Chronicles of a Summer Cruise

Day 1, March 3, 2007: It's 10:00AM, halfway packed, with memories of last night's mahjong-slash-drinking session (ok ba sa Friday gimik? :-P) still pounding in my head . I was supposed to be at the airport at 1PM to catch the 2:55PM flight to Singapore! In went 4 sets of swimsuits, 1 sarong, 2 LBDs (1 casual, another formal and quite lacey), 3 pairs of shorts, lots of undies, a sweater, a pair of khakis, 7 shirts (3 of them spags), my gym outfit, a beach bag, my toiletry kit, med kit, camera and phone chargers, a pair of heels, my newest havis, and another pair of sandals (whew!!). I was dressed in a pair of jeans, a plain beige shirt and my sister's dirty gym shoes (she borrowed mine, hmp!). I caught up with the rest of my team at the airport and in my haste forgot to transfer my newly-opened bottle of body spray from my knapsack into my check-in baggage. I grunted in frustration as it got confiscated by the hand-carry checker. I rolled my eyes as I clearly saw that she didn't put the bottle with the rest of the stuff and instead hid it where she can probably bring it home with her at the end of the day! Kainis!

I sat with Donna on the plane and we talked about our careers, B-school and how excited we were about our cruise. We arrived in Singapore, checked-in at the Pensinsula Excelsior and spent the next hour doing some serious shopping before the malls closed. Tired from the flight but giddy with anticipation for a much-awaited chili & black pepper crab dinner at Jumbo restaurant, all 13 of us headed for the East Coast Parkway. It's been more than a year since I last ate their mouth-watering crabs coupled with fried roti. Grabe, kaka-miss! Nagkamay na kami at lahat -- walang pansinan during the first 15 mins of dinner, hahaha!

Sated, with our bilbils almost bursting out of our pants, a number of us went to Clark Quay to check out the new gimik spot by the riverside: The Cannery at Clark Quay. The Cannery boasts of rows of high-class restaurants (think Eastwood meets Greenbelt and Serendra), designer bars and very cool clubs to cater to each unique night-life craving.

I met up with a Singapore-based friend at the Kandi Bar: a sexy chill-out bar playing groovy house music, serving expensive cocktail and displaying absolutely gorgeous Hed Kandi artwork.

** image taken from visitsingapore.com

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