. Pity him.
Anyway, I got myself a plate of Chicken Cacciatore. It was quite nice, even though the shop’s name suggested that I should try their steak out. However, I was not a fan of steak, so too bad.

On to Die Hard 4.0. The cinema was really nice, cold and good sound system. Unlike Malaysian cinema, where the movie will start 15 minutes after the actual time of the movie should be screened, the movie in Singapore cinema started on time. Die Hard 4.0 was extremely nice. It was really full with action and humour. I really like Die Hard 1 and Bruce Willis, and since then, I watched Die Hard 2 and 3. And now 4.0, they are all great. Yippie Kai Yay, Mother Fucker. That was John McClane’s line. Took a bus back to my aunt’s place and that wraps up Day 2.

This is a blog post of a trip which I have longing to go for. Yeah, it is the trip to Singapore. I will be spending a 8 day trip at Singapore to complete a mission of mine, which is to stop at every MRT station to check the places out. In addition to that, I have a wedding to attend, which is my cousin sister’s wedding. I will update the journey of each day into one separate post each. Enjoy reading then.

Day 1.

I was waiting for my flight at Penang Airport. It was an hour till boarding time.
After an hour of journey in the air, I have finally reached Changi Airport, an airport which I really respect a lot.
Unfortunately, I did not like the McDonalds at Chang Airport. Look at the Filet o’ Fish. It is slightly smaller than Malaysia’s one.

While I was eating my burger at Changi Airport, I saw this poster for some Singapore Food Festival. The crab looked tempting, but I do not like to eat crabs.

After eating, I bored the MRT to my aunt’s place. After putting my bags and taking a pit stop, I left with my cousin to the bus station. She was off for a movie and I was off to Dover station. So different direction then.
When I reach Dover Station, it was Singapore Polytechnic that I saw when I turned. It is a big university, but sadly, it was a Sunday, so there was no students. Bored the MRT to my first MRT station to stop on, Boon Lay.
Upon reaching Boon Lay, I saw a bus interchange. I have to say, the bus interchange in Singapore are quite efficient and nice. Compare those to our Malaysia’s biggest bus station, Pudu. This is way better.
Next stop was Lakeside. Nothing much here, except for HDB flats and a beautiful view of a lake.
After that, Chinese Garden was the 3rd stop. It was a nice place to visit at Chinese Garden, although I did not explore the whole garden, as time was not on my side. There were many fishes and also turtles in the river, near the entrance of Chinese Garden.
A map of Chinese Garden. Click on it to see what you can explore at the Garden.
7 Story Pagoda was quite popular among the visitors, as you can see many people taking photos of it. You can actually walk up the stairs, but I did not do it.
Next was the Zodiac Garden. Where they have statues of the 12 Chinese Zodiac and the description of each Zodiac. My was the dragon.
A long white bridge. Very nice indeed. Imagine you taking your wedding photo on this bridge, or set it as your background. It looks holy or grand or perhaps serene.

After Chinese Garden, I stop at each MRT stops between Chinese Garden to Tanjong Pagar. Nothing much to see there, except for HDB flats and some small malls. So with a little more time to spare, I decided to visit Novena and Newton, which are on the North South line. The Mr.Bean stall in Singapore is quite good actually. I have a drink of Soya Milk at the stall, and it was quite good. A prospect for franchising, perhaps?
After walking around the malls at Novena. I stopped at OrganiCafeXperience to have my dinner. It was a Grilled Boneless Chicken. Noticed that the top left of the plate has some smudges? Well, I actually moved the meat there, before putting it back to its original position for a photo shoot.

After dinner, I went back to my aunt’s house. Look at how many wireless connections were available in a condominium. Nice. Now is is a wrap for Day 1. My legs are really aching now. Feeling tired……

To compensate for not being able to go to Singapore, I made a trip to Queensbay Mall in Penang and this blog entry is the biggest blog entry so far for this blog. No doubt that it is the biggest shopping mall in Penang, but it lacks of class, cause the interior design in the mall is not really nice. Gurney still looks more special, compared to Queensbay Mall. Moreover, the toilet is really bad. For a mall to be great, I feel that the toilet plays and important role. I didn’t managed to take a photo of the toilet though, cause I could not get a good angle.

Anyway, the mall is great in the sense that there are outlets that were never in Penang. The food outlets there are the most attracted things of all. As for clothings, I do not really find it nice, perhaps cause there is no FCUK outlet there. So sad. I’ll let the picture do the talking now.

Queensbay MallA view of the Penang Bridge from here. Three gigantic Christmas Tree in the middle of the mall. There was a children colouring contest.
Look at the amount of people in the food court. GAP is opening soon. Jusco is the main departmental stall in Queensbay Mall.
Those are just few of the outlets that I took. There are other outlets that I didn’t take a photo of, like Nike, Adidas, Fila, Guess, Top Shop, La Senza and others. Overall, I give Queensbay Mall a 7 out of 10……

I spent my past few days in Kuala Lumpur(KL). The Malaysian Carnival Sale or also known as Mega Sale has just started and everywhere is having sales at great prices. Female shoppers are getting crazier, but the Singapore Sale in mid year is better compared to the Malaysian Carnival Sale (that’s what I think). Something distrubs my mind. I saw many Arab tourists in Berjaya Times Square in the weekend and I am wondering why suddenly there are many. Are they having holidays there? Anyway, the picture below is taken in Mid Valley. If any of you guys are planning to come down to the Northern Region, do stop by the Tapah rest spot. It is a great place for you to eat, but not really relaxing though. They have 4 great food outlets which are Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC), No.1 Hot Dog(Haven’t heard of it), Dunkin’ Donuts and also Baskin Robbins. I didn’t know they have such great place somewhere in the highway. The only 2 popular outlets are KFC and Baskin Robbins though. Tourits from Singapore, do come and try it out if ever you are planning to come to the Northern Region of Malaysia……

Dear Readers (If only I have a lot),

Sorry for the late update on the blog. I was really busy for the last few days. It has been almost two weeks, since I updated my blog. Now that I have returned home, I can start to blog about my past few weeks experience.

I went to two hotels the other day, which are Hilton hotel and Le Meridien. Both hotels are just next to each other and it looks like the twin tower hotel. The pictures are below.

Le Meridien Hotel Toilet. Hilton Hotel Toilet

 

It was nice to see both the hotels. I am not sure which is better though because I have not seen the rooms for each hotel. If only I can get a chance to stay there, but they are high class hotels. Mostly, Ang Mo(Westerners) like to stay there. How I wish I can own a hotel room there…..