february 26, 2008
2nd day in singapore. 1st day training. dad's birthday.
i already knew i wasn't gonna be home on dad's birthday so i threw him a birthday dinner, eat-all-you-can, at the kamay kainan trinoma, 3 days prior. belate dad, mwaaahh!
back in singapore, apparently, sharing a bathroom w/ 2 others will make you late on your 1st day of training haha. thank god it was just a few blocks across our hotel. 5 mins late wasn't so bad.
our trainor evidently is a veteran of the subject. he'd just quickly pace the notes on the book & creates his own dialogues.
by lunch break, we ate at one of the noodle houses inside the building. the ordering portion was dreadful. the menu was written in mandarin & the chinese owners couldn't or likely refused to understand any word we said. but we didn't back down, didn't allow the language barrier hinder us from filling up our almost upset stomachs. aside from using very weird sign languages, we just ingeniously pointed our fingers to the appetizing (by the looks) dishes the other customers were havin'! brilliant ei? ultimately, we got served. bravo. hahaha
at the noodle house; mine was screaming hot & i dislike spicy foods arghh!
the front door of the training venue
during an afternoon break, we called shaun, a former workmate, to let him know we're in sg & to treat & tour us in the evening.
it was a relief when shaun showed up. he directed me to a music store where i can score cheap sabian cymbals. finally, that was off my checklist. after that he took us to dinner at the marina. we ate at 1001 islands, a classy filipino restaurant. although we opted for something local that day, he might had unconsciously assumed we missed the taste of filipino food?? shaun, we were just in manila 2 days ago! hehe. nonetheless, when we had a taste of their 'sinigang na baboy', 'crispy pata', 'kilawen', etc, there was no room for regrets. the food was sooo good.
posing while walking to the music store
after marina , we walked towards the merlion park & took pictures in multitudes. we stopped only when our jaws started to ache from all the smilin.
posing at bugis
behind me is the marina square facade
at the hotel
here are photos at the merlion park...
shaun's the bald guy. hihi..thanks shaun!!!
we took a cab to the hotel. the brilliance in sg cabs, they got these tiny receipt machines, so we got receipts on every cab ride. we were able to include it in our reimbursement report back home!
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