Summertime in Singapore: Day 3
I initially thought that Day 3 of
our Singapore trip would be even less eventful than Day 2, since I didn’t really have
much in my itinerary. The others had shopping and Night Safari in their
schedules, but I figured maybe I’d let my wallet rest for a while.
We were up and early for the
conference because we were looking forward to Gap Kim, Google’s Head of Ads
Marketing, Asia Pacific, and his talk on Developing an Effective Content Marketing Strategy. His insights on the Zero Moment of Truth (this isn't a new concept but very relevant nonetheless) would be
very useful when our team tries to explain to our clients the importance of
digital efforts in marketing.
After the conference, I went
straight back to the hotel to catch-up with work (okay, also to get some Zs) while the girls were either
shopping or having a meet-and-greet with hyenas. Shopping
has never been my thing when traveling; most of the time I just tag along like
some unfortunate kid - so might as well get some rest instead.
When Jona and Grace got back from
their spending spree, it was almost dinnertime so we went around the area and
explored the streets, hunting for local food. After a short walk we found
ourselves along Bussorah Street, which seemed to be teeming with Indian and
Persian restaurants. This wasn’t exactly the local specialties we were looking
for, but it’s still going to be something new to the palate so we gave it a
shot. We went to the most packed establishment that night – Kampong Glam CafĂ©.
These are what we had:
On first look the food may not be
that appetizing, but a spoonful of the rice dishes will change your mind.
After a short rest, and a few
sticks of cigarette for Jona and Grace, the next item in the itinerary was to
get some drinks at Clark Quay. Grace wasn’t feeling as young (and she got an
early flight the next day), so Jona and I went by ourselves.
Clark Quay is a good drinking
(and a little bit of dancing) hub for tourists. The place was full of energy,
great music, lots of booze, and a little bit of flirting around the area. Jona
and I went to the loudest bar/club – Le Noir. We had a few drinks and Jel and
Denise arrived to join in the fun not long after.
We made a futile attempt to
bar-hop within Clark Quay but ended up gobbling more food than drinking
alcohol. Eventually, we decided to explore the bars near our hotel, at least it
won’t be too far when we get too drunk. We asked around to know which bars are
still open, and found ourselves gulping down beer along Haji Lane.
Haji Lane doesn’t look much at
night, little did we know how lovely it’s going to be in the morning. But
that’s a story I’ll leave for Day 4 ;)
Are you the one on the 2nd to the last photo? Good looking ha! Haha anyway, good thing you tried or shall I say, you found some local foods there. I love this kind of trip when you take a stroll with friends and not the usual shopping and everything. You just have to trust your feet where it will bring you!
ReplyDeleteYeah our feet went through torture but it was fun nonetheless :)
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