TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Friday, June 27, 2008

3:46 PM
Posted by jodi rose

there's a world on our doorstep, if you leave the building and walk away from the mrt station (ie turn right).

the most exciting discovery so far, is that across the road and about 2/3 the way to the end of thestreet, is a swimming pool. It belongs to the fairway golf club, is a 50m pool, good for laps, trees all round, very peaceful, and great banana lounges. The only thing missing is a bar. That's next door - the coloured lights of a local beer garden.

A little further along, at the very end of the street on the right - opposite the Tang Dynasty City (fake historic village now crumbling into fantastically romantic ruins) - is another excellent hawker centre, wicked lime juice (get it with plum for extra kick), fabulous satay, and delectable crushed ice desserts with kooky jelly and beans (cendol, bobur cha... mmmm). There is also another branch of the shensiong supermarket, home to wonderful appliances and wide range of fruit and veg etc etc and apparently very good Indonesian restaurant. (word up to Nigel for introducing me to all the above treats!)

This shopping centre offers a myriad of entertainment, am seriously considering a trip to the bowling alley... karaoke...go carts.

I went for another swim this morning, then coffee at the hawker stand, and back to writing texts for exhibition, another round of engineer meetings. eeek.