singapore trip

a group photo at the hotel lobby on the last day


I'm have lots of stuff to blog about...

This time is about my trip to singapore with James, Jane, Bee Ling & her siblings..

It was from 18th to 20th july (just in time for the spore sale, BUT my main aim wasn't shopping..)
When i came home from penang on 17th i was so sick, running a slight fever with a badly congested nose and cough that i was willing to see the doctor without any fuss. so unlike me, but i felt really miserable and horrified at the thought of cancelling the trip!! :(

anyway..the doctor gave some pills (panadol, psedoephedrine and loratidine) and recommended a good rest (no, i did not tell him in was about to go to spore the next day!!)

i went home feeling drained and woozy. managed to gulp down some porridege and slept for 10 hours straight. i really needed that. woke up at 7 plus and then only packed..so last minute. thank God i was feeling so much better.

went to bill's house where her mother fed us with lots of yummy kuih and cakes from indonesia..

left for s'pore at 1030am

stopped at JB for a quick lunch and to pump petrol..

took some time at the immigration department cos they were quite strict...

then we were off to SINGAPORE!

DAY 1

3PM: reached the hotel, settled down and get ready for some shopping (the malls were never ending!) dinner and a short night tour of singapore

we stayed at the Grand Central hotel along Orchard road (great location that comes with a price!!)

According to my mum, this is where we stayed during our last visit to singapore (when i was SIX with no recollections of anything other than the stuff my parents said and what i see in the photos we took!)

then we had dinner at a hawker centre just outside our hotel (sooo convenient). the food was so-so. Malaysian hawker food is so much BETTER. not to mention cheaper. but well, it wasn't that bad and the style of cooking was a bit different too.

and then after that, bee ling drove us around (with james as the navigator) and then we saw this floating ship with ppl hanging on to it and singing opera songs or something. it was so funny.. we were all so exicited and made bill turn two rounds. but sadly there wasn't any parking spots (unlike Malaysians who are creative parkers) so we couldn't stop to see :(

and then we went to the huge ferris wheel (don't know what its called) just to have a look and to snap a few photos. it was far too pricey and its all the same (cos I've been to the eye of malaysia..)

the ferris wheel. Jane, Bill, Mei Jun and I

and since we were all "kutu malam" and didn't see the point of hanging out in the hotel rooms (Boring!!) we decided to walk along orchard road in search of some good food for supper. thats when we came across the Xin wang hong kong stlye cafe!! (food review done already!!) singaope has so many other stuff that is not available in malaysia (NOT FAIR!!) esp junk food and CHOCOLATES. and they even have this Mc Cafe (under MCd) that serves yummy desserts. sighhhhhh...

we went back and planned for the next day...slept at 2am plus. which seems to be quite normal nowadays ;p

DAY 2

we decided to go on our own because we wanted to "tour" singapore. We got a one day tourist pass for $8 that entitiles us to unlimited MRT and public bus for a whole day. what a great deal :)

10.30am: left the hotel and headed to the nearest MRT station

the ever so convinient MRT station. why can't malaysia's public transaport be as good????

first stop: CHINATOWN!!!
and the first thing we saw was this dress shop. Jane and I went nuts! haha. Sorry dear dear you had to wait for us to do our shopping! it was a nice place, quite organized and they have many interesting stuff for sale..

had brunch at chinatown complex, where we were spoilt for choices. the food court was so huge jane and i almost got lost (malu-nya!)

i only bought ONE floral tube top for $10 (that is RM24!!) See, i have strong will power! hahah

brunch at chinatown complex. im holding a super sweet soya milk with "pearls"

second stop: Little India

We just walked around, admiring all the trinkets and sari and all.

next stop: Bugis street

they have the longest and largest street mall. and boy was it crowded! so many people so it wasn't nice to walk also. plus the stuff they have were on the cheap side. erm in terms of quality. but there were plenty of malls, and there was one mall that reminded me of the curve cos they have the semi open concept mall.

4th stop: to habour front

we caught a public double decker bus to haw paw villa. paid $1 to enter the 10 gates of hel exhibition. quite scary, and i don't think ANYONE can escape any punishment >.<

5th stop: back to habour front and then to sentosa island via sentosa express bus

we intially wanted to take the cable car but since it was so expensive ($13!!) we took the express bus insted. reached sentosa at almost evening. too bad we missed the SOS (sounds of the sea), was really looking forward to watch it :(

we took a ride on the sky-ride (it was fun and the view was amazing!!) and then the luge ride. i had difficulty controlling the luge at first so james and jane zoomed down leaving me behind:( so i took my own sweet time...

unfortunately, it started raining cats and dogs. don't know if its a blessing cos the SOS show was partially open air! still, i wanted to watch it badly :( nvm, there is always a next time. so we took a quick tour in the tram. but since it was already at night, we could not see much. the resorts in sentosa looked so luxurious...

the sentosa express bus. $3 for a to and fro ride

at the luge ride, i was the Last to arrive down :(posing before we got on the sky ride.we took the sky ride up and the luge ride downthe view from the sky ride. holding on to the camera from such great heights is rather scary >.<

6th stop: clarck quay

took the bus back to mainland then to clark quay, with the most happening night life! there were sooo many clubs/pubs/bar/ fancy restaurant with all sorts of themes. the most eye catching one would be the one with a "clinic" theme. they used wheelchairs as chairs and the screens and all. so creative, where do these ppl get their ideas from???

7th and last stop of the day (Phew~): orchard road

we got back to orchard road and then for a quick supper at cinelesuire (again) more specifically at Pastamania, but sadly it did not meet up to my expectation. my mushroom cream pasta was so bland :(

and finally back to grand central hotel at 12 plus. thats 14 hours non stop.. posed with our new clothes (yes, we are all vain. haha )

and only selected photos can be posted up :P thats my top from chinatown and james's top from new urban male.

and then a much needed sleep after an tiring but very well planned day..

DAY3 (last day)

went to return the singapore tourist pass in orchard road and bee ling got her "first ride" on the mRT :p Then we took a long walk along orchard to get back to the hotel. had ice cream in waffle for breakfast :P

checked out, walked to cinelesuire (yet again) food court for lunch before heading home!!

singapore is a nice place, its so much cleaner! haha. and the stuff on sale was good too, too bad i didn't have enough money to go on a shopping spree :( sadddd

anyway..it was a fun vacation :) and i think this post is getting too long and draggy so i better stop. have yet to blog about penang!!!