What it turned out....

to be a very expensive durian trip. We went to Galang after our run at the highest peak in Singapore under a dark and threatening sky.

The taxi dropped us off in front of a durian stall. There were lots of different kinds. S$5 for one small durian, S$15 for three small ones and of course, a S$15 per Kg the king of durian. That being our lunch and under the recommendation of the owner, we picked the ... yes, the king of durian. It came to S$50. Not impressed. The meat was dry. Must be the end of the season for it. The nice one is suppose to be creamy, sticky to your fingers, sweet with a slight bitterness. When we got back to the hotel, we ordered room service :-( Should have done it the first place. The room service for two was the same as that one durian!

(still watching very exciting badminton men's singles round of 32 competition on TV; now is Indonesia and Malaysia; Hong Kong got slaughtered by China)

O about the run at the highest peak, very nice and fresh air; away from the car, the people, the pollution, the shops, the buildings... Just forest and fresh air! And a lot of stairs going straight up to the peak! 145 or so with about 1' to 1' 1/2", reminded me of the days last September climbing the Great Wall. When we were done, there was no taxi; in Singapore, it's hard to get a taxi on the street anymore except maybe at the CBD (Central Business District). I had to call. Thank goodness of my Singapore Starhub cellphone number. I still have it from 2 trips ago; and still have over $44 of credit.

Speaking of taxi, tonight took one from our hotel to Fortune Center for some vegetarian supper. With the fare structure, the cost of taxi came to S$14.00. The break down: trip is S$5.10, ERP, fuel surcharge, time of day surcharge top up the rest of the amount. And our meals came to only S$10.00. S$5.50 for my wife's veggie brown rice set and S$4.50 for my veggie fried rice. Funny... And of course, we took the subway back. One way cost us S$2.50 in total. Expensive meal.