sexiest country

You guys must be used to my constant disappearance from blogsphere by now. The good news is, I'm done with my finals :D It was a really stressful year but I managed to pull through. Back to my unfinished and final post on my Singapore trip!

The last day of the trip was me exploring places in Singapore alone. Melia and her mom had an appointment. So me being the gung ho traveller, planned my own activities for the last day! I actually feel really safe travelling by myself here. Made good use of my travelers card...unlimited train rides :D

First stop was Gardens by the Bay!

 

It was really sunny that day... as I was on a budget, I opt out of the flower dome and cloud forest. I would save that for my next trip, so I walked around instead and paid SGD5 for the Skywalk. They have different gardens as well, should have paid extra to sit on the cruiser because it was really hot. Most people recommend for an evening to night trip at Gardens by the Bay, but I had to be at the airport by 7pm. After exploring for about an hour or two, I headed off to...




 Marina Bay Sands!

Walking about in Marina Bay Sands was really refreshing after being under the sun. Went to check out the Art Museum but I didn't go for the Harry Potter exhibition. Saw reviews online that it was very short. I would save money to go for the one in London! If they stil have it by then...lol. Went into Victoria Secret and found a fragrance I liked. There were so many varieties at the food court and I couldn't decide what to eat!


One of the train station I got lost at. Got off one stop too early. Heh :P




Went to Haji Lane for some shopping, unfortunately didn't see anything that I fancy. I pretty much bought stuff from Bugis on my first day already.


The benefit of traveling alone is that when you get lost wander around, you discover some nice things on the way. I think I ended up at Arab Street. Haha...

Headed back to the backpackers place to refreshen up, took a cab to Bugis MRT and then off to the airport!

Headed to Singapore during the end of July this year for a proper holiday before my final semester started in Aug. Now I'm back to being stress again but let's not talk about that :P

Going to the beach was my first choice of holiday but no one was free at that time and my parents didn't want me to travel alone.. so Singapore it is! Managed to get a cheap flight from Air Asia which cost cheaper than travelling by bus from Malaysia.

Me and Amelia in the airport at 6AM. Pardon my stoned expression. Didn't sleep much the previous night. Amelia's mom came along with us too!

Reached Singapore and we decided to utilize the public transport! Getting the Tourist Pass was a hassle because they had certain timing for sale and only at certain stations. Quite annoyed because it made us run to a few stations and finally getting them at noon time :(

Tourist Pass works for travelers who are interested in taking Singapore's Public Transport. The card only lets you take the MRT, LRT and Bus for unlimited rides but you have to pay a specific amount of $$. If you're using the tab to travel around Singapore, then it's not necessary to take purchase the card. The card is to be returned and you'll get your deposit of SG$10 back :) If you're interested in the Tourist Pass, check out their website for more info.

Anyway, since we reached early, we were in the MRT with the working crowd. Got off a Little India station and headed over to the backpacker hostel called The InnCrowd. It wasn't check-in time yet so we headed out for breakfast. Food tasted quite bland. After that, I brought Amelia and her mom over to Bugis Street for some shopping! In the first few hours we already bought quite a number of stuff xD


Checked into InnCrowd after lunch and settled into the room. We got the Triple Room for SG$79 per night. Quite disappointed because they gave us the creaky double decker bed. They had single beds for triple room but I guess it's occupied already. InnCrowd is a good place if you want to meet people. However sleep wise, I wished Checkers Inn was open as it was under renovation.

Amelia's friend, Eigen came over and brought us to Chinatown. Got to visit the new temple called Buddha's Relic Tooth Temple.

Eigen also brought us to this stall that sells German Sausage in Chinatown!

After that, we headed to Orchard Road. Visited the malls :)

It's been a while since I met up with Singaporean bloggers Kevin and Darran so we decided to meet for dinner!

Darran brought us to MellBen Seafood in Ang Mo Kio to try out Singapore's Chili Crab :) Kevin came and joined us too!

The place was packed even though it's a Monday! Waited an hour for our food...

Crab Bee Hoon
Enjoyed this dish and their crab is really fresh :D The soup is creamy/milky and you top it up with noodles.

Chili Crab
This was alright. For me there's no 'kick' in this but it's worth a try :) I think I would like this if it's spicier!

A photo with Kevin and Darran after dinner!
My eyes is already half closed after the early morning flight and all the walking! haha...

That's it for Day 1 :) Next will be Universal Studios~