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Singapore & Malaysia 2006

Gita, 14,750 miles, Jun 06 - Aug 06

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Anthony - Sat 29 March 14.00

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The Long Bar in the Raffle's hotel is the origin of the legendary Singapore Sling Cocktail. The bar is indeed quite long, is located on the first floor, and its floor is completely covered with peanut shells.

Every table is served with complementary peanuts, bowls of peanuts, which you basically just drop on the floor once you're done with them (the shells, i mean).

The Singapore sling cocktail is definitely the best Singapore sling i've ever had (duh!), and ever since having it here, i've detested all those wannabe fake dont-know-what-a-sinapore-sling-is cocktails all over the world. The Singapore sling as made in the Raffle's Long Bar is red, fruity and potent, so if ever you get some green or yellow sh*t again, ask the waiter to take it back!

We've had lot's of fun with the peanuts, i must say! Peeeeeeenuuuuuut!

Singapore & Malaysia 2006

Gita, 14,750 miles, Jun 06 - Aug 06

Singapore & Malaysia 2006 (Simple)

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Gita - Mon 03 March 21.00

NOW.... the scene from here...THIS epitomises singapore for me!!! - what a skyline!....you look in one direction and you see the tall buildings of the business district, and you look away from that into the horizon, and you see nothing but water. Its so quiet here, all you can hear is water lapping against the coast...you can see evidence of this vast buzzing business-orientated city that is singapore, but hear none of it! - amazing! ....and yes, again, romantic!

ohhh, and there is a hawker centre sooo near by (even though you can't hear the people when you sit on the promenade).....the food is sooooo good! Nothing beats kaya toast (toast with butter and egg/coconut/sugar jam) and kopi ping (iced coffee) whilst looking out over singapore in the dark lights of marina bay and chatting to a couple of mates about everything and nothing!

Singapore & Malaysia 2006

Gita, 14,750 miles, Jun 06 - Aug 06

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Gita - Mon 30 June 18.00

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The famous ZOUK!! - a well known club in singapore, where all the coolest students go - i.e. US!!! haha - no seriously, was a great club as far as clubs go! - inside decor is funky and its the least mingin' n' humid iv felt in singapore, in fact it was actually cold! (well, not as cold as the ice bar in boat quay, but thats obvious!!)

the boys loved watching some girls who were apparently dancing on podium's or something, i'm too short to notice, but im sure they were only saying this as they were jelous that they weren't allowed in one of the bar areas - over 25s only -UNLESS ur a girl! haha!!!! - great idea!! lol being in the toilets was also a lasting memory...i mean,i kno if u go in the toilets of an english club, there's always one being sick in the bog....but seriously, the were dropping like flies in there, at least 3 at a time! - hilarious....come on singaporeans... i know ur tolerance is lower, but know ur limits!! :p joKING-lah!

So....my first experience in zouk was in about week 2 or 3, when we got talked into going there on a SCHOOL-night!!! - bad move!...or not!! an aquaintance of an aquaintance managed to get me and laura into the posh VIP lounge to meet teh guy who's uncle OWN's zouk AND a massive shopping/hotel complex in singapore....hence enabling us to experience luxuries such as a free tray of shot - BIG tray and a bottle of V. expensive champagne!!! - its good to know people! - hehe! This was of course the highlight of the evening, which was followed by a cheese and banana pratha at the pratha place behind uni!!! - mmmm, LOVELY!!! (forget chips n pizza)

The pictures u see are from the second occasion in zouk...by this time, laura had gone and aneeka and natasha were experiencing the GITA tour of singapore!!!
AGAIN, I found out that a friend of a friend is always handy! - especially if he's called Ignacious!!! - what a great name!!! - This guy got us tickets to a pretty exclusive fashion show in zouk...we has VIP badges and everything!!!....soooo fashion show, drinks, crazy dancing my home girls and my singapore crew! - was a lot of fun to say the least!!!

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Gita, 14,750 miles, Jun 06 - Aug 06

Singapore & Malaysia 2006 (Simple)

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Gita - Mon 03 March 21.00

So...Orchard Rd....supposedly the oxford st (london)...the champs elysees (paris) of Singapore!!! the largest and most popular shopping street in town....but not necesarily the nest in my opinion - some of the ones leading off it, and the malls in the west (where all the big hotels are) are better!!

And, trapsing round shops when u've barely got used to the time or the weather was hardly the nest idea we had!!! - but still....it was the biggest famous place we'd heard of, so it was the first thing we did!! - even if we felt tired and sick of the heat and the smell!!!....as clean as singapore is....andit IS CLEAN....it still smells like chinese food - esp in the humid air!!! - so naturally, 1st impressions of this rd weren't amazing.

However, the area was relatively frequently visited thereafter, and we loved it!! - esp the shopping mall that was just FULL of shoes shoes shoes!!!!....thats where we had a foot reflexology massage!....a strange experience for someone who is extremely ticklish! - lol! it wasn't all fun tho....VERY painful too!!!....imagine having someone tickle your feet and aggressively squeeze the knuckles of your toes at the same time....i told u it's strange!!!....especially when everyone else in the room is lying there all relaxed..haha....i was half squirming, half laughing...and whatever i was doing, i couldn't keep quiet! - the woman ended up laughing at me!!! - jokes!

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