Was paid to have fun today. For $160, i brought some 16-yr-old korean students out to tour SG's historical precincts. I thought wld be given a detailed itinery and transport. There was an itinery, but so 'detailed' it was that it only said "Arab St, Little India and Chinatown".
Our first stop was Arab St which was actually a walking distance from Peninsular Hotel where we picked the students up, but because of the light rain we, lazy ppl (Tim, Tong Tong, me) took the train fr CityHall to Bugis, 1 stop away. Buying train passes was quick, but it was crazy having to collect back the deposit from the machine....
Toured the Sultan Mosque and had lunch there. So inexperienced and inadequate we were as tourguides, we had to scout for makan places in the drizzle and bargain with the eatery owners over the price of nasi bryani. We were told to help them save money and spend within the $10 they were given, but come to think of it, we shld hv just let the students pay. Bargaining was pathetic, we cld've had better food. We then walked to Little India to visit the temple there. Cld've seen more but the kids were didn't hv the stamina to go on. They were so shocked when they heard the temperature in SG was 32degrees and "there is no winter". They'd Mr. Slurpee from 7-eleven as a thirst-quencher but after that their lips turned bluish-purple that I'd the impression that they were severly dehydrated by our weather. So i gave up trying to push them to go on.
Our guides were all praying very hard for a double decker bus to ChinaTown because we didn't want to disappoint our charges. Apparently they don't hv double decks in korea....We didn't do much at Chinatown except got chased by the very rude coffeeshop lady boss across the Heritage Centre. *humpf* She was so very rude (I must repeat this) and I thought you were supposed to be polite to tourists?!
Anw I don't think we were very effective as tourguides, the students seemed quite bored by us. But nonetheless it was a good experience, at least I proved to Tim that I cld navigate us with the map around SG! *smug* Although I almost nv step foot into these places, I know abt them so it cldn't be considered an eye-opener, but it was definitely an interesting way to spend the day.
Went with LY to view flats in AMK. I nv believed ppl cld make so quick decisions abt their accommodations intentions, but guess i'm not a person-living-abroad and i'm an undecisive soul. Had a taste of how housing agents do biz and I remain suspicious of them even as a daughter of a housing agent.
Our first stop was Arab St which was actually a walking distance from Peninsular Hotel where we picked the students up, but because of the light rain we, lazy ppl (Tim, Tong Tong, me) took the train fr CityHall to Bugis, 1 stop away. Buying train passes was quick, but it was crazy having to collect back the deposit from the machine....
Toured the Sultan Mosque and had lunch there. So inexperienced and inadequate we were as tourguides, we had to scout for makan places in the drizzle and bargain with the eatery owners over the price of nasi bryani. We were told to help them save money and spend within the $10 they were given, but come to think of it, we shld hv just let the students pay. Bargaining was pathetic, we cld've had better food. We then walked to Little India to visit the temple there. Cld've seen more but the kids were didn't hv the stamina to go on. They were so shocked when they heard the temperature in SG was 32degrees and "there is no winter". They'd Mr. Slurpee from 7-eleven as a thirst-quencher but after that their lips turned bluish-purple that I'd the impression that they were severly dehydrated by our weather. So i gave up trying to push them to go on.
Our guides were all praying very hard for a double decker bus to ChinaTown because we didn't want to disappoint our charges. Apparently they don't hv double decks in korea....We didn't do much at Chinatown except got chased by the very rude coffeeshop lady boss across the Heritage Centre. *humpf* She was so very rude (I must repeat this) and I thought you were supposed to be polite to tourists?!
Anw I don't think we were very effective as tourguides, the students seemed quite bored by us. But nonetheless it was a good experience, at least I proved to Tim that I cld navigate us with the map around SG! *smug* Although I almost nv step foot into these places, I know abt them so it cldn't be considered an eye-opener, but it was definitely an interesting way to spend the day.
Went with LY to view flats in AMK. I nv believed ppl cld make so quick decisions abt their accommodations intentions, but guess i'm not a person-living-abroad and i'm an undecisive soul. Had a taste of how housing agents do biz and I remain suspicious of them even as a daughter of a housing agent.
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