Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Poor in Singapore

We’ve gone from riches to rags, damn it’s expensive here. There will be no more pretending we’re wealthy. Prices in Singapore have very much resemblance to what you would find on price tags in Sweden, and we’re not used to that anymore, not after eight weeks in Malaysia. Probably there will be no fancy dinners for us here; we’ll save that till next week when we’re back over the Malaysian border again. Check this out: first thing we did in Singapore was buying a subway pass, very economical and environment friendly!

After checking in at The Rendezvous Hotel we took the subway to Orchard Rd. All poshy brands are represented here; it’s Patrick Bateman heaven. Gucci is like Starbucks in Manhattan, one in every corner. But we didn’t shop much, no point really since we can find most of the stuff for similar prices in Stockholm, and we’ve never been that brand horny anyway. Plus our luggage already weighs over 50 kilo, (Nelly’s fault mostly).

Instead of shopping we will focus on doing what you can’t do back home, explore the sights that make Singapore beautiful and unique. We have heard good things about the Singapore Zoo, the Botanic garden and at Sentosa Island they have a dolphin lagoon, so that’s on top of our agenda now. More details coming as soon as we find an Internet Café that doesn’t charge 5 SEK (2 PLN) per minute.

Nelly’s new favourite hobby is standing up in bed (using the head board), and then on purpose losing balance, falling down in different constellations accompanied by a cheerful warning scream.

She’s remains the star wherever we might be. Still the center of attention in every store we enter, subway car we ride with or café we rest at. She’s gonna miss all the appreciation she receives daily from everybody when we are back in Sweden. Babcia and dziadek get ready to step up and entertain the diva!