Friday, December 2, 2011

All Day and All Night ****UPDATED****


 Very last minute last night I received a text about a job. I was wrong about fashion show being today, it was an event.  This morning my job was to walk around the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre and an MRT station to promote overnight service on Saturday. The reason, they are holding the Singapore marathon on Sunday. There are over 70 000 particpants this year doing various distances.




I met up with the organizers around 11, changed into my pajamas and picked up a sign. A counterpart was cast to work with me as well. A probably 18 or 19 year old Ukrainian girl that knew very little English. She was nice, very curious about me and where I am from, although very robotic.

After a few hours of that my day of work was done. Not to bad. Next on my list of tasks for the day was to record a video casting at the agency. I had an extra hour to kill and food to be eaten so I did that before showing up. Maxwell Hawker centre was only a 5 minute walk from the agency so that was my desired food vendor location.  I scoped out some food stands and found one that served Satay Bee Hoon. After some research (on google) I discovered that Bee Hoon is a vermicelli based dish, with a peanut sauce.  Upon my departure I scouted a sign that described some of the local dishes. To my pleasant surprise many are rice flour based. Singapore is getting easier for me every day as I learn.











A quick video and chat with the ladies at the agency and I was on my way home. I was curious about something I saw at Mr. Bean last time so I decided to check it out. 3 in 1 Rice Ball. Made with glutinous rice (basically overcooked rice) and filled in the middle with peanut butter. Hell yeah peanut butter. When I was eating I discovered that the wonderful woman behind the counter gave me 5 instead of the signs indicated 3. Nice!









I relaxed the rest of the afternoon and evening. Tonight will be my first bar experience in Singapore. Lucky for us tall, handsome, white guys, when we bring our comp cards to bars they give you VIP and complimentary food and beverage. Of course being in a foreign city drinking for the first time, I will keep things tame.

I almost forgot about these. The food descriptions: 








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