Another Boba Discovery (February 4): The boba lovers that we are, Anna and I decided to adventure out and find a new place to try. After several scrolls through Instagram, I found out that Singapore just opened a Tiger Sugar branch in Capitol Plaza. So you know we had to go and try it out. Anna tried the brown sugar boba milk and I got the green tea latte with brown sugar boba. They were both amazing, especially the boba. Unfortunately, there is only one in Singapore so far but if any of you have the opportunity to try it, I highly recommend it! They also have their own brown sugar boba ice cream for sale too. On Our Way to Malaysia!! (February 6th): Finally our first trip of the semester! For the weekend, our group decided to head to Malaysia. After much review, Isaiah, Brittney, and I decided to take the shuttle bus company One Travel. It was a difficult choice between companies as some of the reviews were terrible online. However, the experience we had was not terrible at all. *Things to keep in mind* 1. Be at the pick up location at least 30 minutes before departure to make sure you are at the right stop and have time to check in with the company 2. Get through immigration as quickly as possible (as it is told that some buses will leave within a certain amount of time) 3. Lastly, there are two immigration stops (one where you just bring your id and the other where you have to carry everything with you), so look around to see which one you are at. Once we got to our arrival destination (Times Square), we took a grab to our airbnb and decided to call it a night as it was 3 am the next day. Malaysia Day 1 (February 7th): Since we were waiting for the rest of our friends to arrive tomorrow, we decided to spend our day shopping around. We went to Fahrenheit 88, Pavilion, and Mitsui Outlet Park. The Pavilion mall is definitely one of the larger malls I have been to. It is pretty much a one stop shop to all stores. We stopped at La Juiceria, a smoothie/juice shop that offered a wide variety of smoothies and juices. I got the Mango Millionaire smoothie and it was amazing. Moreover, for the size they offered, it was a great deal (about US$3). As for the outlet, although it was far, it was worth the drive as we were able to get items for a decent price. For dinner, we decided to get food delivered to our airbnb as we waited for our friends to arrive. Once the group was all back together (at 3 am...) we all finally got to settle in and sleep to get ready for the day to come. Malaysia Day 2 (February 8th): Now with the whole gang in Malaysia, we decided to make the most of our day, starting with brunch! We tried the popular nasi lemak dish at Nasi Lemak Wanjo Kampung Baro. The dish was only US$2 and it was delicious. To top it off, their homemade mango smoothie (US$1) was the bomb.com. Not only was it made with fresh mangoes, there were mango chunks on top of the smoothie. From there, we went to couple malls near by then headed to KL Tower. Since it was a little muggy, the sky wasn't really clear. However, we were lucky to be able to see the Petronas Twin Towers from the sky deck. Once at the sky deck, highly recommend getting a ticket to wait for the sky box 1, where you're able to take photos with the twin towers behind. Just be sure to be ready for a quick photoshoot as only 3 people are allowed at a time in the box and only for 1 min 40 seconds. After a long day so far, we headed to KLCC, the mall under the Petronas Twin Towers (which was another large, amazing mall). Although we were in Malaysia, we had Din Tai Fung for dinner since we figured out it was significantly cheaper than it is in Singapore. The six of us ate family style and shared 30 xiao long baos, fried rice, noodles, dumplings, custard/taro buns, etc. To our surprise, the bill only came out to about US$76, which meant that it was a little under US$13 for each of us 😱(with meals as cheap as this, most of us have concluded that we will not be going out to eat as often as we used to back home haha). Of course after our meal, we had to go shop around. To wrap up the night, we headed outside to take pictures with the iconic twin towers. Malaysia Last Day (February 9th):
As it was our last day, we weren't able to do much as we also had to carry our luggage around with us. Our group headed back to the Pavilion to do some last minute shopping. Since Brittney, Isaiah, and I had class to attend on Monday, we scheduled our bus for late afternoon. However, last night we found out that things were about to change at NUS. With a spread of the virus, NUS has taken several precautionary measures. First, starting Monday (2/10), we will have to take our own temperatures twice daily (one in the morning and one before 3pm) and report it. Second, all classes with over 50 were mandatory to become e-learning. This meant that professors will need to host web lectures. Hearing this news, we were all shocked as we began to wonder how serious this virus was becoming. Additionally, this meant that for the most of us, we don't have any physical classes to attend to. Foods of the week: Tiger Sugar - Green Tea Latte w/Brown Sugar Boba (S$5.10) -> 9/10 La Juceria (Malaysia) - Mango Millionaire (MYR 11.79) -> 9/10 Nasi Lemak Wanjo Kampung Baro (Malaysia) - Ayam Rendang Nasi Lemak (MYR 8) -> 10/10 - Mango Smoothie (MYR 4) -> 11/10 Din Tai Fung (Malaysia) - Xiao Long Bao 10pc (MYR 28.30) -> 9/10 - Spicy Vegetable Wonton (MYR 26.40) -> 10/10 - String Bean w/Chicken (MYR 31.70) -> 10/10
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