$100 in Singapore

How to spend $100 in Singapore
I entered the Gridskipper's contest of how to spend $100 in (one of 20 cities Wallpaper* published a guide to).

Here's my entry (edited and published by Gridskipper)

They said "Competition for the set of Wallpaper* City Guides just got a bit harder with this $100 a day itinerary from Holland Village Voice. You think you can do better? tips@gridskipper.com is open for you."

9am

Exit Bukit Gombak MRT (subway) station ($1.25 ride). Order a "teh ah lia" (Indian hot tea with milk, infused with ginger, $0.50) to go from one of the coffee shops and ask to "da bao" (takeout) - you might get it in a cool cup likethis.
If you're adventurous, order "kaya toast" (toast with creamy coconut jam and small explosions of butter nuggets, $1) or, if you want to play it safe, head to a nearby mall to buy bread and pastries from "Breadtalk. Bring your breakfast to Little Guilin , an area with granite outcroppings from the Triassic age (200 million years old) for a quiet start to the day (free).
10:30am
Take a short walk and observe the public housing blocks inspired undoubtedly by Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation. Arrive at Church of St Mary of the Angels, a 3-year-old building, a church that seeks to reach out to modern times. The centerpiece is Jesus suspended free from the crucifix skylight. The WOHA designed church uses colors to represent different uses and inspirations (oak to represent importance, brown inspired by Franciscan robes). For lunch, take the MRT to Tanjong Pagar Station, to Maxwell Food Centre for a piping hot bowl of Chinese Porridge, pairing it with ceviche like raw fish. ($7)
There are other stalls selling food that's more familiar/similar to American Chinese takeout or Thai food. Wash them down with a Tiger beer ($2).

2pm
Walk 5 minutes to Ann Siang Hill For shopping, check out the Asylum, a store that stocks designers ranging from Comme Des Garcons to local unknowns while being a studio for the designers (kind of like Reed in LES). Or maybe head to Front Row, both a gourmet grocer and a clothes retailer. If you're already starting to have late afternoon hunger pangs, check out the "Patissier for creations like beer mousse with custard and beer sponge cake, earl grey crème brulee with coffee beans. It's located in a Peranakan (Chinese Baroque-styled) shophouse, like most stores in Ann Siang Hill. After you've spent 20 or 30 bones, head to one of the newest museums in town is the nearby Red Dot Design Museum. Entrance is $3.50.

Dinner
The Turquoise Room(7 Lock Road, $25 each for dinner w/o drinks, tax included)
Unlike restaurants located in the by-now-congested Rochester Park, the Turquoise Room is nested in Gilman Village, a place that feels so private - it's finding a clearing amidst lush forest. Review trotters are notably absent in this place that's perfect for dining tête-à-tête. The décor is rustic Greek. The food is satisfying in its simplicity, yet not boring. Choose to sit out on the wooden deck, and a few glasses of wine later, you will think you are in Greece, some beach in Queensland, or maybe Heaven.
Post-dinner
Old Changi Hospital (Locate it yourself, free)
If you are the only person you know who likes the Blair Witch Project, visit Singapore. The Old Changi Hospital takes quite a bit of walking to get to. You might be disappointed to find that the place is flooded with teenagers armed with torchlights, but c'mon it's free and the teenagers try to scare you. Best rooms are the mortuary (when used as a hospital by the British) or torture chamber (when the Japanese invaded).

Late Night
You still have $30 left to dance your night away in Zouk, Ministry of Sound or the soon-to-be-open St. James Power Station - an old warehouse renovated into a huge multi-rooms club. If you don't want to take the chance of going to bed unlaid, head to "Fishtanks" in Geylang (NSFW). Shun, gawk or partake, this is the discrete version of Amsterdam's red light district. Houses on the even numbered Lorongs (streets) have specific architecture - screens that block direct views off while allowing you a titillating glance inside. (Market rates, but are negotiable). Wonderful 24-hour street food, durians and other edibles can be found on odd numbered streets if you're hungry for something else.