The Land of the Lions…Singa-pore =_=” (Part 2: The Nature Lover Post)

Welcome to the continuation from the previous post…Part 2

Fascinated by the Merlion which squirts out water…I’ve decided to find a real lion…hence the 2nd day of the trip,we went to pay a visit to Mother Nature…from the tourist of an urban area to the nature lover of a rural area? =_=”


The Singapore Botanic Gardens…

Wearing a green shirt will help me camouflage from the surroundings…

Walking along the path…

With “voluntary models” in the pictures…

Nice big green field…

Can ber-picnic,lepak,play-play,etc…

Waterfall picture…do you know how many were actually taking pictures?

Since those people were there…so I just snapped this smaller version ler…hehe =P

One of the many random statues in the garden…

Macam the Disney cartoon,Lion King kan?

Spot the hidden animal!!!

Answer: Ninja Turtle

(Camera battery habis…so the following pictures were taken by my “mini camera”/handphone camera)

Spot the hidden animal again!!!

Answer: Mighty Ducks

One section of the garden…tengok rocks

And petrified trees…

Another section…tengok cactus

Also more random statues…

“Honey…I’ve shrunk the trees!!!”

Bonsai garden…maybe tiny little people live and pray in that mini pagoda

A nice-looking hut…

Care for some afternoon tea?

Flowery green arches…

Can take wedding photos here…


After searching high and low…left and right…in and out…up and down…there wasn’t a single lion in sight…tough luck or maybe next time should go to the ZOO!!! =_=”

The final Singapore post is next…yay?

The Land of the Lions…Singa-pore =_=” (Part 1: The Tourist Post)

Aiyaya…why did I ran to Singapore(refer to previous post)…now got caught and I am back home =_=” Ehem-ehem…why did I went to Singapore? Not to find lions(singa) =_=” but just sort of a “saja” only vacation…hehe...I’ve never actually been to Singapore before(unless you count when I was too young to even know what a “singa” is =_=” ),so can say so that this is a trip to a “new country”…lols,very kesedihan tak terhingga no? =P But bring kawan along ler…reduce the kesedihan…haha

Anyways,this trip was during the previous week,3 days and 2 nights…took the KTM train from KL Sentral…departed on Tuesday night(10th July)


I see humans…


Once we boarded the train…

My NB2D moments…“Nothing Better 2 Do”
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Didn’t really slept well…

And the next morning…it was raining when we arrived =_=”

Thankfully,the rain subsided upon reaching our designated stop…haha

Before we jalan-jalan cari makan…must jalan-jalan cari tempat tinggal first…ended up here,Backpacker Cozy Corner Guesthouse in Bugis

Not expecting to live in some high class hotel of sorts…this place is quite ok as the saying goes “You get what you paid for” and all we needed is a place to sleep for the following nights as most of the time we’ll be out…

Winnie the Pooh bedsheets will surely make someone smile when they wake up the following day…oh,our room doesn’t have any windows…can say it’s kinda like a storeroom…lols =_=”


And now…the “tourist” journey begins…the following places are mostly all those tourist spot that the tour would most likely bring you to…I wont be dwelling about shopping malls cuz…there’s so many of them!!! Crazy…indeed a shopping heaven for the ladies and guys alike…well,you can just ask Uncle Google right? Hehe…

Walking-walking…Jalan-jalan…

Some random monument…with tiny little jet planes which flew by…

One of the famous hotels…Raffles Hotel

Famous hotel = Expensive hotel…There are shops inside too,which sells “famous = expensive” goods(LV,Rolex,etc…) and here is where the cocktail Singapore Sling was invented from…
Note: Fancy nice car not included with hotel stay…

Who needs a fancy nice car when you’ve got one of these rides…

Makes you feel like a “towkay” and is environmental friendly too…currently this vehicle’s “engine” is switched off though…

Random fountain in one of the shopping malls…

Speaking of fountains…Singaporeans sure love their fountains cuz almost all the shopping malls or popular places have their very own fancy fountain…Feng Shui?

Son&Daughter: Daddy-Daddy…build a swimming pool in our new house!!! Puh-lease…

Dad: Hmmm…nope,we shall build a fountain!!! You kids still can swim in it too =)
Son&Daughter: …Yay? =_=”

The biggest of it all…The Fountain of Wealth at City Hall

Around the fountain,there are Chinese zodiac animals inscriptions…yes Cheese is a Harimau…no he is not a pervert cuz no female model,so have to make do with what he can? =_=”

There are even instructions on how to obtain wealth from the fountain…

Take note it’s the small lil’ fountain(seen from the first Fountain of Wealth picture),not the overall big structured one…unless your arms are able to stretch that far

Where can you find a “durian” which does not emit smell? The theatres on the bay…Esplanade

If the Two Towers(Lord of the Rings) would look like these…it wouldn’t be that scary looking,right? Behold…the Two Spiky Domes…Dua Kubah Berduri!!! =_=”

Ok…ermmm…moving on…

Hehe…guess where we’re heading next from this picture…

Tersangat amat famous landmark/symbol of Singapore,none other than…the Merlion

Being spat/puked by the Merlion…

Yet,another “famous hotel” along the way…

The Fullerton Hotel

And of course,the founder himself(in statue form of course)…

Sir Stamford Raffles berposing…luckily there isn’t any birds around,eh?

Random statues along the river…

Errr…Stamford Raffle’s sons taking a dip?


Most of the pictures are kinda dark cuz the weather was still gloomy…more to come in the next post…Part 2!!! Hopefully the next one isn’t so “tourist” ler…hehe =P

I see food…You see food…We all see food =_=”

As usual an outdated post…

WARNING…the following pictures are not recommended to be viewed for people who are on a strict diet…or those who detest the blogger for posting up pictures of food which makes them hungry…MWAHAHAHA!!! >=D or somehow developed some sort of allergy towards food =_=”

The 3 M’s of an outing…Meet…Mingle…and Makan!!!


Headed to Italiannies(1 Utama)…after much contemplation

Some more the past few days during that week I had pasta for lunch =_=” Never mind ler I guess…let other people do the cooking for me this time…haha

After ordering…and chatting…and eating complimentary bread tambah vinegar and olive oil…and waiting…makanan also arrived

We share-shared…

“Cant remember the fancy name but I know it’s a bit spicy” Chicken and Salmon Pasta(which is too salmon-ish…overpowered the pasta…but makan it I shall)

Didn’t really like the previous 2 dishes…

So the Pepperoni Pizza wins hands down…with 2 pictures of it…together with a pizza fan picture? =P

And last but not least…Strawberry Cheese Cake…

Which also comes with a funny story…but I shall not expose it here…or else the “pizza fan” might make a cheesecake out of me =_=”

A picture without food… (Facebook quality picture from “pizza fan”)

Hmmm…I think this is the 2nd or 3rd time I had dined in Italiannies…any other recommended dishes? Everything must try-try…


Ok…time to change menu and venue…

From this pai-seh taken picture from a cameraphone…

Guess what’s cooking?

A Japanese delicacy from Hiroshima…Okonomiyaki!!!

Aunty Wikipedia says that it is a Japanese dish which consists of a pan-fried batter cake and contains various ingredients(?)…Apart from the batter cake,other main ingredients are usually pork,egg,cabbage(lots of it!!!) and soba(Japanese noodle)…of course the Okonomiyaki sauce as well…I ordered the Ikaten Okonomiyaki(Ikaten = squid cracker)

This restaurant is located at Low Yat Plaza(a place that I had no intention of having a meal other than to purchase computer goods)…

Actually,there was an exact identical restaurant such as this(or maybe Okonomiyaki restaurants are meant to look like this? =_=” )…located in a small-scaled shopping complex(Atria Shopping Centre) nearby my secondary school in Damansara Jaya…While I was shopping/walking pass by/lepak-ing,I had always wanted to try it…but in the end didn’t mange to do so cuz after quite some time,the restaurant had closed down(or maybe moved…to Low Yat Plaza? =_=” )

Somehow…destiny brought us together and I had finally savoured my dear long lost Okonomiyaki…and they lived(we) happily ever after? =_=” Oh…Okonomi means “what you like” or “what you want” and yaki means grilled or cooked…hence the dish Okonomiyaki…“cook what you like”(that explains the part of …contains “various ingredients”)…

Should try to order Okonomiyaki in a Mamak…
“Boss…tolong kasi satu Roti Suka Hati”
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Well…gotta lari ke luar negara in a few hours time…where?
Ok…I’ll leave a clue…
(click image to enlarge…if needed)

Very clever,no? Lari ke luar negara also leave a clue =_=”
Can you spot the hidden Mickey as well?

See ya’ll in a few days time…take carezzz

=)