Row Row Row Your Kayak

After reading thesmartlocal post, I decided to jio asking him along X to go Kayaking with me.

Row, row, row your kayak, gently down the stream. 
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.

We went to Water Sports Centre located near Stadium MRT and Singapore Sports Hub. It is kind of difficult to find this Water Sports Centre, but it is so damn near to the MRT. Why? Because we reached there at around 8am, but we were lost for more than 30mins. For those who are going there as well don't make the mistake as us, when you exit the Stadium MRT (Exit A), just walked to the end of the covered/sheltered linkway, turn LEFT!

Anyway, this is their rates :)

My memories of kayaking were during Primary and Secondary School Camp. I think during Primary 5 (11 years old) and Secondary 3 (15 years old) that time. Not much impression about it except for the one during secondary camp. I remember I was too heavy that time, I have to partner with one of the bigger size teacher and the worst part was I was heavier than her. Anyway after 10 years, I am going to attempt this activity again.

So when we were sitting on the kayak, the lighter one will be seated in front and the heavier one will be behind. I get to sit in front! Finally! So the heavier one will get in the boat first. Please note this is a very tricky part. During those school camp, you get in the boat when the water is shallow. This time, you get in the boat like somewhere in the middle of sea! I admit I panicked and nearly backed out. I mean, what if I dropped inside?! But I manage to get on board after a while and getting impatient stares from lifeguards.

To be honest, kayaking is so fun and scary at the same time.

The fun parts are...

1) Scenery. It is like those Chinese painting with mountains and lake/sea, but here you get buildings and sea.

 

2) Away from the noise..... Okay, I lied. When we went there, there were some team training dragon boat and Standard Charter Marathon for Kids event. But I do enjoying seeing those dragon boat team train, nope, not because of the hunks or babes their movements are very in-sync.

3) Bonding time with your love one. Well, we saw a father-son duo kayaking together and some couples too. Seems like a more affordable dating place.

4) Best place to quarrel. Well.. you can paddle someone further away from the crowd and have some shouting match or just push him/her into the water.  Just joking!

The scary parts are...

1) The lifeguards/trainers will only give some safety advises, how to get on the kayak boat and then... OFF you go. No further instruction about how to kayak and etc. I guess you need to either ask them or just figure out yourself.

2) I don't know how to swim, so I have constant fear of falling off the boat and become fish food. Throughout the kayaking session, I keep relaying my fear verbally to X. His reaction is pretty similar to this image ↓. 

 

Lesson learnt: Don't trap in a island surrounded by water with me! 

We will be trying out hiking soon!  
soon = unknown future and most probably next year.

Exploring Kallang Wave Mall

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Kallang Wave Mall opened back in October 2014, situated within the Singapore Sports Hub itself and just next to Singapore Indoor Stadium & National Stadium is the place that have all activities for lifestyle, makan dining and entertainment!

While waiting for Big Bang's soundcheck to start, we X and I decided to lepak here! To be honest, we are impressed by the size of the FairPrice there. It is huge, I believe it is even bigger than the ones at Ang Mo Kio & Serangoon. According to FairPrice's facebook, this is the 1st “sports-themed” hypermarket in Singapore that sells bicycles, sports equipment and sportswear.
 
Oh ya, they have a indoor climbing wall, beach volleyball court and library within this mall! 

Anyway, the highlight of this post is of course, the food we had. Seriously, there are so many food choices available making it hard for us to choose. Thanks to the girl giving out the discount coupon, we decided to have Japanese!

1-for-1 unagi & salmon!

Issho Izakaya

 Located at the back and outside of the mall, it truly is a hidden gem!

 

From left → clockwise :

1) Daigaku Imo 2) Golden fried soft shell crab 3) Saba Shio Yaki 

4) Kawahagi Yaki 5) Unagi Kushi Yaki 6) Salmon Sashimi

The sweet potato dish looks so simple but taste so good! Soft on the inside and a bit chaota burnt on the outside! Soft shell crab, Saba and Salmon are so scrumptious~ and their Unagi, I regretted I didn't order more. Kawahagi is not as crispy as we expected, this is our only complain.

We really enjoyed our meal here. Their staff is really friendly. We witness one of them try to strike up a conversation with the customer by asking who is their bias in Big Bang. To be honest, the food here are kind of pricey but for the food and service it is totally worth it! We will come back definitely!

Psst.. They have a lot of promotion for us to enjoy more at a cheaper price. Do visit their facebook & website for more information.

Sogurt

 

 

“Frozen Yogurt Machine on the Wall, Who Is the Fairest of Them All?

Plain, Lychee, Grapefruit or Chocolate?"

 

Aloe Vera, Cashew Nuts, Dark Chocolate Chips, Mandarin Popping Boba, Lychee Popping Boba, Gummy Bears, Nata De Coco, Flower Marshmallows, Rainbow Sprinkles, Apple Ring Gummies, Chocolate Sprinkles, Digestive Biscuit Crumble and the list goes on...

 
Lychee Yogurt, Kiwi, Strawberry with Gula Melaka Syrup 

Love it because of the sauce/syrup. To X, the kiwi is slightly sour but I don't feel so. As for the Lychee flavoured yogurt, I love it but to X feels it is kinda of bland. We are so different!

Psst.. They offered discount on weekdays, so do visit their facebook or website for more information.

I am going to end this post with one of Singapore most iconic thing that I am sure all of us have done before!