Saturday, 12 February 2011
An early morning start for me as I had an early morning flight. Reached KLIA at 7.35 am and immediately checked in. I was given seat 3E; the downside of this is that by the time we boarded, there was limited space in the overhead cabin. I just about managed to squeeze my bag in.
We landed at Changi about 50 minutes later and I took the MRT to our lodging at Clarke Quay. As I could not check in yet, I left my bag and walked to Orchard Road, stopping here and there to snap pictures.
I met up with an old schoolmate who’s currently in Singers doing her Master and we had lunch together before hitting the stores. I was a good, disciplined girl and didn’t spend at all, well, except for the protective cover and leather case for my iPad at Funan DigitaLife Mall. I had earlier seen some beautiful ones at Prada and lovely ones at Gucci as well but the one I got will do very nicely for now (and at S$50, a bargain considering my boss spent S$135 + S$35 for her leather case and protective cover respectively when she bought them in July).
I have only one cat in my iPad wallpaper album. The other pictures are that of Arsenal and Cesc ;)
It doesn’t come with a case or protective cover either!
We went up and down Orchard Road and then to Scotts Road. When we emerged from DFS Galleria, it was raining lightly so we went to Royal Plaza on Scotts and sat there instead waiting out the rain.
We returned back to Orchard Road and after weaving our way in and out of malls, we finally walked to 313 Somerset to have dinner. Then we took the MRT to Dhoby Ghaut where we waved goodbye and continued on to our respective destinations.
Delia arrived shortly after 9 pm; her flight out of KL was delayed for about 45 minutes.
Let me tell you something about our lodging. It has a mixed dormitory, a quad room, a triple room, a double room (which I booked since last September), a kitchen (but no stove) complete with microwave, toaster, beverages, bread and spread, washing machine, dryer, ironing board... And there’s the small lounge with the TV and sofas. There are two shower cubicles and two toilets so you may be showering with some random stranger at any time.
We had planned to go on a trip the next morning so we were asleep by midnight. Wait, I slept well after 1 am actually as I tried frantically to find a station that showed Arsenal-Wolves match (the hostel had no cable TV!). I wasn’t successful in finding any online stream so had to rely on Twitter and BBC live text (which lagged by 7 minutes!) to find out the score.
Sunday, 13 February 2011
We left at 9 this morning and took the MRT to HarbourFront. We bought Penguin ferry return ticket (as it was the first ferry out when we arrived) to Batam (it cost S$40 plus S$7 in Batam). The boat ride took an hour but the sea was a bit choppy. We spent some time at Batam Mall before taking a cab to Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall. Finally we had massage at a massage centre. We had enough time to take a cab back to the Ferry Terminal for our 1720 ferry ride back to Singapore. We even had time for some tea at the Ferry Terminal. The sea wasn’t as rough on the way back thankfully.
We walked at Central and spent some time at Clarke Quay before returning to the hostel.
Monday, 15 February 2011
We left at 9 again this morning and took the MRT to HarbourFront from where we boarded a RWS8 bus to Resort World Sentosa. We were visiting the Universal Studios Singapore today and had deliberately chosen to go there today (this was planned back in September). We had bought USS tickets online earlier in January.
I managed to persuade Delia to go on the Revenge of the Mummy ride (a roller coaster ride in the dark!) but after that I went on Enchanted Airways alone. I wasn’t sure if I was game to try Battlestar Galactica ride though (but I wasn’t too disappointed as I did manage to persuade Lin to try one similar nerve-wrecking ride when we visited Universal Studios Florida).
I managed to persuade Delia to go on this (notice anyone here?)
We didn’t try this as we were not keen to get wet (!). (Notice anyone here?)
I’m not that brave but I always like to go on roller coasters and rides at theme parks
We spent the whole day at USS and left just before the park closed. We then went to check out the casino (the longer I watched them play, the less I know and the more confused I get). We also checked out the Hard Rock Hotel (not impressed) before trudging back to the bus stop for the bus back to HarbourFront/Vivo City.
And what happened at the Resort World Sentosa, stayed there
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
A lot more people checked in yesterday and there was considerable queue at the bathroom so I woke up at my usual time. Thought of having another lie-in but decided to get up and go for a morning walk instead. Left at 8 and was back by 10.20 am. I walked all the way from the hostel to Marina Bay Sands, detouring here and there along the way and walked all the way back to the hostel, taking a different route than the one I took when I set out. I packed a bottle of water, a map, my camera, hat and handphone and I must have not sealed the water bottle properly for it spilled water...on everything. My handphone was the most affected. I tried to resuscitate it a few times throughout the day and finally managed to switch it on later tonight, alhamdulillah.
I managed to defy the gravity theory yesterday morning
An early morning start for me as I had an early morning flight. Reached KLIA at 7.35 am and immediately checked in. I was given seat 3E; the downside of this is that by the time we boarded, there was limited space in the overhead cabin. I just about managed to squeeze my bag in.
We landed at Changi about 50 minutes later and I took the MRT to our lodging at Clarke Quay. As I could not check in yet, I left my bag and walked to Orchard Road, stopping here and there to snap pictures.
I met up with an old schoolmate who’s currently in Singers doing her Master and we had lunch together before hitting the stores. I was a good, disciplined girl and didn’t spend at all, well, except for the protective cover and leather case for my iPad at Funan DigitaLife Mall. I had earlier seen some beautiful ones at Prada and lovely ones at Gucci as well but the one I got will do very nicely for now (and at S$50, a bargain considering my boss spent S$135 + S$35 for her leather case and protective cover respectively when she bought them in July).
I have only one cat in my iPad wallpaper album. The other pictures are that of Arsenal and Cesc ;)
It doesn’t come with a case or protective cover either!We went up and down Orchard Road and then to Scotts Road. When we emerged from DFS Galleria, it was raining lightly so we went to Royal Plaza on Scotts and sat there instead waiting out the rain.
We returned back to Orchard Road and after weaving our way in and out of malls, we finally walked to 313 Somerset to have dinner. Then we took the MRT to Dhoby Ghaut where we waved goodbye and continued on to our respective destinations.
Delia arrived shortly after 9 pm; her flight out of KL was delayed for about 45 minutes.
Let me tell you something about our lodging. It has a mixed dormitory, a quad room, a triple room, a double room (which I booked since last September), a kitchen (but no stove) complete with microwave, toaster, beverages, bread and spread, washing machine, dryer, ironing board... And there’s the small lounge with the TV and sofas. There are two shower cubicles and two toilets so you may be showering with some random stranger at any time.
We had planned to go on a trip the next morning so we were asleep by midnight. Wait, I slept well after 1 am actually as I tried frantically to find a station that showed Arsenal-Wolves match (the hostel had no cable TV!). I wasn’t successful in finding any online stream so had to rely on Twitter and BBC live text (which lagged by 7 minutes!) to find out the score.
Sunday, 13 February 2011
We left at 9 this morning and took the MRT to HarbourFront. We bought Penguin ferry return ticket (as it was the first ferry out when we arrived) to Batam (it cost S$40 plus S$7 in Batam). The boat ride took an hour but the sea was a bit choppy. We spent some time at Batam Mall before taking a cab to Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall. Finally we had massage at a massage centre. We had enough time to take a cab back to the Ferry Terminal for our 1720 ferry ride back to Singapore. We even had time for some tea at the Ferry Terminal. The sea wasn’t as rough on the way back thankfully.
We walked at Central and spent some time at Clarke Quay before returning to the hostel.
Monday, 15 February 2011
We left at 9 again this morning and took the MRT to HarbourFront from where we boarded a RWS8 bus to Resort World Sentosa. We were visiting the Universal Studios Singapore today and had deliberately chosen to go there today (this was planned back in September). We had bought USS tickets online earlier in January.
I managed to persuade Delia to go on the Revenge of the Mummy ride (a roller coaster ride in the dark!) but after that I went on Enchanted Airways alone. I wasn’t sure if I was game to try Battlestar Galactica ride though (but I wasn’t too disappointed as I did manage to persuade Lin to try one similar nerve-wrecking ride when we visited Universal Studios Florida).
I managed to persuade Delia to go on this (notice anyone here?)
We didn’t try this as we were not keen to get wet (!). (Notice anyone here?)
I’m not that brave but I always like to go on roller coasters and rides at theme parksWe spent the whole day at USS and left just before the park closed. We then went to check out the casino (the longer I watched them play, the less I know and the more confused I get). We also checked out the Hard Rock Hotel (not impressed) before trudging back to the bus stop for the bus back to HarbourFront/Vivo City.
And what happened at the Resort World Sentosa, stayed thereTuesday, 15 February 2011
A lot more people checked in yesterday and there was considerable queue at the bathroom so I woke up at my usual time. Thought of having another lie-in but decided to get up and go for a morning walk instead. Left at 8 and was back by 10.20 am. I walked all the way from the hostel to Marina Bay Sands, detouring here and there along the way and walked all the way back to the hostel, taking a different route than the one I took when I set out. I packed a bottle of water, a map, my camera, hat and handphone and I must have not sealed the water bottle properly for it spilled water...on everything. My handphone was the most affected. I tried to resuscitate it a few times throughout the day and finally managed to switch it on later tonight, alhamdulillah.
I managed to defy the gravity theory yesterday morning
The flight out of Changi departed later than scheduled and we only landed at KLIA at 6.10 pm. I managed to get the 6.30 coach back to KL Sentral where I performed prayers before heading home.
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