2. CRAZY HOT CITY

We spent the day just toodling around nearby.  We ended up in the enormous mall connected to the last hotel we stayed in here in Singapore.  The Malaysian people are beautiful.  And very kind and polite.  This would be close to a perfect city except for the cost of everything.  Hokey Dinah its expensive here. I went into the store Accessorize...a franchise you find everywhere.  There was a very small, about six inches across cloth zippered bag, flat like an open wallet.  It was really pretty...25 bucks.  Are you kidding?  In fact all the prices were shockingly high.

We came back to the hotel in the afternoon for a cool breather then headed by taxi over to the Marina Bay Sands, casino/hotel (3), and shopping mall.  This place is amazing.  The Asians go places with decorating and lights that no other people go.  Extreme architecture, extreme window displays, extreme entertainment.  Its all a little mind boggling.

We went for dinner in a restaurant in the bottom of this place, that I had seen last time.  It seemed like an intriguing decor and menu.  We ordered chilli crab, their signature dish here in Singapore.  As we started to eat, it became quickly apparent that I would have to remove one of my front teeth.  This tooth, such a pain in butt, is only held in by fixadent.  Several times a day I have to replenish the fixadent or the tooth falls out.  And I simply cannot eat certain types of food with it in, thus I remove it, put it in a wee zip lock bag I carry around with me.  When dinner is done I put it back in.  This is easy at home but when we are out I just simply don't order those types of food.

But here in Singapore, we had to have crab.  This being a very upscale restaurant, there were hordes of little wait people standing at our elbows, refilling our tea cup each time we took a sip, replenishing our napkins each time we used it, etc...So I headed to the loo and removed my tooth there and made every attempt to keep my mouth shut (hard for me I must say) and continued to eat the most delicious crab meal ever.  It was spicy, messy, lots and yummy.  When we were finished the head lady came over as the minions cleared our mess.  I told her how lovely the meal was.  She suddenly looked at me in horror and exclaimed "Your tooth!!!!!  Your tooth!!!  Is gone!!! Is gone!!!  You ate!!!  You swallow tooth!!!  Oh nonononononno!!!!"  So I had to, humiliatingly, pull it out of my purse and explain (she has very broken english) how my tooth falls out and I had to take it out.  Meanwhile every table within ear shot had heard her and were now paying close and embarrassing attention.  Ahhhh   humiliation at its finest.

MORNING SUNRISE FROM OUR HOTEL WINDOW

THIS CANAL SNAKES THROUGH THIS MALL..YOU CAN RIDE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER

SINGAPORE IS ASTOUNDINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN AND CRIME FREE

THE MARINA BAY SANDS....THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE A SHIP ON TOP,  THOSE TREES RUN ALONG THE SIDE OF AN INCREDIBLE INFINITY POOL

THE DECOR IN THIS PLACE WAS AMAZING.  THESE MOBILES HUNG OVER EACH TABLE

Today I do believe we are going to try the hop on/hop off bus.  The only drawback is that you are out in the scorching hot sun.  Oh well.  I will post a few pics here for those that I am not face book friends with.  Those that have seen them already, my apologies.  TTYL