Resort World

On January 20 Resort World in Sentosa had its soft opening. It's going to be 6 hotels, a casino and a Universal Studios theme park. I went today with Leonie to see it...and so far only four of the hotels are open. BUT it looks awesome! I felt like I was in vegas again. There are shops, restaurants, casino, and convention center all in one! And there's a Hard Rock hotel!

But the best part of this whole story is there is a Victoria's Secret!!

Now almost all of my favorite stores are here...Forever 21, Banana Republic, Sephora, Aldo, Zara, Steve Madden and now Victoria's Secret!! I only wish there was an Anthropology...

Resort World was great...and theres a bus that takes you from this awesome mall Vivo City straight to Resort World. I cannot wait until Universal Studios is open...it may be the highlight of my life in SG.

To finish off an exciting day we went to Far East Plaza to do some shopping. Far East is a mall filled with tiny boutiques with cute clothes, shoes and kitschy accessories...also crazy electronic stuff. I bought tons of stuff today but ended up only spending like USD50!! Everything I bought was between 10-20 sing dollars. I love shopping at Far East...its like the only affordable mall in SG. How cute are my things?! I only wish I was the same size as singaporean ppl so I could wear their crazy free size/one size fits all things.

Today was the first good day of the week! and it'll probably be the only as I have to go to work tomorrow...on my day off. No bueno! xxoo

Marche!

LOVE!!! Its inside my favorite new mall 313...seriously this place cannot get any better. Marche is amazing...its my new my favorite restauramt. Its like a marketplace full of amazing food stations, and its all western food! Its super cute and decorated like a swiss farmhouse, and you get this fun swipey card when walk in. Inside its like a food court BUT you just use your swipe card and you can get a bit of everything...crepes, pizza, pasta, fresh veggies, soup, fresh baked bread and of course meat things. There is also a station of freshmade drinks, and an amazing dessert station with fondue!! Then when you're done and ready to leave you just hand them your swipe card and pay. The whole experience makes me nostlagic for dorm days...but with GREAT food. I think we need to franchise this in america!!

http://marche.moevenpick.com/#/home/empty/-1/empty/en/

look at all those vegetables!

funny cute uniforms!

mmmm...love those carbs!

awesome dessert station...

freshly made crepes!

Marche is amazing...I only wish it was cheaper. I am not doing so great at my money saving resolution....but life is great!

last day of splurging

My new year's resolution for 2010 is to spend less money...and maybe to eat less desserts...but only maybe because i LOVE desserts!

 i spent a ton of money shopping/taking taxis/eating/pampering myself in the months i've been in singapore...always telling myself that i deserved it because my life sucked here (which it doesn't but i like to pretend that it does). but who am i kidding...i would've spent just that much at home probably. anyways i decided that 2010 wont actually start for me until monday...and i could pretend this weekend was part of 2009. starting tomorrow i will make a conscious effort to save money i promise! but today i spent SGD150 and bought the greatest things....

1. a blackberry!! so its just the blackberry 8520, a super basic blackberry...but i'm super excited to use it. i do feel a bit sad for my iphone. i'm even more excited that it was only SGD48.00! now all i have to do is figure out how to use it.

2. a great charles & keith purse. you have no idea how in love with this store i am. its so affordable and so trendy. its a great place to buy trendy shoes and accessories...its the like the forever 21 of accessories! i've been eyeing this bag and finally decided to get it. and as it was the display bag i got a discount!!

3. two super cute dresses from bysi. bysi is by far my fave singapore clothing brand. at first i was shocked it was singaporean...but like charles and keith i adore it. and they were having the greatest sale today! i scored two dresses for SGD50.00...super cheap! the only sad thing was i saw this cute blouse i bought a few weeks ago on sale for 70% off. but we're not going to think about it, instead we're going to think about how much i love this brand.

and to end the perfect day of shopping i ate at my new favorite food court at 313 (my way of "saving money", spending SGD4.00 on a meal). this was the perfect weekend of tv watching and shopping...so not looking forward to work tomorrow. until next time kiddies...xxoo!

hamsterballing!

i had the greatest day today! it started out with an amazing surprise...ALL the channels on my tv were unlocked. i called the cable company because i was nervouse they were charging me for all the chanels, but i found out that the cable company had some glitch yesterday so they were now allowing all customers access to all channels for a limited time. this would ONLY ever happen in singapore!! and i LOVE television...so i spent the first half of day watching the fashion channel becuase i would never actually pay for it. aaah i love television!

i also found these great things at 7 Eleven...magnum minis. they're mini ice crem bars in the most decadent flavors!

then my day got even more exciting when i went hamsterballing (or zorbing which is what the inventors actually refer to it as...but i prefer hamsterballing). you basically get into a giant inflatable hamsterball and the workers roll you down a hill...and then you "hamster crawl" up the hill. it sounds great right? but i guess i never took into account how crazy hot it would be inside the hamster ball! just one roll down and half of a climb up made me sweatier than sitting in a suana. i still feel a bit sick. don't get me wrong...it was great but i would never do that again in singapore. maybe new zealand where it was invented.

after we were all good and sweaty...we made it to holland village for the best treat, chocolate fondue at haggen daaz. i dont know why no one has ever thought of using ice cream to dip in fondue but it is amazing!! mmmm...life is great.

but the day keeps on getting better. after showering  i went with cassie to explore the newest mall on orchard, 313. and it has got to be my favorite mall in all of singapore...and thats saying a lot considering singapore is only made up of malls. the food court is the entire top level! so much awesome food in one food court. and there is the cutest muffin place. the muffins actually look like normal muffins. i bet they are delicious...i cant wait to try one next time. and they let you decorate your own cakes with different colored icing on one side.

and we found this great boutique called ribbons...where i found this great tank top. i also got the cutest agenda for next year!

but the greatest part of 313 was the four level FOREVER 21. wow it is one of the largest FOREVER 21 stores i have ever been to. and its just as cheap as in the states. and even greater is that everyone in singapore is a size XS or S so everything is left in size M! its like the total opposite of america where everyone is M. i didn't plan to spend so much money today...but i guess thats how it always goes. i cant wait until we make smores tomorrow on the BBQ. im sure tomorrow night will be great.