Sing-a-ling-a-ding-apore!

Been away too long. Could give number of excuses but i won't. Just been lazy or too tired. Period. But felt I needed to blog about this...my first business trip ever! Haha. So, how was the first day? So far, so good! :)

I'm actually still in Singapore at the moment. Flew in from Hong Kong Tuesday morning for a four-day business trip. Arrived at lunchtime, rushed to the hotel to settle my things and freshen up quickly before dashing off to work.

I'm checked in at the Park Hotel Clarke Quay, this new boutique hotel in Robertson Quay, which opened just last year.

I was surprised to find out I was reserved at the Club Floor rooms which "offer exclusivity for discerning business travellers." Oh yeaaaa. So not me. Haha. Must say, was very pleased with the "exclusive" and personalized service.

Room is lovely. I love the high ceiling and the stylish interior.

View is a looker too.

At the office, I got my own room (woohoo!), which i'm actually just borrowing from a senior colleague who's away on leave.

Nice view again!

Was good to meet everyone at the office - especially those I was so used to speaking on the phone with or exchanging emails with but have never actually seen in person.

After work, I got a friendly ride back to the hotel from one of my colleagues. I changed to a smaller bag, took off my heels, wore flats and went down to explore. Had been starving most of the afternoon since I missed lunch so was keen to find a good place to have dinner.

First I checked out the "mall" right in front of the hotel, called UE Square, only to find it was practically empty. Next, I decided to check out Robertson Walk next to the hotel. I saw there were some chic eateries outside and wondered if there would be any cheap restos inside. Found the building quite interesting, the European inspired architecture was real posh.

So did i find any "cheap" resto there? As you could probably guess from the pictures, no. Its a nice date place though with the al fresco dining. Too bad it jut rained and well, i didn't have a date.

Moving on, i concluded I had to venture out a bit further if I wanted to find a cheap enough place. I remembered seeing some fast food restaurants in a building on the way to the hotel so trusted my direction instincts and just walked.

Thankfully, I found the place, which happened to be right beside the Somerset Hotel.

This was first resto I saw but wouldn't make sense for me to eat here eh. Hehe.

I went into the mall in the hopes of finding another restaurant. I saw McDonald's and Starbucks, no thanks. Wasn't sure which floor to go then finally decided to go to the basement level when i saw this cool escalator.

Finally, i saw a supermarket and there were food court type eateries at the side. Finally! There was choice of Japanese and other stuff can't remember now. Chose Jap when I saw picture of their "No. 1 Best Seller" - Fried Pork Cutlet Bowl. YUM!

Was so hungry by this time. Placed my order, paid SGD10 and sat down. I could hear my tummy growling already. Finally, my food came. BUT it looked so different from the picture. It literally took me 20 seconds looking at my food and back at the picture and back at my food again. Till I realized, they gave me the wrong order. I checked with the cashier who took my order and true enough there was a blunder. Instead of my pork cutlet rice, she gave me pork with ginger. Don't ask me how she misheard. Lost in translation. Anyway, I was too hungry to argue. It didn't look too bad anyway.




After that, I STILL felt hungry so I got some crepe at a kiosk nearby. YUM!





Chocolate Peach Crepe

Satisfied, I walked back to the hotel for a goodnight's rest :)