Haji Lane!

Eggy's off-day + Maddy's off-day = Adventures on Haji Lane!!

We went into Pluck, which is a boutique-cum-icecream parlor thingy. They have alot of random expensive things, like antique clocks, meditation radios, vintage jewelry, used philosophy books, artsy teeshirts, handbag charms, pretty notebooks, etc. The sales lady was really unfriendly, which was nothing like we had expected from such a cool homey boutique.


We tried the Ebony&Ivory ice-cream (vanilla with choc chips) at Pluck's ice-cream parlour. You can't go very wrong with ice-cream. Ebony, Ivory, Living in perfect harmony... After ice cream, we continued exploring the other random boutiques along Haji Lane. There was even this brand new clothing store (opened just 3 days ago).

We found the indie music store Straits Record, funky graffitti and all...Yay! Unfortunately, it was really run down and basically, abandoned. Crap! The sign on the door said that they had moved to Bali Lane, and we're like, WHERE"S BALI LANE??
After Haji Lane, we continued walking and found Bali Lane by accident! (A nice surprise, since the sign on Straits Records mentioned that they had moved to Bali Lane and we initially had no clue about where that was.) So we found Straits Records, but didn't dare to go in at first because the shopkeepers looked fierce and unfriendly (we're such cowards...) Anyway, we walked on and decided that we'll step into the CD store on our way back. We found a quaint little coffee shop furthur down Haji Lane, called Emperor Cafe. It's a tiny home business, with very VERY personalised service. The boss kept talking to us, he wouldn't shut up. He was obviously very extremely passionate about coffee...he tried explaining the history of coffee to us, explaining about how coffee was an aphrodisiac, explaining what an aphrodisiac was (-__-) , explaining how the royals in Europe drank coffee, explaining how they had jesters for entertainment while coffee-drinking, explaining the history of Merlin....etc etc. Then he decided to do some magic tricks for us, supposedly channeling the 'spirit' of Merlin or whatever. So he showed us some stupid rubberband and card tricks, and there we were nodding along, fake smiling, acting dumb, sending telepathic messages for him to fuck off and leave us alone :)

Anyway, we ordered a pot of Rose Orange tea, which was kinda bland. The only plus side was funky transparent cups and plates. I guess their specialty is supposed to be coffee afterall, not tea. A pity we aren't coffee connoisseurs After tea, we finally escaped the clutches of Mr Merlin-Coffee Guy...and mustered the courage to explore Straits Records, though we were too music-retarded to truly appreciate the stuff they had in there. The only band I recognised was Forced Vomit >__< onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8u2258xy2n8z2_FNRtiNJ-GIvIxF7PsyRcAqgvC38OEC5mB65CFqxizBc4pBFcGMVr6UXZxbtvxTzFtc-eU1-HM7rT6M2535FUTb_12y6-QRLYkxk4ZbS5graFBiuC1ZQBOO_AM2FJ5g/s1600-h/CIMG0043.JPG">
Strange phoenix structure at the center of Park View Square, set before a beautifully clear blue sky.
Park View Square building from a midget's perspective...You can see the reflection of the sky on the building's windows. Cool building, eh? It's such a rarity in Singapore.


When you explore Singapore as a tourist, our country actually seems pretty cool...well, i guess they would call it 'unique'.