Marked 24th October 2014, me and my siblings went to Singapore for the first time.
Singapore is very convenient and user friendly country! Most of attraction places they have was linked to their MRT. Thank God!
I booked hotel at Strand Hotel (Bencoolen St) through Agoda. Fast and very convenient hotel booking. Recommended! The hotel was very close to Bras Basah Station. For the time being there's some construction in-front of the hotel.
If you want to walk to the Bras Basah Station from Strand Hotel, walk through the Rendezvous Hotel and you will see the MRT sign 200m from the hotel.
Me and my sister boarding from KLIA 2 at 6.55pm. And it only took about 45 minutes to arrived at Changi Airport :) Happy me..
My big sister waiting for us at Changi Airport (Terminal 2: For Air Asia. Terminal 1 for MAS). Her flight from Kota Kinabalu took about 3 hours + and she arrived earlier than us.. And my brother waiting for us at Strand Hotel. I don't know how he checked in the hotel while the room was booked under my name. Maybe he brought printed copy of Agoda reservation hotel..
Let's talk about the hotel. The room is ok. Clean. Spacious. We don't utilized our breakfast coupon at the hotel as we are very concern about HALAL. They served bacon for non-muslim. But never mind then. I only have problem with the lady at the registration counter. She's about forties? I don't know. I do travel a lot for whole of my life. But I never facing this kind of person especially when you are working PR at the hotel. Please respect your customer lady. While you are talking bad about me, being racist to Muslim like me, please use other language than Chinese and English. Because I can understand both even I'm wearing a hijab. My mom is Chinese. And of course I can understand Mandarin. I complained and wrote a review about this to Agoda. Padan muka. Bye.
So, back to Singapore. I love Singapore. Seriously. We build a lot of good memories here. There's a lot of Halal food here in Singapore. We took Singapore new sim kad at Changi Airport and subscribe for 25$ internet. To avoid ourself being lost at this country :) Oh.. with 25$ you can used up to 14GB internet. So worth it! Especially when you travel in a group. Semua nak update FB & Insta masing2.. Hehe
On Friday, after arrived at hotel and eat Nasi Arab from Restoran Saba (I brought them all the way from KL!) we just straightly go to bed. Pegi negara orang.. And then sleep.. Haha
On Saturday, we're starting our tourist trip to Gardens by the Bay. From Bras Basah station, we go to Bayfront Station. You can buy the MRT ticket at the Generl Ticketing Machine (GTM). Please bring along small change. The machine only accept 1$, 2$, and 5$ money. For coins they accept all laa..
Us in front of Bugis Jucntion. You can buy cheap souvenier here. T-shirt, keychain, fridge magnet, etc..
At Bugis Jucntion. Tak tau la dia jual toy budak or toy adult. Hahaha Kedai tak buka lagi time nih.. Awal sgt kiteorg..
Pretty right?? I know.. Must go here tau..
Kalau korang nak makan kat area Gardens by the Bay ni, ade satu je kedai halal. Info dari orang2 Islam yang kerja kat situ la.. Kat Texas Chicken. Boleh tanya orang2 situ mana Texas Chicken, Tak jauh pon.. Nak jalan kaki kat area bay ni pon boleh. Tak payah bayar 2$. Tapi kiteorg pegi tu noon. So cuaca mak aiiihhh panasss sangat. If you want to go to Supertree, it's nearby only.. Untuk orang2 yang sayangkan lemak and puteri lilin ni memang naik shuttle je la :) Last shuttle service at 5.30pm.. Shuttle ride tak lama pon.. 2 minute je kot.. Dia anta kat area conservatory. And hantar balik kt tempat Bayfront..
Lunch kiteorg kat area Bugis je. Long John Silver. The food is also Halal. The fish dori is so nyummy. But the portion is too little and small (abg aku kata). For us the ladies, the food is enough..
Don't worry. Singapore have prepared a lot of map and tourist guide info everywhere.
And then we directly go to Raffles Place. From Bugis MRT station you can directly go to Raffles Place. Thank God we all dah lunch. The food and restaurant around here was so expensive. If you want to take picture with Merlion then you can stop at Raffles Place Station, and take Exit B. Please make sure you studied the map at every station you go. Find the correct exit to avoid you guys being lost and super tired.
There's a walkway directly to Merlion Park. So convenient and covered all the way. Merlion Park is signature of being in Singapore. Everyone who came to Singapore will take picture with this Lion :)
At least for us laa.. Korang tak tau la.. Haha
Small lion also available. At this moment the weather is freaking hot. With black blouse I'm wearing? I feel like my body was burning inside the cloth. Haha
On Sunday, we went to Funan Digital Mall. Spent only 1 hour since we need to checkout and heading back to Malaysia. Sob sob..
Till then..
Bye