Singapore Saga Day 2 – Amazing Race

Then it was back to Lucky Plaza, where they sent their remittances for their families back home, before we headed on our amazing race. We call it amazing race because we were on a quest to find Centennial Towers, where I will be having my interview the next day. The instructions: ride the MRT to City Hall, walk to Suntec, find the fountain of wealth, and the Centennial Towers would be somewhere nearby. Getting to City Hall MRT station was easy enough, but it was a long LONG walk to Suntec City. And when we got there, we found the largest fountain in the world, sure enough, but which among these buildings is Centennial, and how on earth do we get there?

So I the information person, and she told me we needed to exit via the “Kafu Supermarket.” Later on we realized she meant “Carrefour Supermarket.” Damn accent. When we finally found that and crossed over, we asked another guard how to find the building and he told us to go through the doors he was guarding and exit beyond the shops. We walked in, found some stairs and climbed up…but we realized that these stairs were 13 floors straight up and very bodega-like. So we went down again and found the correct way to those shops. We finally found the doors that led to the building..but it was raining buckets and the wind was very strong so I said, it’s okay, we don’t need to walk to the building itself. At least I know where it is. And it was another long walk all the way back to where we came from.

Afterwards we attended a birthday dinner for one of their officemates, and when Cate and I were introduced, the first question was: “which one of you has an interview tomorrow?” Pressure! Pressure!