Relatively Short

Day 2 at Singapore couldn't have been any shorter. We spent the whole day having a taste of the fast-paced life at SG; touring around 3 institutions that provide OT services, commuting like a sir, and being fascinated at how OT ala Singapura is.

To save money, me and my friends ate breakfast at our room.

Breakfast (but not in bed) at V Hotel

Tipid Bfast at V Hotel

We first headed to the Institute of Mental Health, then proceeded to the KK Hospital and later to Nanyang Polytechnic. Read more about our journeys there at my post --- Occupational Therapy Ala Singapura.

What's cool about SG's MRT is that they have this 'reserved seating', which is really strictly implemented.

Reserved Seating

Checking out the photos

After the OT tour, we decided to head straight to the shopping capital of SG, Bugis Street. We first headed to Sim Lim Square where our friends bought 2 brand new iPads. The place was like the 'Greenhills' of SG; full of gadgets and other techy stuff for cheaper prices.

Then our group divided into pairs at Bugis where clothes and shoes abound. It's actually like the 'Divi' of SG. To much of my amazement, the clothes and shoes sold there are almost the same as those sold at Divisoria.

After around 2 hours of window shopping, our group met up at Bugis junction and took shots at the Bugis Square with our trophies, i.e. shopping bags.

Mela's Shopping Trophies

AC at Bugis Sq sign post

If you look closely enough at AC's pic, you'll see that a little to her left is a fastfood chain that I know everyone knows by heart, McDonald's.

Le Me and Mela

After taking some shots at the place, we all decided to feed our stomach and headed towards the food lane I think near Raffles Place.

Walking the streets of SG

There were so many choices. What's more is that the restaurants all have fun names.

Fat Bird SG

Porn's SG 1

Porn's SG 1

In these two pictures, we were actually making fun of AC since she deliberately pointed out how 'cute' was the name of the establishment behind her.

Street (full of) Food at SG

Unfortunately, we all decided that we don't want to spend 500 hundred pesos (if you convert from SG dollar) on a single meal. So we went back to the Bugis Square and settled to eat at Mos Burger.

Le Me and AC at Raffles

We were all new to the fastfood chain, so we trusted their menu and ordered their house specialty, which was a Yakimiku rice burger. We thought that it was a burger with rice. But when the order came, we were surprised with what we saw. It was really a burger made of rice. I mean, instead of having buns/bread, two cohesive buns of rice held a piece of lettuce and teriyaki beef in place.

Mos Burger

Yakimiku Rice Burger

A taste of Yakimiku Rice Burger

Since we were all persons-with-big-appetites, we initially thought that we will be disappointed because  the burger won't be able to satisfy our hunger. It didn't, but in all honesty, it tasted awesome. It just so happened that we wanted more because we were too hungry from all of the walking and commuting that we've been doing all day. Some of my friends even ordered a separate set of rice to compensate. But really though, it did taste great. After we've had dinner, we went back to V hotel to rest.

For me, our second day was actually relatively short-lived. I mean, we spent most of the day hurrying around from one institution to the next and at the end of the day, we were all so very tired. Everything felt like a blur since our style today was just 'come and go', literally. What it made me realize was how I didn't want my life to be just like that; just coming and going; just passing by. I want to have many of those moments in my life in which I get to stop and listen to the wind's whisper, appreciate the view, and take a really good look at it, smell the fresh air, and feel the cool breeze and warm sun on my skin. I don't want to live by my life so fast that in the end, I'll just feel tired and have a feeling of uncertainty; that feeling of whether or not I have lived at all.

"One does not simply live life in fast-forward. We have to live in the here and now, and not in the then and the will."

So, enough said about such sentiments, looking forward to SG day 3 tell-all!

Til then.

- Keso