Ahh, Good Ole Tiger City! The day
started out with the Kayler and I, we decided that it was just gonna be the two
us of roaming around Singapore! The plan was to go to the zoo, therefore Kayla
had decided she would be my shadow, We arrived at the MRT (metro) and Kayla had
just stopped talking for a while, she said that all she was gonna do is follow
me and observe how I like to travel or some crap like that. After a while she
began being herself again which made my day! Great sense of humor and always
smiling no matter what, an amazing person to be around when ever possible! We
made it to our stop on the metro and from there we had to take a 40-minute bus
ride to the zoo!
There was never a dull moment, we
had a blast! As soon as we made it to the zoo, it was about that time for
lunch. Kayla and I had decided to eat a restaurant right outside of the
entrance of the zoo, so here is where it gets interesting! Even though
Singapore is known as the cuisine capital of the world, of all things Kayler
gets porridge not knowing what it was, in the mean time I had ordered chicken
curry with French bread. She dug into
her porridge and said that it was great, while I knew what it was I thought I’d
let her keep on eating this lovely dish, after a while she asked me what
porridge was made of! I had the break it to her and tell her it was pretty much
blended rice or oatmeal. I offered her some of my food but she’s quite the
stubborn one, she refused and kept on going with the porridge! She later gave
up and decided to try some of my food, which I was more than happy to give her,
she ate two to three bites and said she was done.
I knew she
was still hungry but after we ate, she refused to eat anything else so we made
our way into the zoo, Kayler was really looking forward to seeing giraffes and
while walking towards them she asked me what my favorite animal was and like
any guy I was pretty much stumped! It took me 10 minutes to tell her I’d let
her know by the time we left the zoo. We got to the giraffe’s and I never thought
someone would be so ecstatic to see an animal we would see in South Africa at a
Zoo in Singapore, but as long as she was happy, so was I. We took plenty of
pictures at every animal and slowly moved on.
At the center of the zoo we went
into some sort of green house where animals would come up to you and not be
afraid at all. It was essentially like a petting zoo, you could get as close as
you want to the animal but I don’t think petting was allowed! We then made it
quickly out of the zoo and by the time we had reached the exit I told Kayla my
favorite animal would have to be penguins, although we never made it there to
see penguins, they just seemed to be the only animals that seemed awesome at
the time!!
We left the
zoo and I knew Kayler was starving, she was to stubborn to tell me so we went
ahead and made our way into Ben & Jerry’s! I bought some really good Ice Cream and
moved along in to the air conditioned KFC. Kayla and I had decided we would go watch a movie. We both wanted
to see Safe Haven so we ended up trekking from one end of Singapore to the
other to find out that it wasn’t going to release till the next day. Of all the movies
playing in the theater we ended up watching a movie called Parker! Surprisingly
it was a decent movie and Kayla and I got a kick out of it! So far the Valentines
date I had owed Kayla was going great! Or that’s what I thought, who knows what
was going through her head! After the movie we had decided to eat dinner at a
hawker center! This was by far the cheapest food in Singapore and it was
decent. Food cost around 4-6 dollars and the portions were huge! We ordered a
big order of fried dumplings and a lot of noodles! 
As soon as dinner was over we got some fruit juice and made
our way back to the Metro, it was time to start heading back towards the ship!
We had a long train ride back in to the city; we were probably the furthest out
in Singapore than any other SAS kid. It took nearly 50 minutes to get back to
the Marina Cruise Bay center and at that point I was in the mood for brews! We
were in the middle of down town and I had just started walking in one direction
and that was towards the marina sands bay hotel. I was ready to get a Tiger and
possible a Singapore slinger. We walked for a good 30-45 minutes blasting the
Jambox while walking down the streets of Singapore. As soon as we found a cab we got in and told
the guy we needed to get to a bar. He was a native and he was really expressive
as far as descriptions and talked in a very unbearable condescending way but at
the same time it showed his love for Singapore! 
We were
dropped off at the Marina Sands Bay Shopping center; it was time for find some
Tigers! We walked around the mall for what seems like hours until we came
across a place called Café B! Up until this point my day was probably one of
the best yet! Don’t know what Kayler was thinking but she seemed to be having a
good time! We ordered 3 rounds of 750 ml Tigers and 2 Singapore Slingers right
on the pier.
At 9 o
clock there was a light show on the pier that no one had seen but the two of us,
it was absolutely beautiful! Water, bubbles, and lights were everywhere it was
amazing! The show had lasted around 30 minutes and in that time our minds were
blown! I’d have to say the bill at the end of the night was out of this world
but it being a valentine’s date it was well worth it! I had to be back on the
ship by midnight since I had a field lab the next morning, while on the other
hand sitting at the pier and drinking for Kayla was just the pre-game. From
what I heard, she went out and partied like a boss!
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The next
morning I woke up and it was time to learn about the Japanese occupation of
Singapore. My history class was amazing to begin with but after going to the
places where the Japanese had attacked and where soldiers had stood it really
made an impact about the way I view history. I was standing on land where blood
had been spilt for the defense of Singapore and it’s people! Two professors
were guiding us at the national university of Singapore. The day was pretty much an over glorified
lecture but at the same time I had learnt a lot, by the end of the field lab we
went to a cemetery where a fraction of the soldiers had been buried. As we
arrived I had began scrolling through the names that had been chiseled on to
the memorial and I had just then realized how many Indian immigrants were apart
in defending Singapore and what it had meant.
Although the field lab was absolutely eye opening it was quite
depressing at the same time know that so many had died due to the Japanese
ruthlessness. The two days we had in Singapore were absolutely amazing and now
that I look back on it there’s not one thing I would change. Had the best time
of my life those two days!
Next post is Burma!!
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