7 cab rides in 24/7
Friday, October 30, 2009
I tagged along with a colleague of mine on tuesday night to watch cum interview cyril takayama,the famous japanese illusionist. He came to singapore to film a new magic series by Axn,which will be aired on Nov. 1 of the things i love about the event was food. Our main course was a fish delight topped with lovely cranberries. Not to forget the dessert served-creme brulee.Yums~
Besides watching cyril from a up close range,the only thing i still vividly remember was hunting for $1 laksa on wed afternoon.It was a news posted on a cj.omy, and the only obvious clues that were provided were: $1 laksa,sungei road trishaw laksa, and it is located at 新长城餐室.
I also didn't expect myself to break my personal record of cabbing 7 times a day. It seems extravagant,but i'll not gonna claim all the expenses from my company,i'll only claim part of it. =)
1st ride: To sungei road,searching for $1 laksa. Cab driver drove me around the vicinity,trying his best to help me find the shop. He even called a couple of his taxi kakis,but his friends were clueless too. He got no choice but to let me off his cab,else the meter will burst.
2nd ride: From my clues, i decided to proceed to New Bridge Road(my gut feeling),as the name of the hawker centre resembles like the one shown on cj.omy. I walked up on down the stretch of shophouses. Called my colleagues to help me locate the place of the laksa, when i actually knew that chances of quite slim. Okay,at this moment i was completely flabbergasted,almost to the extend of giving up. Plus,i think the weather hates me. It poured so heavily when my mind was close to the state of delirium. Then i asked the owner of the coffee shop and he said that he have another branch at Whampoa.I took a name card from the counter and departed asap.
3rd Ride: I hopped on the 3rd cab,proceeding to my 3rd stop. I arrived at Whampoa Drive Blk 82 and began my desperate hunt for $1 laksa. There was 3 coffee shops at the hdb flats, while i finally reached the 3rd coffee shop. I saw a banner showing"$1/$2/$3 laksa". At last,i found the mystery $1 laksa stall. BUT...turns out that i was 1 hr later. Because another reporter from another evening papers had already interviewed the owner. Still,i kept my calm and began my interview. The shop owner was really kind cause she treated me a $1 laksa, although the portion was little, but it settled my lunch problem.
4th ride: Return trip back to my workplace.
5th ride: Because i forgot to ask for the interviewee's number, i had to make an extra trip back to the $1 laksa stall. That was so dumb of me! I didn't know what i was thinking when i left earlier, but i did hesitated a little on whether i should ask for the interviewee's number.
6th ride: Returning back to my workplace again. A little worn out by all the travelling.
I personally find the laksa quite good,but $2 portion seems a better deal to fill your tummy. 8:10 AM