the great adventure.

I'm waiting in the afternoon
For the sun to sink
And let the night back in
It's when i feel close to you
powderfinger - wishing on the same moon.

yesterday was merlynn and karen's great adventure under $10 day.
i'm please to say it was an enormous success.

we met at far east and realised we were quite broke and bored of orchard friggin road. it does hold the lusture and mystery of the old town anymore. too many people, too much traffic, too hot, too expensive.

so we decided to walk towards forum, merlynn wanted to see trannies. horny bitch.
then we walked on, for some reason we walked and walked and discovered TANGLIN.

please don't underestimate the beauty of tanglin.

rows and rows of art galleries, marmalade pantry and quaint cafes galore. we carried on till tanglin mall where we found the cutest magic shop with some real old school stuff.

things that laced our childhood, things like old figurines and old practical jokes we could buy. then we ate at a really good food court nearby. DAMN CHEAP AND FUCKING FANTASTIC FOOD. triple F leh don't play play.

feeling a little itchy, we walked around Marketplace, this supermarket where we relived our shopping days with our moms. rows of freezers and nostalgic kiddy food hit us.

coming out of tanglin mall, it was almost 845 at night. and still wanting to spend any money, we decided to do the next best cheap thing.

BOTANICAL GARDENS.

we walked past gleneagles, walked around the gorgeous condos and embassies and strolled into the gardens, in the dead of night.

the garden was very dark, very cooling and very freaking. we were lost a couple of times in the dark and no one near us. we walked on long dim jungle roads and found a part of the park that we never knew existed.

most of all, we laughed the whole way through.

when we came out, it was past 11. yikes. 2 hours in the gardens without even trying.

grabbed an ice-cream and headed home.


total damage: $5.00 for the whole day.



see, it's possible.