Hi there, Im back in 1 piece after my short trip to Singapore over the weekend. This time around brought along the wife and youngest daughter. Friday morning found us in front of Pudu raya (the Bus station) and making our way to platform 8 where our TransNational bus was all ready for the 4 anda half hour trip to Johor Baru. From there I rather take a JB /Spore express which will take us all the way to Queen's street in downtown S'pore. Met a very interesting cab driver who took us from there to our hotel (grandmax) in the Serangoon area.
Well for those of you out there who are not familiar with Serangoon, thats the Little India of S'pore. Unlike KL's little India, this place coversa much wider area including Buffalo Road, Jalan Syed Alwi and Race Course road. The veriety of shops you will find here is also much greater than in Brickfields ( thats the KL version of Little India). Oh by the way, if you want to refer to Serangoon to the Locals there, you must refer it to as: Teka. Teka was the name of the old wet market that used to be around till the Urban Redevelopment Authority came up with plans to modernise the area and at the same time maintaining the rustic charm of Little India. Old run down buildings were given a face lift and new food courts and mini malls now stand side by side with the old charming eateries.
Now u guys must beb wondering if I read all that in the tourism Phamplets. Haha! Not really. I used to work in Singapore from 1981 till 1985. More about that in another posting.
Anyway back to our hotel and I realised that we were all really hungry as we did not really plan on fasting today(I hope I still go to heaven) and with the abundance of restaurants serving a wide veriety of Northern and Southern Indian food, I dragged my wife and kid to Ampalar. They also have an out let in Bangsar, a few doors away from the Maybank branch in front of Jalan Maarof.
This place is located just in front of my favourite shopping Centre in Singapore: The Mustaffa Centre. Anyway back to our lunch, We ordered Briyani. They have averiety to choose from. The wife chose Fish Briyani and the little one preffered Mutton. Well I chose full vege dishes ( prefer to eat fish if its cooked by the wife). Man! my wife freaked out as it was sooo tasty. And to wash it all down, we ordered the Masala tea which I must say was the best ever I have ever sipped on for along long time.
After that lunch, it was time for abit of work. You see, I needed a few spare parts from the Bose service centre which was located a bit away from town. Near Changi Village close to the Singapore Expo. What I cant seem to fathom is why the Malaysian outlet that handles Bose products and spares cant keep stock or seem reluctant to keep stock of spare parts. Maybe Atlas sound would like to explain?
Anyway met another cab driver (NTUC comfort) on the way back from Changi. Guy called Lim. Nice conversation we had about Karma, life and religions. He guessed we were from Malaysia and he also had his five cents worth of opinions of Malaysia and its Ministers. I just nodded and hmmed along. Haha. If I had joined him talking politics, I am sure the ride would have to be much longer.
I am now a firm believer that Singaporean cabbies are soo much better behaved and educated than their Malaysian counterparts. Sorry, make that KL counterparts. .. Time to take a break will be back soon with the continuation of my trip to Singapore.
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