Early in the new year of 2015, in the midst of hecticness of being my sister’s maid of honor, I managed to escape.
Yes, I did a quick and spontaneous escape for 1 night on the weekend of January 10-11. It was actually one of my most shortest yet expensive trip that I’ve done– totally the opposite of my Menjangan and Kawah Ijen trip– only for two, and two things only: Cats and Cupcakes!
As a lover of the arts, you know that famous broadway musical by Andrew Llyod Webber, Cats? Yeah, it had a show in Singapore. The only stop they made in South East Asia (if I’m not mistaken) for 1 month only! Wanting to reliving my 6th grade dance moments performing Cats in ISKL, I reaaally wanted to go. I asked around for companions. Asked my sister obviously, because we performed the dance together; however with much desire of watching the show as I do, she prefered to consider her wedding preps her priority at the moment. I don’t blame her 😒.
So I had to find another partner that has a passion of the arts as much as I do. Well, who else would it be if it’s not one of my dance friends? Luckily, knowing Cindy as the kind of girl who is happy-go-lucky, of course she wants in. Again, as a go-with-the-flow kind of girl, she trusted me to do all of the bookings. She was actually in the middle of her midterm in college so I did all the planning for us hahahaha.
Once we got to Singapore that Saturday morning we checked into our backpacker hostel. It was pretty neat! It’s called Five Stones Hostel at Beach Road. You could totally find the youthful atmosphere here, with lovely staffs and comfortable rooms and living area. We stayed in an all-female room of 8 beds with a cost of S$38 per person. Not bad, considering all the convinient area surrounding it (Bugis street, Haji Lane, etc) and including an all you can eat breakfast with choices of bread, butter and jam. Definitely backpacker-friendly ;).
After placing our luggages, we head out to the other one thing we were in Singapore for: 12 Jalan Pisang aka Fluff Bakery for their cupcakes! I have followed Fluff Bakery on Instagram for a few months, as an inspiration for my friend’s patisserie business, but man, I need to reallly know what the buzz is about on this store! I noticed they were always sold out, considering at the time the bakery was only open about 3 months. There were always LONG LINES in front of the store, and their mouth-watering photos of cupcakes and cakes of unique flavors also made me curious.
When we arrived at 12 pm, there it was. THE LINE! People queued from the front of the bakery door, until the back of the building. No kidding! Cindy and I thought we shouldn’t regret it and should bought 2 dozens of cupcakes hahaha. Of course, we want to take it back home too. Then finally got it, we bought 2 dozens of all the six flavors available that day and ate it like a fat kid! The buzz was right, it literally the kind of cupcakes to die for! My favorite was definitely the nutella redvelvet, salted caramel and butterscotch pretzel. Damn!
Fluff Bakery’s to-die-for cupcakes
After resting our stomach full of cupcakes at the hostel, we got ready for the night of the show, Cats. We head out around with MRTs and finally arrived at Marina Bay Sands. One word about the show: “purrrfect!”. It was magical to see an amazing set, costumes and make up of the whole casts. Their dancing though.. Hmm!! All thumbs up! I was inspired! The whole thing was musical, so expect a lot a lot of singing. One suggestion though: don’t watch it at night when you just arrive in the morning with lack of sleep. You could find yourself sleeping at a S$68-S$300 show. Definitely not the “memory” worth spending (see what I did there? 😉 the song title of the part where Cindy and I rested our eyes. HAHA). Thanked God for intermission, we rested a little more and finally kicked our eyes open til the end of the show 😄.
After watching Cats
The next day, as our flight was a late afternoon flight, we check out of the hostel and found ourselves lingering through the alley of Haji Lane. It was beautiful with such hipster twists. Neat graffiti, colorful shops, and Mexican and Arabic bars (which I think is much crowded at night) clutter along the lane.
Haji Lane
The trip ended there, but the “memory” definitely stayed for Cindy and I 😄
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