Well, I certainly got my exercise in yesterday... blew all the good work on my dinner, but hey, calories consumed overseas don't count, right? XD
My plans for yesterday was basically to hit up the specific shops I wanted to visit - Black Alice, Kino, Daiso and Face Shop. I was taken impromptu shopping by the office girls on Tuesday night, and I was introduced to Skin Food (who have really yummy orange juice, too!) and Chameleon. Buggered if I could remember which part of Orchard Road that they were in, though :\
I decided to use the MRT, since I still have good memories of ease and efficiency, and I was definitely not let down. Extensive googling revealed that I would need to go from Outram Park (where I'm staying) to Orchard Station (Kino) and Dhoby Ghaut (Daiso and BA). I also had to pick up my suitcase from the office, so I had to get to Tanjong Pagar.
(insert description of how to use MRT here - I'm sure you're all more interested in the shopping anyway)
I left about 8am, thinking I'd grab breakfast and eat it on the way... except that eating is not allowed on the MRT! So, not only was I starving, but I had three yummy curry puffs and a green tea roll in my bag that I wasn't allowed to have ;~; And when I finally got to Orchard Station, there were no public seats where I could sit and munch ;o;! I wound up walking all the way through Wishma Atria through to Takashimaya before I found anything. After nomming, it was still about 9am, and everything opens at 10 -_- So, I wandered around Orchard Road, found an open Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at the Paragon Centre, and had a drink. Killed more time until 10, and made my way over to Takashimaya/Kino.
Kino is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE. REALLY huge! But didn't have any GLB issues, or English Cosmode. There were a couple of cosplay photobooks, but they made me feel kind of... pervy. I finally picked up a Yoshitaka Amano FF artbook ♥
Toddled back through Wishma Atria (Takashimaya food court wasn't open yet), and found a Face Shop outlet. Picked up about... oh... a million face masks, but no cosmetics. Hopped on the train to Dhoby Ghaut. By the time I got there, it was about 11am. Plaza Singapura is smack-bang outside Dhoby Ghaut station, but Daiso is way up on the fourth floor. I was kind of surprised to see a Spotlight there, too!
Daiso is... is... I just feel like I'd died and gone to household heaven. Sooooo many cute plates! There was barely any bento-related things, though, so I picked up some stationery, ice cream bowls and a gyoza maker. I had a momentary brain lapse, and nearly asked how you could tell how much stuff was :x Whooooops.
BA! Oh god. This is where my day started going wrong. I went in TOTALLY the wrong direction. Past some important looking building with police guards (an embassy?), and almost all the way back to Orchard :x I finally gave up, and went into a random hotel to ask for directions. Pro tip: turn LEFT coming out of Plaza Singapura, not right @_@;; The Cathay is practically the next big building. Another pro tip: BA is on the fourth floor, not the second. I very nearly called
bankevair in tears because I couldn't find it.
Grace was minding the shop yesterday, and she is sooooooooooo lovely! She also looks almost exactly like Shiina, which was a little disconcerting. I just can't imagine Shiina in lolita, and yet, her clone was right in front of me XD;; I must have spent about 2 hours there, trying on clothes (IW Forest Animals... MM... AP polka dot...) before settling on an all-black AP triple ribbon JSK. I actually do have a matching blouse and shoes here with me, but with temps from 26-32C, there's no way I'm walking out in a full kuro outfit!
Tee hee, I own AP now XD Lolita level UP!
Toddled over to the office for my suitcase, then collapsed for the afternoon. In amongst all that shopping, I totally forgot to have lunch! So I finished off the rest of my curry puffs and green tea roll and snoozed while chatting to the Doctor and
bankevair.
Woke up about 6ish, and saw an ad for the Chinatown night market.
bankevair was still on, so I asked her if I should go. And I am REALLY glad I did - it was heaps of fun! Even though I forgot my wallet in the hotel room and had to go back for it (about 2km extra), I still got to the market about 6:30. Walked around heaps, and heaps, and heaaaaaaaaaps. And... And... And I had an entire chilli crab dinner all to myself D: Seriously - apart from the AP JSK, that was the MOST money I'd spent in one go in this entire trip. Zomg. Zomg.
It wasn't worth it either, I think. Bleh.I wound up going home about 8:30pm, when a lot of the stalls started closing up. Totally went out the wrong way of the station, and had to go the long way around Pearl Bank to get back to the hotel. No wonder I slept like a log last night!
So, today's my last full day here. I'm planning to spend the morning looking around Bugis, lunch at the Takashimaya basement, then back to Daiso/BA in the afternoon. There's a few things I want to pick up from the market that I missed yesterday, too. Then early checkout tomorrow morning (6am), and I'll be back in Melbourne around 7pm!
Ja~