Singapore

This will be by far my longest section (because I already had it written)

We got into Singapore airport at 2am. That place was ridiculous; the best airport I've been to by far. At this 2am time they still had a couple of kiosk kind of food vendors still open. So after touring the airport and viewing the amazing (and real) gardens, free internet and computers to use, and lounge style chairs and big screen tv's, we went to get some food. We wanted as much authentic Singaporean food as we could get. So we looked for a name we did not recognize and ended up with the kaya toast (the place predominatly served different types of toast). Kaya is traditionally singaporean and includes butter, sugar, and coconut on top of white bread. It tasted amazing, and after Deepak finally got back from the restroom he agreed. Then we figured we should try one more so we got the Oaha toast, which deffinatly did not stand up to the Kaya, mainly because it was some kind of spicy seafood toast. On the other hand, nanna's coffee was amazing. It was a simple, sweet coffee that was served perfect, no sugar necessary nor milk. After a short nap we TRIED leaving the airport. Amma was decided on getting the discounted bus tickets so we went to at least 5 different stalls, from singapore airlines tourism to the immigration window, to try to find it; in the end we found out we had to get it from the bus itself. So at 7am or so we boarded the skytram to terminal 2 and then got the train to the city…FINALLY.The train to the city was pretty simple, yet nanna was surprised how I could get it done so quickly, and we ended up in Little India because that is where the 24 hour mall that all Singaporeans were so proud of. But once we got out of the train station, we were starving and after giving up on singaporean food for breakfast we settled on an indian resteraunt that was reccomended by the locals. It was actually pretty good, pretty spicy, and pretty cheap- a good triple threat. Then we went into Mustaffa…I'll give you a head start, kill all expectations you have. This place was decently big but packed to the brim with stuff to sell. And it wasn't even cool stuff, this was all the things you would find at the common sav-on's around the corner. And the worst part is that nothing was cheap like it used to be, so we didn't buy anything except for the laser pointer Deepak really wanted. After finally leaving that boring place we entered our ardous trek to the infamous Singapore Airlines discounted bus. After trying to get the locals to help us find the stop and getting turned every which direction and Amma getting a turn at the map it was my turn. All we had to do is make a U-turn and a 3 minute walk. When we finally got to the bus stop and then noticed we had another 20 minutes until the first bus came by. So we went across the street to a cool looking building and took some pictures. Then we got on the bus, saw the big wheel thingy, and landed at the marina. After a very boring 30-minute boat tour of the city by me and Deepak (automated tour guide at certain locations and the person that was there wasn't in the mood to really talk to us or the whole other 4 passengers, we went to scavange for food. Now this little part of the story really pissed me off. I should have known that everywhere they will rip us off, especially if they ALL had 50% off signs. After 10 full minutes of convincing us, the sales guy in front of a singaporean resteraunt conned us into sitting down and then mysteriously dissapeared. Our goal with this resteraunt was to get Deepak the crab he wanted so much, so he ordered the chili crab with 50% discount promised. 5 mintues later was the (not emotional but the other one) climax, the waiter tells us there is only a 15% discount on the crab. We, stupidly, decided to stay. After finishing what I have to admit was quite a good meal, even though the waiter was convinced no asain resteraunt serves rice and we had to order it seperatly. We ended up paying some US 90$ for it, including the extra charges for 5$ water, 1$ peanuts, .30$ napkins, and NO discount on my meal, instead of 13$ off. We left the resteraunt pissed and got onto the bus again. Got off 2 stops later and boarded the metro to get back to the airport.I must admit, Singapore's public transportation is quite good. We got the the airport eaaaarrrrlllyyyy, just the way nanna likes it. But we were able to enjoy the airport some more. From the interactive projector soccer screen to the 108+ inch tv to the free video games and we got to our terminal and took a quick nap while listening to the ipod for the first time on the trip. Then we got onto the plane which again was amazing. Personal tv's with plenty of leg room even for me. And back to the tv's, they have 180 movies on demand, and a total of some 550 shows and music also on demand. The food was good, and you can get as much as you want. Only on this flight was it a little slow to come. After watching Juno and the Bank Job I took a quick hour nap and ended up in India.