Never Ending Peace And Love

"Never Ending Peace And Love", That's what people tell you when they explain about the meaning of "Nepal". I say, it's not an exaggeration because I actually had marvelous time there. I met great people, and went through great experience with them. However small the each piece was, every little thing took an important part. They were just like the pieces of a huge puzzle which you can never accomplish if you miss any of them. Without telling, I went under new experience, and didn't miss a chance to fill up my "To do list" ;) I think I was lucky to meet them. So, now it's time to tell you about my amazing time in Kathmandu...in Nepal. (And I think I shouldn't miss this music because I heard this almost anywhere I went. Therefore it became the theme music of Nepal for me, lol.)

"Was there any meaning of taking the bus?" That was how I was spoken to a guy as soon as getting off the bus that brought us from the airplane to the airport building. It was a very short ride...maybe just for 30 seconds or so and there was no wonder he wanted to share his feelings. Actually, he was sitting in front of me during the flight, but we didn't really talk until then. "Yeah, I agree with it", said I. "We actually could walk from there". Then, we started chatting and he became my first buddy for the trip. After immigration and getting visa, we went downstairs to pick up our luggage, and headed toward taxi counter. We were not sure if we should take a taxi yet, but wanted some information anyway. According to a guidebook, we knew that it costs 500Rs for taxi, but there is also a bus stop that we can take a local bus from if we walk a bit. When we got to the taxi counter, there was a official counter, but there were also a lot of "taxi drivers" who are negotiating with tourists. "4$" said one driver, "4$" said another, and they were fighting over us. I told them we were actually thinking of taking a local bus, but one driver said that it wouldn't be good because it'll take time and it's not so cheap since they raised the price recently. Then, I wondered if he was telling us a lie or not because I'd heard in some countries, specifically in India(lol) people who want to do business with tourists tells lie so easily. Anyway, do you want to know which way we took? I negotiated with a taxi staff and we got a ride with 1$ for two people. But we didn't even pay that money because we stayed at his friend's hostel :P

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My Family In Singapore

In the end of the day, we finally got to hang out with our friends. They came to pick up us to the hostel, and we drove to a nice seafood restaurant. I remember when we visited Singapore for the first time, they took us to a seafood restaurant as well. We had very great time there as we had before. We really love how they treat us and always want to return the favor whenever we get a chance (Maybe next time in Japan!!). Even though we don't get to see each other so often, I personally have a warm feeling inside...I feel like calling them my family in Singapore...:) Probably my one-sided feeling? :P

Anyway, I really enjoyed spending time with them and so did my sister. The dinner time was filled with enjoyable chat and smile...Damn, I miss it so much! When they brought us to the airport, they even gave us souvenirs! Can you imagine how much we didn't want to leave there? I'm sure that we will fly to Singapore again when they make a new step to their dream :)

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Having Lunch At Homebaked Dough

We headed to Tanjong pagar plaza late in the morning. It was last but the most important thing on our "To do list" of this trip. Our friends serve noodles at Homebaked Dough during lunch time on weekdays. We were so excited getting closer there. It had been a while since we met last time but we were sure that we'll be alright. And when we finally found the place, we saw them working hard, and couldn't stop smiling! Yeah, we finally got to meet them!! I waved my hand to my friend and he noticed that we came. His brother also looked at us and gave us a wave. What a nice smile they had!

We got close to the counter, and they asked what we wanted. We ordered a ramen and fried rice. They were great!!! I'm not exaggerating. They were actually very good. The soup was tuna based, which tastes familiar to Japanese, but actually we haven't eaten it here (might be because we don't go to eat ramen so much in Japan?). However, I say soy sauce, miso, pork, or salt based soups are very common here, but tuna based even we have the flavor with lots of food here. Even the chasu was very tasty. My sister said it was the best one that she'd ever eaten. There was no reason not to tell them the fact, and I hope it made them happy. We are friends, but we don't tell them a lie to sound nice, we told them our honest impressions of their food.

Soon after we finished eating, we left there. They looked very busy and we were meeting in the evening anyways. I confirmed the meeting time again, and we headed to Little India...One of my most favorite places in Singapore that my sister had never been ;) We enjoyed shopping there quite a lot.

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