Right, lets talk about my recent trip to Singapore! As the title says, and as what I previously blogged, it's such a terribly short trip haha, or at least it felt like a really short weekend! Anyway I landed at 12 PM this time. Went straight to the hotel and just chilled for a while (also catching some sleep) before heading out to meet Jes and Ade for dinner. Thankfully Jes was on her way from work too so we met in City Hall. So good to see her again. Or I mean, to see Mrs Foo again mwahaha.
We went to JEM for dinner and decided to eat at Din Tai Fung. Thanks to Jes' heads-up, we can actually veganise some items on the menu! Okay not applicable to all items. We started with the liang-cai (which is really good by the way) and the veggie dumplings. Ade came then and we ordered some food. I ordered the gan-ban mian and it was made vegan. They just use a different sauce I think.
Is it too early for yusheng? No
After that we decided to.... Lao Yu Sheng Hahaha. Ok lah it's been 7 years since I last lao yu sheng and it was quite a fun thing to do haha. Everyone was looking at us. Perhaps it's too early but who cares, Christmas is over! :P Thanks Ade and Jes for the dinner, it was great to meet with you both again! Feels like the old times when we would have dinner together. Then we went to Paris Baguette for dessert.
Here's to 14 years of friendship <3
It was so funny cause I asked the guy if they have vegan options and he blatantly said no haha (of course Adhi). So I just ordered their yuzu drink. Had a really lovely chat with the two of them and... Whew I'm just really flabbergasted by how fast time is flying. We're all adults now and we're talking about adult stuff! Work, life, relationships and so on. Sometimes I still see the two of them as my secondary school friends but well, we're all adults now really. Thanks Adeline and Jeslyn for the meetup! It's great to see both of you again. See you soon when I'm back alright.
Always a good time seeing both of them!
On Saturday I went to do some shopping first in the early afternoon to buy stuff for my parents and siblings. Dropped them at the hotel again and headed out to meet Jolene and Tacy! Met them at this vegan cafe that I've been wanting to try called Well Dressed Salad Bar and Cafe. Had a delicious tofu "egg" sandwich and also two slices of cakes that's really good. Did the usual catch up and it's always a good time seeing both of them! Hopefully Pao can join us the next time :)
After that I went for dinner with Vithya and Charmaine. Gosh it's been 2 years since I last see both of them! Felt so good to be reunited with them again. We had a delicious dinner at Daehwa Korean vegetarian restaurant in Fusionopolis. We had the army stew and it was delicious!! Wow first army stew in don't know how long haha. They have vegan luncheon meat and it tastes almost like the real thing *gasps*. We also have some side dishes like the usual kimchi pancake and tangsuyuk? It's supposed to be battered chicken but mushroom is used instead. Very very delicious dinner indeed.
We devoured that. Mmhmm
We then headed to Holland for drinks. And Wow Holland changed so much! The last time I went there was also 2 years ago when I met Vithya. We went to look around for places to drink and decided to go for The Pit. Same place where we drank the last time mwahaha. We went to 3 different bars actually! And ended up at Wala. Can't believe we actually drank from 7 PM to 1 AM. Probably the longest time I've actually drank haha. Nevertheless I had a great time with them. As usual talking about life and updating what's going on in our lives. I've known them for a decade now, crazy!
Lesson learned: take a photo before drinking hahaha
Kinda sad to think that the next time we'll meet again will probably be in either end of this year or next year again. But well I'm just proud on how far we've all come and thankful for this decade of friendship. Even though we're in two different countries! Especially to Vithya, someone I'm really thankful of crossing paths with. I'm just thankful to have a good friend like her whom I can openly talk to about a lot of things. It's sad that it's hard for both of us to meet and I'll always try to see her when she's in town. All the best for your studies and project in Australia. We will see each other again when you're back! <3
Reunited with the DBS bunch again!
Last but not least I met the DBS bunch for lunch on my last day! Wow it's been 7 years since we all met. The last time we met was during graduation hahaha. Except for Minli whom I met 2 years back too. So good to see everyone again and to see that you're all doing great! Okay especially to Zaki who literally went off the radar hahaha. Brought them to eat at Nom V Nom which is a vegan burger joint. I hope they enjoyed the food! Feels good to meet everyone again, especially when we haven't met for a very long time. Reminiscing the good old days and catching up with everyone.
Special shoutout to Syazwan, all the best for your big day ok :D
Yup that's all for my really short weekend in Singapore. After lunch I headed out to the airport (thanks Bobby for the lift to Funan!) and that's all for my trip. I actually enjoy this trip because it doesn't feel rushed. Nice pace to it haha. Okay maybe I used to meet as many people as I can in 3 days but now I pace them out. Also I just recently met some of them on September so I swapped my schedule here and there. I think I have to accept the fact that I'm getting old and I'm not as "agile" as I used to be 4-5 years ago haha. I used to meet some people for breakfast!
Thank you to everyone for the meet-up on this awesome albeit short weekend. What a great way to start the year indeed! I'm not sure when I'm gonna come back to Singapore again but as always,
see you when I see you again, Singapore! :)
