Yes! I do it every year and i just did it this year!
I'm talking about sweating all out while squeezing myself through the crowd at Chinatown.
It has been a routine that i go there at least once every year, believe it or not i nvr miss it or at least not that i remember of. The variety there, sad to say is getting worst as the yrs go by. You see another stall selling the same things every other stalls!!! Good competition but it seems that there are no participants to start with. It was super packed but only a few would shop for their CNY groceries there as those items can be easily obtainable at nearby malls at comparable prices. The only exclusive snack i found there were the Taiwanese Muah Chee and several other Taiwanese imported goods like nougats and pastries etc. They were also eye catching from afar due to their attractive packagings and vast varieties for sampling. I actually expressed the kiasuism in me by trying out various samplings haha and only bought 1 box of pineapple cake.
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My pals and I scrolled towards China Square while making our way to the Raffles MRT station. Prob sick of squeezing w many others at Outram MRT. Although i may sound like a tourist now but i find that CSq is an absolute perfect place for quiet dining. Imagine this, ample amt of fresh air, gd ambience plus yr close friends and food to yr liking at affordable prices... It's definitely a paradise isn't it?
We spent an hr or so at our final destination at Clarke Quay chatting, making a fool of ourselves and reminising the past esp when we used to worry abt common tests/exams whenever we were out relaxing and being paranoid abt our life aft our final exams... We hardly had quality relaxation in the past. I'm sure all of us appreciated that mmt at the riverside more as we don't have to worry abt them now. Or maybe all of us have come up w/ a way to separate wk frm aft-wk life so as not to be troubled w/ wk issues when we're out w/ friends we seldom meet... ... Life isn't as simple anymore.
I had a great time squeezing, sweating, eating, lazying, crapping and relaxing! I hope you guys did too!
gecko85 obsessed with Jay Chou (>,<) Sunday, January 15, 2006
