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DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16236 Posts
November 30 2012 07:14 GMT
#21
On November 30 2012 15:26 Katsuge wrote:
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On November 30 2012 15:01 Plexa wrote:
On November 30 2012 13:20 konadora wrote:
Try the more SEA/singapore exclusive stuff like DURIAN.
lol

That will make an impression one way or another.

pretty sure all non-Asians hate durian..or so i think..:p

All the non-Asians I've met who know what Durian is haven't tried it cause of the smell. The one dude I know who actually tasted it loves it though.
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 07:28:06
November 30 2012 07:18 GMT
#22
I used to live in SG. If you are a more seasoned traveller and don't mind a more rustic kind of accomodation, there are a lot of backpacker hostels-- they're still a lot more expensive than similar ones in Malaysia/Thailand, but they're a lot cheaper than hotels.

If you know anyone that lives in Singapore, civil servants can get really really cheap deals at what they call 'chalets', which are old colonial buildings converted into resorts/hotels that people like to take weekends off in, or have friend/family gatherings at. Generally they're only open to Singapore citizens renting, but again, if you have friends there, it can work. They're super reasonable for what you get, and they're often in pretty cool areas.
On November 30 2012 16:14 DystopiaX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 15:26 Katsuge wrote:
On November 30 2012 15:01 Plexa wrote:
On November 30 2012 13:20 konadora wrote:
Try the more SEA/singapore exclusive stuff like DURIAN.
lol

That will make an impression one way or another.

pretty sure all non-Asians hate durian..or so i think..:p

All the non-Asians I've met who know what Durian is haven't tried it cause of the smell. The one dude I know who actually tasted it loves it though.


They're AWESOME. must try. You'll get to explain the experience to people afterwards, like it or not--
You can't describe the taste to anyone who hasn't tried it. It's really a new category that tastes like nothing else.


Honestly there is nothing special about Singaporean food as you find them tastier and cheaper in Malaysia.


Not true! Sg food is its own thing, and has a lot of really good stuff-- and roti prata/chicken rice in msia are never as good as some of the nicest places in Sg. and while its true, Malaysia has a lot of really awesome food places, you can get diarrhea/stomach flu just as easily, and you have to know where to go, so the really awesome places in Msia are harder to find. Malaysia is cheaper, but honestly, you can get a good meal in Singapore for 4$, so its cheap to begin with.


Casino in Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Night Safari seem to be the only tourist attractions there.


heh, lived there three years, never went to either
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea...
playnice
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia299 Posts
November 30 2012 07:48 GMT
#23
On November 30 2012 15:01 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 13:20 konadora wrote:
Try the more SEA/singapore exclusive stuff like DURIAN.
lol

That will make an impression one way or another.

Wish I can have some right now :D. Don't take it with beer though. It will either make you fart real bad, or kill you.
lazyitachi
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
1043 Posts
November 30 2012 08:36 GMT
#24
roti prata/chicken rice in msia are never as good as some of the nicest places in Sg


No... just no... Anyway, I don't find SG food that good anyway. Almost all the stalls have "appeared on TV and newspapers" and generally very few are even good enough let alone much better than Msia standard.

Casino in Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Night Safari seem to be the only tourist attractions there.


The casinos only have recently opened (last year?). I have not been to night safari either...
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
November 30 2012 08:57 GMT
#25
On November 30 2012 16:18 caradoc wrote:
heh, lived there three years, never went to either

Heh that's a classic, I lived in Tokyo for 1 year and never went to Tokyo tower.
HereBeDragons
Profile Joined May 2011
1429 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 10:22:52
November 30 2012 10:22 GMT
#26
wrong thread
shucklesors
Profile Joined May 2010
Singapore1176 Posts
November 30 2012 11:10 GMT
#27
On November 30 2012 11:12 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:
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On November 30 2012 10:59 ppshchik wrote:
Beware of Singaporean women if you are a westerner.

Honestly there is nothing special about Singaporean food as you find them tastier and cheaper in Malaysia.

Casino in Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Night Safari seem to be the only tourist attractions there.


Why beware Singaporean women?
Do they really, really hate westerners? Or are they very, very eager to get a free ticket to a strong, first-world country?

rofl at the free ticket part hahahahahaha
Clazziquai10
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Singapore1949 Posts
November 30 2012 11:36 GMT
#28
On November 30 2012 10:59 ppshchik wrote:
Beware of Singaporean women if you are a westerner.


Beware? Singaporean girls totally dig white dudes!
shArklight
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Singapore160 Posts
November 30 2012 12:55 GMT
#29
Hotels in Geylang have to potential to be rather noisy at night.
Happiness is never grand.
LXenJin
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore293 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 15:38:14
November 30 2012 15:38 GMT
#30
On November 30 2012 15:26 Katsuge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 15:01 Plexa wrote:
On November 30 2012 13:20 konadora wrote:
Try the more SEA/singapore exclusive stuff like DURIAN.
lol

That will make an impression one way or another.

pretty sure all non-Asians hate durian..or so i think..:p


Heck, I'm Asian and I hate durian as well lol
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 17:43:27
November 30 2012 17:40 GMT
#31
On November 30 2012 17:57 Tobberoth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 16:18 caradoc wrote:
heh, lived there three years, never went to either

Heh that's a classic, I lived in Tokyo for 1 year and never went to Tokyo tower.


Tokyo tower I went to! But I lived in Okayama at the time, and my friend from Tokyo just took me there when we were looking for somewhere to drink.

come to think of it I think I was drunk or hung over more than half the time I was in Tokyo.
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea...
divinesage
Profile Joined April 2010
Singapore649 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 20:19:36
November 30 2012 20:17 GMT
#32
If you're coming over you're likely to be stopping over for a short while, probably 2-3 days maximum right?

Singapore's all about the food in my opinion. Sure, there's plenty of places where things are expensive, but its targeted at the high life and consumerism. For that, I suppose you can go down to Orchard Road and take a stroll over the rows of shopping complexes around, it's a pretty decent experience. But watch out for some of the shops, some of the older/smaller shops might jack up the price/ entice you to buy stuff, but I guess that's not very prevalent.

Food's where the magic is at. Don't be content to wander around the more touristy areas of the country. Go and explore the suburbs of the country, we call them the heartlands here. If you have a Singaporean friend, get him to bring you to the many hawker centres around the country. Great to try cheap, clean and good, authentic food we have. If you want food of higher quality and price, there's plenty of restaurants around (yes I'm spoilt for choice on what to recommend right now) that cook up cuisine of many different cultures.

As for attractions, well the zoo now has the new pandas from China (loaned 10 years lol). Sentosa is pretty okay as well but it's rather touristy, but there's a Universal Studios there. I guess a walk from the Orchard area to the Marina Bay area is pretty cool as well. Lots of covered paths, great for a night walk along the Singapore river. Garden's by the Bay's pretty good as well, you can enter it for free, it's just a couple of places which you must pay to go in but I really don't see the point in that. I still feel that the experience is not complete if you don't wander into the heartlands and take in the sights of how most of us live here. It should be a rather different experience from what you see in the city centre. There's also the Bukit Timah Hill, standing at the highest point of Singapore at 163m (lol). I think that's a place tourists don't usually go but I think its a nice place to go if you really want to find out the climate of our region. Of course, there's still the Bird Park and all but they're pretty standard stuff you can find everywhere around the world. More species diversity here perhaps?

Oh and don't worry, Singapore's practically safe anywhere. I can wander out anywhere at 4 am and still feel safe (maybe except the forested areas of course).

Ah yes, try the durian. It's pretty awesome! (well maybe not awesome to me as I prefer chocolates to durians but still awesome enough)
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
November 30 2012 21:32 GMT
#33
I dunno about expensive... the hotel I had StarDust in for IEM Singapore was $260 ... when I get a hotel for MLG, it's $600 for the same amount of time. Singapore seems cheap as fuq
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Kanaz
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark658 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 21:51:21
November 30 2012 21:33 GMT
#34
I'll recommend visiting Sentosa island, night safari, botanic garden, some of the parks in SG - can't remember exact position, but not to far out. They are great for a long walk or run.
Chinatown is nice aswell + the chinese garden (romantic with your gf) - and if you are interrested in formel1 there might be some race during your visit period at the track.
Only been there for 3 weeks, and 1 of those weeks i went to malaysia (which i can recommend very much! - just even for ~4days - we went to some bounty island called Tioman).
If you got questions feel free to PM, I'll most likely only be able to provide info about the typical tourist stuff.
AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 22:14:33
November 30 2012 22:14 GMT
#35
On November 30 2012 13:50 ktimekiller wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 12:07 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:
On November 30 2012 11:18 PiGStarcraft wrote:
On November 30 2012 11:12 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:
On November 30 2012 10:59 ppshchik wrote:
Beware of Singaporean women if you are a westerner.

Honestly there is nothing special about Singaporean food as you find them tastier and cheaper in Malaysia.

Casino in Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Night Safari seem to be the only tourist attractions there.


Why beware Singaporean women?
Do they really, really hate westerners? Or are they very, very eager to get a free ticket to a strong, first-world country?


Singapore is a first-world country lol


What can I say lol
I'm clueless when it comes to everything in Asia that isn't China or Japan.


Funny thing is, if you knew a thing about China or Japan, you certainly would not be ignorant of Singapore, one of the most important countries in Asia.


Actually, no, absolutely not. I have not the slightest inkling of knowledge about anything Singapore.
For some reason, the very first time I heard virtually anything about Singapore was when I was reading a rather lengthy blog on TL and partway through I read he was Singaporean. I've actually heard so absurdly little about Singapore during my life that hearing he was from there actually made me take a mental double-take!
It's bizarre, to be frank, knowing so little about something that is evidently so important. Absolutely not a feeling I'm used to.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
November 30 2012 23:08 GMT
#36
I dont know anything about singapore but have you considered couchsurfing? (couchsurfing.org)
good way to meet nice people that might show you around and you wouldnt have to pay anything for your stay

ive only done it once and it was really nice, others on TL, like zatic, have done it more often and also had good experiences with it.
could be a little bit more complicated / less comfortable when going as a couple like you are (i couldnt convince my gf to do it ^^) but still sth to think about.
beep boop
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
November 30 2012 23:37 GMT
#37
Don't bring gum.
FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Bans for the ban gods!
Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
December 01 2012 00:44 GMT
#38
On November 30 2012 15:26 Katsuge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 15:01 Plexa wrote:
On November 30 2012 13:20 konadora wrote:
Try the more SEA/singapore exclusive stuff like DURIAN.
lol

That will make an impression one way or another.

pretty sure all non-Asians hate durian..or so i think..:p


I'm Thai and I hate durian =_=
Without love, we can't see anything. Without love, the truth can't be seen. - Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
December 01 2012 01:15 GMT
#39
On December 01 2012 09:44 Veldril wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 15:26 Katsuge wrote:
On November 30 2012 15:01 Plexa wrote:
On November 30 2012 13:20 konadora wrote:
Try the more SEA/singapore exclusive stuff like DURIAN.
lol

That will make an impression one way or another.

pretty sure all non-Asians hate durian..or so i think..:p


I'm Thai and I hate durian =_=


wait, there are people who dont hate durian?
My religion is Starcraft
levelping
Profile Joined May 2010
Singapore759 Posts
December 01 2012 01:34 GMT
#40
On December 01 2012 08:37 Praetorial wrote:
Don't bring gum.


The whole gum thing hasn't been enforced for a long time. If anything don't bring drugs.that would be really bad.

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