Singapore: Day 23

On Sunday, I went to bed at 7 AM because I stayed up late working on applications, my Reach the World articles, and my homework assignments. Since coming to Singapore, I've broken my previous record of functioning on 5 hours of sleep every night. Now I can sleep 4 hours a night and still function in my research lab, interact with friends, and complete my assignments and readings at night, all without caffeine. The human body is very peculiar, yet amazing. However, because I stayed up so late, I was extremely tired in the morning and could not make it to the Tree Top Walk with Emily and Laney. The Tree Top Walk is a suspension bridge that overlooks forest reserves, and it would've been such an amazing sight! I was sad that I could not experience the walk, but I had to finish my work (after all, I had my first deadline for RTW the next day). I did have the chance to escape from my work and join them for dinner. We made a trip to Holland Village and looked around for a food place. A section of Holland Village (in the picture below) is dedicated to foreign foods (Mexican, American, Thai, etc) but it is much pricier, so we went to the hawker centre down the street.

 I ordered a wanton noodle dish, while Laney and Emily ordered Western food. The dish was quite disappointing: the portion was small and the food was cold and not fresh. Laney and Emily also seemed to be similarly disappointed, as the Western food was not truly Western (as expected, of course.)

After dinner, we made our way back to PGP. I thoroughly enjoy the fact that the Holland Village MRT is lined with many snacks places such as Mr. Bean and Old Chang Kee. We stopped by Mr. Bean for the usual warm soya milk at 25% sugar and pancake. So far, I have tried the tuna and kaya pancakes, and I decided to try something new by ordering the egg mayo pancake. I wasn't very fond of the egg mayo (it was a strange combination of salt, sweet, and sour) but I will continue exploring the other flavors.

A picture of my delicious post-dinner dessert!

After dinner, we headed to our respective rooms, and I continued with my assignments.