[Flashback!]
Tuesday, January 20th
It was a good day today. I was able to talk to my BFF for an extended period of time this morning, and she was able to pump me up enough for me to work up the courage to go to the wet market and ask the fish guy to chop of the heads of my prawns I wanted to buy. And he did, with a great "Only for you, okay, I do this..." that I was hoping for, lots of hand-flourishing and everything. As David keeps telling me, it's all about relationships. I am building a relationship with the Prawn Guy. Someday, I may even learn his real name. His first, and then Fruit Guy, then Chicken Guy, saving Vegetable Lady for last. She intimidates me the most. She's 4 foot 8 and terrifying, but her line is the longest to buy fresh produce so I figure the others must know something that I don't, so I keep going there.
One of the other great things about Singapore is the fresh fruit. With fresh fruit comes fresh fruit juices, which are cheap and in abundance. They also have interesting combinations, some of which are fantastic such as watermelon-lime, or sugarcane-lime, and others... well... I had green apple and celery juice with dinner at tonight. It wasn't bad. Light, and not too sweet. You have to appreciate the juices because what Singapore does NOT have in abundance, however, is dessert. Not even a plain old cookie can be found in the local eating places. Some of the "sweets" may look appetizing, sort of like a danish, but will then have a label on it that says "with chicken floss". I haven't yet worked up the courage to ask if they have any without chicken floss. There's only so many times a day that I can have people looking at me strangely for what I consider perfectly reasonable requests.
Like prawns without heads.
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