A Little Bit of Australia @ Plaza Singapura

A few hours after my shopping trip with Tris, my Mum and her friends finally finished their Mahjong game and we rode the MRT to Tanjong Pagar. We moved into Amara Hotel for the rest of our stay in Singapore. That night, we tried a Japanese burger chain named MOS. My Mum was probably exhausted and starving because she was quite rude to the dude serving us. It was frustrating talking to someone who couldn’t understand us.

On the Monday, we finally went to Dhoby Ghaut. I had planned to visit the Spotlight store at Plaza Singapura. It was my first visit to a Spotlight store in nearly 2 years and the first located outside Australia. I dared not expect too much for fear of feeling disappointed. Singapore is a very small country/city state and with property costs so high, I was expecting a mini/chilli padi sized Spotlight store. I was wrong though. This Spotlight store at Plaza Singapura is at least 2x or more the size of Clegs on Elizabeth St in Melbourne. The layout and the white display stands are very similar to the stores in Australia. Throw in a few Caucasian shoppers; I suddenly thought that I was HOME. They sell the same stuff as the stores in Australia. Brands like Birch, Fiskars, Décor, Burda and even the partyware from Spartys. The only difference I spotted is that the Singapore store sells Janome as well as other brands of sewing machines. My favourite Spotlight store in Victoria is the big one located near where I lived – the South Melbourne branch. I would walk there up to twice a month. I am pretty sure that they never sold Janome machines there. My trusty Janome was from Myer CBD. Remember when they used to sell sewing machines and the lady would offer free lessons to help the buyer to get to know his/her new machine?

As I was flipping through the Burda Pattern Book, I was told that a man – Mr Ong, a friend of my Father’s whom I haven’t seen for more than 20 years had invited us for lunch. He and his wife picked us up in a fancy Mercedes Benz and this dishpig got to pretend being rich from the backseat. LOL. We had Indian cuisine at Sakunthala’s. The service was good and the food was yummy. The sauce for the Fish Head Curry was really good. The X would drop dead if he heard me complimenting something that has anything to do with the subcontinent. I just wish that he would figure out one day that I do not dislike India. All I ever wanted was to be the apple of his eye. Oh, let’s move on before I get further sidetracked…