I will be in Singapore for a week this month.
As frustrating as this will be to most of you who really make the most of a trip, I tend to do very little when I travel. I have been a corporate traveler for 15 years. I typically go for walks and sit at a cafe to people watch. I am not into fashion or expensive shopping.
I love a good, cheap massage and high quality food. I like markets where I might find a bargain.
I have no time for museums or shows.
Any suggestions???

Well, given the limited things you like to do, I'd suggest you sit in a cafe and people watch. There are cafes everywhere, as well as hawker centers where people watching is good. If you aren't acclimated to the heat, you'll want an indoor venue such as any of the huge shopping centers. And you could hardly choose a better place for high quality food than Singapore.

Markets for bargains will be found in Little India and Arab Street as well as China town.

You might take a look at the many posts here on Singapore (go to the top of this page, choose Singapor from the drop-down menu). Ther are a number of threads about food in Singapore. There are also threads on lots of things to do in Singapore. You might read a few and see if anything else strikes you as interesting.

My goodness, Tekka Market may be just the ticket!
I ran across this website: http://www.yoursingapore.com/content...xperience.html

It appears I will have no trouble finding stuff to do. After a week in SIN, I go to HKG. Maybe I can find some interesting things to bring home!

I did the HOHO bus as my family calls it (Hop On / Hop Off) to see the city. It was a nice way to see the city while sitting there. If you decide to hop off to view something you can hop back on at a later time.

I did go to Little India and bought a fabulous wall hanging there.

An early morning walk through the Botanic garden and Orchid garden is a beautiful way to start your day!

I second the botanic gardens- beautiful

I Third? the botanical gardens... LOVELY

You can find many interesting things to bring home in SP - just depends what you like! Try dempsey road wharehouses for furniture, art and "things" been a while since i have been but it used to be great. Shang antiques was one of my favourites.

We were just in Singapore and were not impressed with Little india though it was quite clean as is all of what we saw around Singapore. there were no bargains to speak of, in my opinion. The same for Chinatown that we spend 20 mintes at. The botanical gardens done early in by 9 out by 11 is quite lovely because of the heat. The zoo is more than just a few aimals in cages but the layout is made to resemble each type of animals nature habitate and they succed almost. I heard from several other visitors the night safari is a bust, though. We did not have time but the new Sands casino is a Mega spectacle and though we do not gamble very much it is quite a spectacle. It rivals many but not all the hotels in Las Vegas on the inside. I think 4 full days and you will begin to be really looking for other things to do.

Tekka Market was going to be my first recommendation to you, but I see you have found it. It’s quite mind-boggling as to what is on offer, and there is a “wet” market (i.e. seafood, meat) as well as a fruit/veg market in the building which is interesting.

Singapore has a ton of food options, both cheap and dear, and eating is the National Pastime, so you should be able to enjoy yourself. Be sure to enlist the suggestions of work colleagues, who would generally have good suggestions and would know of the newest place in town, or their favourite for a particular type of cuisine. For some suggestions on restaurants, see http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...restaurant.cfm and http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...te-my-list.cfm.

For people-watching, you might stick to the outdoor café areas along the river in downtown Singapore or along the shopping area on Orchard Road (the Marriott has an outdoor café in a great location for this, IMO). The Little India, Arab Street and Geylang area also would offer some street café/restaurant possibilities, more in the line of tea shops than cafes, but certainly workable for sitting and watching. Otherwise, the local wet markets (and Tekka Market itself) are good for people-watching. Hawker centres are good, for late evening esp, but many of them only have backless stools for seats (and none have waiter service) so sitting back with a cuppa is not quite as relaxing as at an actual cafe. (You won’t find nearly as many street cafes in Hong Kong, so the local wet/veg market areas may be a better bet.) If you are in town on a Sunday or public holiday, head to shopping areas like Lucky Plaza and Far East Plaza or to the Botanical Garden to see some of the thousands of Flippina maids enjoying their one day off a week- a peep at how the other 99% lives.

For massage, if you want inexpensive then stay out of hotels. I have not lived there in many years and don’t know the local non-hotel spas very well any longer, but two to consider trying would be the Renewal Day Spa (http://renewal.com.sg/home.asp) or Spa Boutique at http://www.spaboutique.com.sg/. I have not used the Renewal Day Spa in more than a decade so can’t vouch for current quality. I have not been inside the Spa Boutique, but have passed by it on a few occasions recently as it is in a charming location in an old colonial bungalow on one of my favourite residential streets in Singapore off of Orchard Road. Not sure if their prices are what you would consider cheap. You will also see signs on the street for massage, which will be cheaper, but at many of these places they are not interested in women clients (if you get my drift). You might also ask your hotel if they have reccos (beyond their own spa).