Anniversaries and the Quest for Groceries

To celebrate her 5 month birthday and the 1 week mark in the new place, baby sat up by herself today.

We also finally got (another) new fridge. Not exactly what I was expecting, but at least it's bigger than the last one. I also think it is identical to the fridge our family had in 1987...  But in any case, it will have to do.

Now that we finally have a fridge, we decided to go out in search of groceries.  Considering the fact that at our doorstep, we have a million restaurants, coffee shops, 7-11's, doctors (I think we passed at least 5 yesterday just walking around), dentists (there are 2 within 20 paces of our building), vets, pet shops, liquor stores, bakeries, banks, car dealerships (Porsche, anyone?), two MRT (subway) stations, at least 5 schools (3 elementary and 2 high schools that I've noticed within 5 min walk), hiking trails, parks/playgrounds, and pretty much anything else you could possibly ever want - ONE WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A FREAKING GROCERY STORE.  Somewhere.

Ugh.

Online search proved unfruitful.  We asked the doorman.  He looked completely puzzled and directed us to the 7-11.  "No, we need a place to buy proper groceries..."  He nodded his head in understanding and proceeded to direct us to this place:

Indeed, it was a massive shop.  With aisles upon aisles of... stuff.

Need a loofah shaped like a swiss roll or toast?

How about a selection of face/neck/leg rollers?
Let's care for your body in the everyday bath room!

A magical place where you can buy stickers while looking at..

bras...  (in the same aisle!)

Also, loads and loads and loads of packaged/snack foods (all unidentifiable).

And yet. No.real.food.

::sigh::

We ended up walking 20 minutes to a Japanese grocery store that was TEENY TINY and proceeded to find a 2sq ft "american" section, where we found a small bottle of white vinegar for $3.  And some red onion.  Arrived home completely exhausted.  What a lot of effort to make a simple salad!!!!