Singapore on Sale!

My family and i took a trip to Singapore last Sunday for 4 days. It kindda like a long-awaited trip..cos my dad has been there several times, and he talks a lot about the city. So it took me some time to persuade him to take us there.

For more pictures,i think its better to view my facebook.i've uploaded it there. Anyway, i'm going to write just a brief about the trip. 

We arrived at the Changi Airport, i really like their airport. its very exclusive really and i guess organize, because it was really easy for us to find our way to the taxi. We stayed at the 'rumah pinginapan malaysia'..erm,..its belongs to the m'sian embassy, really big nice luxury bungalow, 3 bedroom.pretty much like out own house.

our rest house

Singapore is definitely one of the best city so far i've been to...and i've no doubt it's one of the best city in the world. The city is just absolutely clean, even at the gerai along the street and hawkers selling icecream along the street are dressed clean. i remember as i was walking at Orchard Road, and there were many ppl buying these icecream at these hawkers...i stopped to buy one too. The icecream is quite good actually. but my point here is that they're were just hawkers...even in malaysia have these, but i dont think they even come close to the one in s'pore. I'm not talking bout the ice-cream..i'm talking about the condition of the place. 

And then the scenery in singapore is just spectacular really. They really do make a good use of the building. Not all buildings there are high tower building. But they have variety of designs and architectural touch, which makes it so unique. Some of the building have colors which makes the city so lively.

s'pore flyer

communication & art community building..something like that.nice huh.

It's no wonder that Singapore has a sale campaign every June each year to attract tourist. The city is filled with shopping mall. There is shopping mall everywhere. You might think that its a small country and how big can the shopping mall get,right?Gosh,,,its really big!There shopping mall goes underground as well...i gave up going through it all.My feet hurts!

About the price of the goods...i wouldnt say that they're really cheap, because when you converted it to m'sian (RM)..its just the same, if not a bit higher. BUT, its worth it if you're a junk for this branded items..because the shopping mall give 10% discounts for tourist. And if you go to Vivo City shopping mall (which is the largest shopping mall in S'pore, and it is as i would describe Orchard Road in one building), they give another 20 % discount for tourist again. So all in all,,,at least you get 30% discount,,plus if you buy the items that are already on discount...imagine that?  So its definitely a shopping paradise, with so many to discount and the designs of the product there is definitely the latest in the market.

at Orchard Rd

just one of the many shopping malls there

One night we went to Suntac City to watch the tallest water fountain in the world, but too bad there was no show that night. So we just sat and enjoy the night wind. And the view there is amazing!

look at the building there...really unique with different shapes!

Getting around the city we use their public transport. And once again, they rise to the occasion. Their public transport is very efficient. The bus even have this time schedule on the board at the bus stop stating on how many minutes that the bus will come. And they do. The bus there is so efficient that we didnt have to wait long for the buses to come. I've use buses in M'sia..trust me..waiting for almost an hour is no surprise = P. Although i think they could improve on hiring bus drivers that actually know s'pore. Some of bus driver only know how to drive the freaking bus, but knows nothing about the bus stops because they are foreigners..gosh..didnt they trained them?Well...other than that their bus service is good, the bus driver i reckon is used to tourist, so they will gladly assist you and tell when you have arrived at your destination!If you dont want to take the bus then there is the taxi, which is everywhere is S'pore. We also got to use the MRT (which is like LRT in M'sia) which my sister and i tried to get to Cho Jiat Mall...this one, LRt in M'sia is not that bad..so their MRT is very similar to our LRT except that the ticket is like a touch&go card. And when you return the ticket after using it at the ticket machine, they'll give you $1 refund.Quite impressed with that.HAHA!

We also went to Sentosa Island...have to go there by the cable car.First, we went to the Underwater World...the one unique thing about it is that you can feed the fish. We only feed the Goldfish hahaha! There are big stingrays, but huh,,scary to feed that fish.Then we went for the 4D ride. Its a rollercoaster in the cinema, and seat insmoving and you feel like you're really in a roller coaster. Not scary at all. Maybe because i'm used to rollercoaster, and i find rollercoaster is very terrifying buy hah,like it! The place is still in process of development, i can see that they're are still constructing their rollercoaster. Then, we went to see the dolphine show. And last we went for the skyride and luge ride (which is like a go-cart).

in the cable car

                          at the Underwater World..up is a snooring sharks..hehe

The trip wont be complete without going to see the Merlion..meaning mermaid + lion. From Merlion Park, you can see across the sea that there is a big construction going on which we were informed that they are building a casino.

the merlion (mermaid + lion)

back there is the casino still under construction...

One thing i didnt find flattering was some of the people there. They weren't very helpful when we asked for direction. Even the person at the information counter was very unpleasant!When we asked her..she just said you go there and then ask some more people there lah...and she didnt even look at our face when she was talking.HAH!I wonder how did she get chosen to be in the information counter...and baik xyah tnnya ko kalo ko suro aku tnya org lain pulak....we got many of the response when we asked for direction. And even when we bought food and asked what is was, the response was very unfriendly.Did not like it at all!

So that was how the trip went, we even went to Johor Bahru on the second day...because my sister wanted to see her fiance and settle some of her wedding preparation thing. Would i ever go back to S'pore?Maybe...if i have the money.Because other than shopping i find that there isn't that much to do there.   

My next trip..schedule for somewhere next year...hoping to go to London!  ^ _^