Wednesday 2nd April
Well actually… I
thought we would creep on back to Rebak, which is ALMOST home.
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| A soothing glimpse, from above, of a white peacock |
But after my
excursion to the HellMouth of Digitalife Mall this afternoon I returned, to
find Mr Peter James (thus is he known in all of the hospital queues he has been
in recently) happily ensconced in front of a large Mac computer in the
salubrious foyer of our salubrious (yes there are other words but…I am
tired!! Singapore is a big big
exhausting city and I am a smalltown girl!!).
Oh dear surely time for a full stop???
So, to recap, there is Pete, at the computer, with tickets booked to…Medan, Indonesia heading for Lake Toba!!!
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| A soothing hibiscus |
So as from
tomorrow I will no longer be in the lap of Hotel Clover Luxury… I might not
even be within reach of Cyberspace…So please bear with me. I will take photos of This
And That. And I will try to remember
where I saw This And That.
So what happened
yesterday? Well…Mr Peter James, with companion (sometimes known as wife to placate the ultra-religious
amongst us) went to the hospital, via MRT (train) and shuttle-bus-for-old-and-infirm
and was declared…TICKETY BOO. He was
mightily surprised; he thought his eyes were flickering and fluttering and
basically just…NO GOOD.
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| No that is not me, shrouded in black... |
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| Beautiful cushions from the carpet shop in Arab Street |
So…back to Hotel
Clover, after a brief stop for a cheap nasi lemak/nasi goreng lunch. I left Pete and Mac and went off to
Digitalife Mall…our darling concierges, Hata and Khong, were very worried –
could I get there BY MYSELF? Without Mr
Peter James? Well yes…(I might be a
smalltown girl but…I can cope…)
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| Orderly rolls of gorgeous carpets |
I took a #32 bus
down to DigitaLife full of hope, with kindness in my heart. I left steely-eyed and NOT happy! No
ma’am, we cannot fix! said one after another very rudeboys* in various
shops in this huge mall full of…computers.
What I needed was someone to tell me whether or not they could solve
my iPad problem…it doesn’t turn on very
readily…or off. And I need my iPad very
much, for reading, for communicating, for…surviving the pitfalls of travel!**
Eventually I
shuffled myself out of this mall, in a bit of a huff. Up the street, into another mall… Raffles Place. Oh deary me…many fashion places…
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| Singapore orchids |
And oh how I
wanted these shoes!!!
But no…first
things first… I found, after a lot of struggle, a peaceful shop with a lovely
man who gently talked me into a new iPad mini…
I am SO much an
advertisement for iProducts! Here are
my: old iPad, new iPad, iPhone, MacBook Air…and yes they have a common theme in
their wallpaper photos…8 glorious kiddiewinks!
Yesterday we went
to the movies…as we do, in foreign climes.
And…oh how COLD…brrrrr…we came out frozen…and not happy. Because we
didn’t like our chosen movie, Blah Blah Budapest Hotel. All of the reviews – glowing. Pete and Marguerite – hmmmphhh…
And oh that Misty, back in Rebak via Scotland… She is
SO FUNNY!!
So you are now Cloverised as well as Tanglinified - shame on
you! Actually I must confess that we ourselves have been Traderised in
the past - and what a pleasant sensation it is. Traders Hotel,
Penang - right next the bus station. So convenient. Not once, not
twice, but thrice I have snagged an Agoda bargain and got one of their *Club*
rooms - which may well be fairly similar in comfort to a non-Club room, but
with one vital distinction: it comes with a 2 hour Happy Hour. Unlimited
drinks & munchies from 6-8pm. Wow!
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| Last night-time photo of Masjid Sultan |
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| Slashers! |
This was a new concept to us and I do remember on the first
occasion being approached by the waitress at 7.50, both of us
having consumed a fair old quantity of wine and both thinking the
same thing: Uh, oh............. here comes the bill - but to our
delight all she said was: "The bar is closing in 10
minutes, Sir - would you like a top up?" Hic, hic - would we ever!
It is THE most generous event: hot & cold snackie
things + tiny delicate sweet things [to eat, not the kind our Peters might get
excited about.] We wonder how they can sustain it night after
night. Unlimited wine + spirits + beer. Help yourself, and if
you're a tad slow they come round and top you up. The difficulty is
finding your way back to your room without falling over. {OK I exaggerate
slightly!}
If I can find a deal at Traders when we need to go to Penang I
snap it up! Dinner for 2 + a bottle of wine [we have a problem in this
department as you might have noticed] is not only hard to find in Malaysia, but
doesn't come cheap, so we justify being Traderised cos the room includes
'dinner' - and the bed is divinely comfortable as well!
The 2nd time we went, several months after the first [another
Thai visa I suspect as we were 5 months getting deck renewed], we were a
tad relieved that there had been a change of staff, so no one remembered
us from previously - but on our 3rd visit the barman with the generous
touch recognised us immediately. 'Welcome back, Sir.........'
He must have been tempted to ask: 'Would you like your first glass of wine now,
Sir?' Have to say we haven't been back recently despite
several trips to Peter's dermatologist - but that's only because the plane
doesn't land till 6pm - leaving insufficient time to do justice to the
freebies! Plus - I will not pay normal price. It's got to be 'on
special' - so maybe there is hope for us yet.
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| Prettiest washbasin ever, at the Turkish restaurant in Arab Street quarter |
* Rude because as
they spoke they turned their backs to me!!!
And…I so hate people being rude…
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| Prettiest toilet backdrop! |
** I know it is
only two years old….but I have used it so very much…for reading, email,
mahjong, boggle…
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| Looking up from restaurant table |
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