Suburban Christmas Getaway

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My friends and I decided to have a quiet Christmas this year. Well, we are not the "party party" type anyway and don't exactly fancy being amidst throngs of people.

So, we decided to book a hotel room and maybe have our simple little gathering cum Christmas get-together cum birthday celebration. Wanted to book a room at Changi Meridien but the rates were so high, some $200 plus for Christmas Eve. Other hotels were either fully booked or too "in town". Finally managed to get quite a deal just 2 days before Christmas Eve and booked a room with Grand Mercure Roxy at $168 nett (but with conditions that we cannot change the date, cancel the booking and must make online payment).

Turned out the room was very big and nice, had a nice and unobstructed view of Katong and the hotel was situated not far from city, with Parkway Parade and a lot of good food around :) Anyway, we were all happy with the room and it really felt like a getaway; even when we walked to Parkway Parade to shop, it felt like as if we were overseas :)

Spent the whole of Christmas Eve, walking around Marine Parade, eating and shopping at Parkway Parade, chilling out in the hotel room and playing Xbox games. At night, we celebrated our friend's birthday and also played "Risk" till late at night before we all "concussed".

Smiley Cake
My Friend's Birthday Cake (or what's left of it)

The next morning, we had early morning Mac breakfast in Marine Parade and I left for my church's Christmas service.

Our Room

The View Outside

Peek-a-boo!
Playing with toys @ Parkway Parade