I booked a Deluxe Room as currency rates were very good equalling to $90AUD per night and with a Platinum status which I obtained for free at the beginning of the year meant I was guaranteed a room upgrade to the next room category.
3 Singaporean Icons in one pic.
After filling out relevant information as well as handing our passports to the agent we were handed keys to a Orchid Club Premier room, a double room category upgrade which was location on the 6th level which happened to be the same floor as the Orchid lounge. A member of staff escorted us to the elevator and proceeded to show us how the card tapping mechanism worked in order to access our rooms and 15 seconds later we were greeted by Mike who was waiting for us outside the elevator.
Orchids... Orchids everywhere.
The lounge is strategically placed in the centre of the 6th floor with direct access as guest's exit the elevator... perfect for a cocktail after a day in Singapore. We made our way to room 621 and was warmly greeted inside by our luggage neatly stacked against the wall. With the heat of Singapore getting to us I was impressed the PR featured a close to silent air conditioner, adequate power points around the room and one of my all time favourites... plenty of lighting in the room. I hate a dark and gloomy hotel room. (Hilton Parmelia Perth rings a bell)
Complementary Apples and water.
The Comfy Orchid Club Premier King bed.
After I'd taken some shots of our bed as well as room my partner was free to touch and jump on the clean crisp king bed in all his glory... I checked out the bathroom and the amenities were supplied by St Gregory's. One of the things I love are bathrooms with glass dividers, I've always had the thought of being a erotic dancer and what better way than showering and putting on a show for your partner on the other side of the glass wall.
I see you.
My Partner wanted to shower so I decided to head off to the lounge for a refreshing drink or two. It was 5:30pm when I reached the lounge and evening canapés were due to start in the next 30 minutes but that didn't stop Mike from offering me a cocktail as well as suggesting I pop the canapé buffet virginity for that evening. I'm not the one to decline an offer especially if it involves cocktails so 3 minutes later I was sipping on a delicious Singapore Sling and enjoying a small serving of deep fried chicken.... yes holiday's were meant to be about indulging.
Not bad for $90AUD a night hey!
I head back to our room and call my partner out to the lounge for a drink as we had made plans for dinner at Ku Dé Ta so a little cocktail or five before hand won't hurt. Needless to say my partner's eyes were as large as a giant gobstopper (jawbreaker) when he saw the variety of food as well as the delicious and generous pile of deep fried chicken on the buffet which really hit his soft spot.
Im on holiday's, I don't need a work desk.
Mike ran out 2 more cocktails and cleared out table so we could pile up more plates with ever so delicious deep fried chicken (you guys must be thinking that we're deprived of chicken but it was soooo good.) sashimi and one of my recent discoveries, Port Salut cheese with doritos. 23 cocktails later it was 8:30pm... no way in hell were we going to fit in any other items of food and as fate would have it, food coma kicked in, we waltzed back to our room and the next thing I know it was 6am.
I was confused and questioning where I was and why was I awake at 6am, I saw the erotic bath with glass paneling and then it struck me like Miley Cyrus on a wrecking ball that we're in Singapore. I was still accustomed to my wake up time in Australia so I nudged my partner and decided to head down to the fitness facility to work off the countless fried chicken we had last night and then go for a nice dip in the recently refurbished pool.
Nighttime pool view.
After soaking ourselves and splashing around we were feeling hungry and headed back to the lounge for breakfast. The buffet was oozing with a variety of food from cold cut's, cheese, breads and cereal to a omelet station prepared to our liking by a onsite chef.
Orchid Club.
Breakfast selections.
Cheese me.
We had planned our day and decided to cancel everything and go shopping... the magical words to my ears that came out of my partners mouth. We agreed to go to Fitness First in the afternoon for some classes as we didn't want to lose track of what we would normally do back at home but besides that I had to reconfirm the decision again and I broke it to him gently that the reason for that was because it was hot, humid and he wanted air conditioning.... and food.
We love to disagree but that choice got my tick of approval instantly which resulted in a gigantic smile on his face as well as mine and with that we found ourselves at City Square Mall, I have no idea what prompted us to travel down to this little shopping complex but hey, there's no such thing as a time limit on holidays, we were "exploring" and the first thing we saw was Mc Donald's.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
We seriously need this setup in Australia.
Well... all things green tea this certainly went down without hesitation.
Mc Flurry's done and dusted we walked around until something caught our eyes, small deep fried skewers containing flavour, preservatives and some kind of orange liquid which tasted like cheese.... I'll have 4 of those, 6 of the chicken ones and 10 of the prawn ones.
We've eaten 3 meals since we got up and it's not even noon yet.. this holiday would be quite "filling" from the way we're going. Before we knew it, our 20 skewer's were lifeless on the table and with the fear of food coma hitting us it was time to get off our butt's and slowly move around the complex. In the corner of my eye I saw it in all it's glory, those roller shutter doors were slowly opening to reveal a treasure chest of colourful clothing items which was like a pot of gold to my eyes. I grabbed my partners hand and we ran towards the shining bright fluorescent lights of Uniqlo.
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