S'pore Day 13

Saturday 8th October

Today morning we took it slow by sleeping in a little. I had my alarm set for 9:30am but was already itching to get up at 7:30am because I'm very conscious that I have work on Monday

We had brekkie downstairs at Rendezvous Food Court; I had the clear broth while Ant had the deep fried chicken wings. And of course we had the teh.

It was a humid day like the last three days before so we popped by Maccas to get a cold Milo for me and a Sprite for Ant.

Afterwards we walked to the Thieves Market which really was a waste of time. The Thieves Market is made up of dodgy stalls selling second hand goods. We saw lots of second hand clothes, shoes and other random knick knacks.

Ant saw a pair of headphones that retails at $400; the seller was asking for sg$250. Still too pricey.

Sim Lim Electronics Mall was our next stop. Sim Lim owns two buildings spanning 5 levels selling electronics.

There are toilets on every level as well so that worked out very well for me since I need to go every 2 seconds!

Bugis Market was our next stop and it worked out perfectly; we exited Sim Lim Mall and right infront of us was one of the entrance's to Bugis Market! I bought a dress for sg$20 - that meant I was down to sg$10.

Our plan was to catch a taxi from Bugis back to the Hotel so that we could then check out at 3pm (we decided to be extravagent and fork out the sg$10/hr for a late check out). But in the end it was much easier to just walk back to the Hotel in the sweltering heat because there's never a cab when you need one is there?

I had to have another cold Milo from the same Maccas on the way back.

Back in the room we quickly showered and changed into fresh clothes.  Alas that shower was wasted because we had to try flag down a cab in the hot Singaporean afternoon.  The Hotel said they could not call a cab for us so it was up to us to drag our suitcases along the road trying to flag one down.  10 minutes later by the time we figured out to just ring for one, I managed to flag one down.  The sun must have really affected him that day because as I was opening the door of our hard-won cab, he told me to let it go because he was booking one with the telephone operator at that moment.

Think I listened?  No!