My neighbourhood 0 lalalas

Tell you more about where I live now... pretty interesting place. Basically this area feels more like India than Singapore - you see 90% Indians here, and when I go into restaurants it feels quite awkward. Most of the time I'm the only Chinese in the whole restaurant.

Downstairs is a 24-hour grocery shop that has sort of a durian restaurant. Basically they put up some tables and chairs and people will come to eat durians and watermelons. So far I haven't tried the durian yet - there's the 3 packs for $5 one, very tempting - because I usually overeat for dinner.

A bit further down the street another 24-hr supermarket. It's called Mustafa Center, very notorious for its narrow aisles and crazy crowds. But it has a mixture of cheap and branded goods. Hotbed for H1N1 too. But it is very convenient and the amazing thing is it's huge - it basically is a hypermart and sells everything from fresh to dry food, jewelries, clothes, shoes, electrical appliances, and even its own money exchange and travel agency. Although most non-Indians tend to avoid the place because it's stressful enough to squeeze among the crowds in the MRT and bus stops.

Besides that there are of course a ridiculous amount of place to eat here - and gold stores. The Indian food here are typically North or South Indian food with names that you have to check in Wikipedia to make any sense of (I actually did that and it was pretty helpful). Typical Indian food cost about $4-$6 (a bit of high end in Singapore) but portions are huge. I wish I have more refined tastebuds because frankly I can't really tell the difference between most of the curries they have.

And I have to stop writing since I'm feeling very sleepy now...

Singapore breaking news: It has been raining for more than 2 hours... 0 lalalas

Walau, just moved to the new place last night which is near Farrer Park MRT (anyone knows where that is) and which is very close to Little India which means there is a super high concentration of Indians around that area so much so that when you go to an Indian restaurant you feel like an alien (phew that was a long sentence).

The owners seem nice and pretty liberal about sharing kitchen stuff and others. There is this 7-month dog in the house leaving drool all around the place. And the place is just beside a large Indian temple (which can get a bit noisy at 6 a.m. - I think it goes on for 2 hours if I'm not mistaken - and about 6 p.m.) and a busy road (so far only certain motorcycles have been causing problems - you guys should be familiar with the really loud motorcycles right?).

But the thing that kills me is the heat. I have been living at this previous place near Bradley MRT without air-con and got used to it, but this room is on a totally different level. Have you experienced the feeling when you settling into the seat of a car parked under the sun for a long time - that is precisely what I felt when I go to sleep. I was quite surprised because I thought the place was pretty windy and the fan seems to working pretty well. Then I was checking around and I realized something - the cooling effect decreases exponentially away from the window. You see my bed is actually located at the furthest away from the windows. And if you are 2 steps away from the window it is pretty shiok but further and further than that it actually almost feels like there are no windows at all - even the fan doesn't help that much in bringing in the cooler air. So my plan is to move the bed right beside the window - even though it would partially block my door - but that's a compromise I'm willing to put up with.

Update: The guys just removed some glasses on top. So we'll see if there is any improvement..

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