Satay Sticks only come in 10's

Highs

- Finding Percy Pigs in M&S, whoop whoop!
- Seeing a Olive Backed Sunbird eating nectar out of the flowers on my way to the shops
- Buying a PedEgg, basically a grater for your feet but they're pretty good & a cheap alternative to pedicures!
- Lazing by the pool together on Saturday morning
- Getting rather tipsy watching the rugby and meeting Andrew who shared his (company expense carded) beers with us, what a nice chap! :)
- Spending a lazy Sunday arvo at Holland Village eating & drinking beer (Quote; Singapore's bohemian enclave, Holland Village is a microcosm of life here)
- Dave's earphones still working - PHEW!

Lows

- Finding Dave's very expensive earphones in the pile of washing I had just taken out of the washing machine.
- Being very hung over on Sunday, finding two bruises on my shins but having no recollection of walking into anything!
- Shuttle Runs

And for the foodies

Friday Night aka Take Away Night - At about 7pm there was a scuffle at the front door and when I opened it to investigate there was Dave with so many bags of food he couldn't even knock on the door properly never mind get his keycard out to open it! He had nipped into Spize restaurant on his way home. Note to future self; Do not allow Dave to go to the take away place alone. We went for mainly Indian, Garlic Butter Prata, Murtabak, Mutton Briyani, Nasi Lemak Ayam Kunyit (Fried rice with chicken & turmeric), oh and 10 mixed satay sticks (apparently according to Dave you can only buy them in 10's!). We decided we had so much food we needed to eat it in courses, so we had the Prata & the Murtabak to start, the prata bread was light and smothered in garlic butter, it was very very nice! And well the Murtabak was one of the best things I've eaten since we've been here, it was like the prata style bread but stuffed with chicken and spices and all things yummie. It was sooooo good I just had to take a photo! Both came with a delish curry sauce that you could dip them in. Then we had the satay sticks, they gave us a ridiculously large amount of deliciously thick savoury satay sauce most of which is still sitting in the fridge! We were of mixed opinion on the main courses, Dave liked the Nasi Lemak whilst I preferred the Mutton Briyani but we were in agreement on one thing and that was how nice it is when you have to pick out the cardamon pods, star anise, curry leaves, cloves etc as it just shows you how freshly made the dishes are. Which is what makes them sooo tasty tasty!

Saturday - Pretty uneventful in the food department as we were too busy drinking! But we did manage to squeeze in a Wagu beef burger at the Boomerang bar after watching the rugby.

Sunday - We got up late & very hungover! After lazing around & generally feeling sorry for ourselves we decided we needed something easy to do so Dave picked a restaurant from our guide book and called a cab. Easy! When we arrived at Holland Village we realised all the restaurants stop serving food between lunch and dinner and being so late our chosen restaurant was closed so we went to our back-up plan. Jayme had spied a Wendy's on out way into the village! We decided that if we were going to have Wendy's at all then today would be a good day as fast food burgers & chips are good hangover food! We were a bit sceptical after our KFC experience so much so that Dave suggested just ordering one burger to test it before we committed! But I couldn't be bothered with the faff factor. Much to our delight it was GOOD and it was as good as the Wendy's in NZ so Dave was a happy man. It was just what we needed even though we realised that we had a burger yesterday as well, oops! After lunch we went for a quick exploration, then it started raining so we were forced into a bar! So 'Hair of the Dog' it was, two pints of Asahi a chocolate brownie later we were ready to return home after our strenuous day. Later that evening (just before the GP) we realised we needed dinner so we took a wander down to our local mall. We were just agreeing that we should eat something healthy after our fast food weekend and get some salad or something from the supermarket when this evil man walked past us with take away pizza's.....and the rest as they say is history.


Olive-backed Sunbird (I didn't take this btw!)


Chicken Murtabak



Chocolate Brownie Addict