Singapore: Day 34

Today, I left PGP earlier than usual so I could shop for travel supplies at VivoCity (Harbour Front). I bought a couple of small bottles from Watson's so I could package my toiletries as well as packages of cookies to bring on the Thailand trip tomorrow. Because of all the shopping, I arrived to lab in the afternoon.

After work, I was originally going to grab dinner with Angelo and Nelson, but our plans fell through and I made a trip alone to Chinatown after work. I looked around the area outside People's Park Complex, and asked the local couple standing next to me for their advice on what was good to eat in Chinatown. This snowballed into the couple and their friends excitedly showing me around the area and the local hawker centre.  I found this to be extremely cute. Singaporeans are definitely the most kind people! I ordered from one of the stalls the locals recommended, one that sold a couple of different noodle soups. I chose the kway teow bakso soup and a stringy noodle to go along with it and it was absolutely delicious! Whenever I eat something very delicious, I become noticeable happy and excited, and this meal definitely had that effect.

Kway teow bakso soup

After my brief adventure in Chinatown, I returned to PGP and continued my work. We had an essay due for our Singaporean sociology class on Monday as well as a short essay for ISF 187 due on Sunday. We were going to be in Thailand until Monday night, so I needed to finish both essays before our flight tomorrow afternoon. I am terribly slow with writing essays, so this was a very painful night.