Best way to start a New Year

By attempting to drive out of Singapore for the very first time!



It sure was exciting, felt very much like the first time I drove on the road without an instructor beside me.

Our first stop(or almost every Singaporean's first stop), City Square.

Malaysia is also crazy over the HK cafe concept and this is a new one if I'm not wrong. Watch out for it at Vivocity soon too. It's called Kim Gary.



The food is pretty standard HK cafe style. Not bad lah.

But they sure uses very cool utensils, like this mug-jug to hold the honey-lemon drink.



Having been at City Square for the umpteen times, we breezed through it in less than 30 mins. Next stop supposed to be Holiday Inn but we opted for some Adventure and drove to Jusco Shopping Centre, a place neither of us had been before.



The drive took about 20 mins I think but it seemed to take forever to me. Malaysian drivers are actually quite ok but in an unfamiliar surroundings, it sure scare the shit out of me.

The place is huge from the outside. Within, each boutiques are huge but still it wouldn't take you more than 30 mins to stroll past of 3 levels of them. Some of them do have some pretty cool stuffs and brands that one couldn't find in Singapore.

Soon it was 9+pm. We began to make our way to our car and back to Singapore. And this about concludes the happier part of our trip.

Because while I was trying to figure out how to use the petrol pump at a Shell station, my wife who is walking to the cashier got her handbag snatch-theft!!

The start of an overwhelming feeling that I myself can't comprehend. Panic+shock+angry+tired+regret all mixed in a blender and downed in a single attempt.

The best part is our passports are in her handbag *smack forehead*

So we continue the drive to custom(11.30pm), directed to the police station to make a report(12.30am), submit the report to immigration for clearance over to Singapore(1.00am), make another report over at Singapore custom(1.30am) and we reached home at around 3 bloody am!!

And all the while my mind was if the fresh milk we bought and left in the trunk might turn sour.

A little lame but at least I'm not crying over spilled milk....

So to all Singapore ladies out there, these Snatch-Thieves target handbags holder only. And location would typically be petrol kiosk or open car parks, places that are next to the highway that they could sped off to. Bottom line: leave your handbags at home.

You really do not wanna go through what we did