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The Diary Of Miss X: Singapore Edition
By Destroyx | December 15, 2008
This column will chronicle some of the adventures that I get up to every week. This week is devoted to my recent trip to DJ in Singapore.
STYLING: The weekend before we left I did an intense photoshoot. Here are all of my planned outfits laid out. It pretty much summarises my colour outlook on life- red, black, grey & white (oh, and leopard print… even though that technically isn’t a colour).
MUSIC: My desk is rarely this clean, so I thought a picture was due to commemorate the occasion. Here I am preparing my DJ set for our gig in Singapore.
LIVING: I’m looking pretty flabergasted in this photograph. That’s because I’m standing in the lobby of a five star hotel which is entirely made out of marble. The nightly charge for a room at this hotel is more than two weeks rent! We don’t normally get put up in such style, so it really was a magnificent experience.
ART: We spent a day looking in the fine museums and art galleries that Singapore has to ofter. They were so nicely presented and technologically equipped. As you can tell from the photograph, I really enjoy contemporary art.
DJ-ING: Highlights from the club. World class DJ’s and a unique atmosphere. We were in the heart of the red light district in the infamous Orchard Towers (aka “The Four Floors of Whores”). We played a mix of electro, noise and hip hop. It was intensely nerve wracking yet fun.
SHOPPING: Singapore is a shopping mecca for anyone, as it caters to all tastes. From shopping centres full of electronics and cameras, to high end boutiques and $2 shops, Singapore is for people that like to shop. So I naturally was in heaven. I bought some vials of little pills that you could pull apart and write little messages in. They were so awesome… but the customs people at the airport weren’t so happy and they only just stopped short of cavity searching us upon our arrival.
Some more of the loot I got from my shopping expeditions. I have a new soft toy family now, as well as a plush bread roll (the one in the plastic dome). My ‘Bread-doe’ smells, looks and feels exactly like bread, but it’s not edible. It was so bizarre, I had to get it. Next we have some $2 accessories and gothic looking haircombs from Daiso- a Japanese discount store. I also got a cute lamp for $9 and many packets of Swarovski crystals for my next project (they were very affordable).
ENTERTAINMENT: Our gracious hosts from the Singapore Dark Alternative Movement took us to the zoo Night Safari which was amazing. I got to see my favourite animal, the Malayan Tapir as well as a leopard up close. They also treated us to a night out at the theatre to see Kraftwerk! It was really fun… and they had robots!
MORE SHOPPING: On my last day I went a little nuts at duty free and got myself some MAC cosmetics because they were very affordable. This red holiday brush set was made for me! I also got the Dangerzone Mineralize eyeshadow which is the most fabulous colour combo I’ve ever seen in a premade eyeshadow.
PLANNING: As always I’m scheming and planning ahead for more out of this world adventures. So I’ve purchased some new Moleskines to aid in my plotting. I also got this lined notebook from Singapore which features some unique illustrations throughout its pages.
NO UGLY BUTTS: Singapore is known to be an extremely tidy city. It’s actually illegal to litter (and to chew gum). We found this sign and found its wording to be quite humourous and we couldn’t resist getting a “cheeky” photo.
I hope you found my week to be entertaining… what did you get up to this week?
Topics: Amelia Arsenic, Diary of Miss X, Travel |
December 19th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Singapore looks so fun! and those bargains you got when shopping are so cute!!!!
how long was the flight?
December 19th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Hey Kara!
The flight was like 8 hours long I think. It was not too bad.
Singapore was tonnes of fun. I’m going to put more photos up on my flickr account tomorrow so you can see what Singapore really looks like.
XX
December 20th, 2008 at 12:00 am
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December 20th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Those little pill message containers are so awesome! Also the lamp is amazing, you only bought that for nine dollars!?
December 20th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Yay for bloggy goodness. The painting behind your desk and laptop, who may I ask is it by? Kinda reminds of Futura2000’s newer stuff.
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 am
Keith- Yup I bought the lamp for $9 Singapore dollars… which is like really cheap =) I think it’s actually a rip off of a design version…
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 am
Under the pic of the contemporary art, in the one of you and Zoog, you reminded me a bit of Gwen Stefani lol glamorous grrl ;)
x
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Videokid- I love Gwen Stefani! So.. that’s a good thing yeah? I think her LAMB fashion label is to die for!
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Yeah its a good thing! ^^
Her LAMB stuffs a bit too expensive for me lol But its all gorgeous x
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I liked the part about the pill message containers and the cigarette butts xD Zoog looks awesome on the picture! ^^
By the way I’ve heard that Singapore is awesome :D I’d love to go there at least once in my life…
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Murdercute1994- It’s a cool place to visit, and it’s a good stopover on the way to Australia. I would recommend it if you like shopping.
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:40 am
In my case, it’d be rather the opposite - it’d be Australia a good stopover on the way to Singapore :D and I want to visit both places.
January 4th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I love reading these posts!
It looks like you had hella lot of fun, I lol’d hard at the last picture.
( But that brush set needs to be mine D: )
March 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I know this blog entry is old, but thank you for posting!
This blog came in handy for a project I was doing. :D
I honestly learned more from your blog than from exhausting google searching. xP
Wonderful post! Seem like you had lots of fun!
And very funny “cheeky” picture. xD
October 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Just to point out that black, grey and white technically aren’t colours, either.
Nice post, though.