Singapore 2008 - Day 1

At 7.20 am i was dragged outta bed and off to Klebang which was whr we were to depart frm. Scheduled to leave at 8.30 but knowing the family, we only left at 9 sumthin 10. So i got a lil chance to catch up on sleep hehe.

The drive thr was rather eventful with a few random stops here n thr. I slept fr the first half of it. It wasnt vry comfortable but guess i was jst tooooo tired as i had gone out partyin the nite bfr. So yea bk to the point. We had a lil detour to Yong Peng. Had the famous yong peng fishball thingy sumthin...haha in the midst of that all we managed to buy a few dvd's to watch in the car.

Happy boy..the bro

Candid pic..

Smiles all around..haha dats sarah the cuz

the convoy..in the BMW was my godparents, uncle n aunt

Yong Peng fishball

Bk on the road again..the next stop wud be at Gelang Petah. Nothin reli much to do thr. Changed currency and had a drink thr, den off we went again. Took alot of random pictures thr and soon afta we were at the checkpoint/immigration. That was sort of a drag. Nevertheless, we got into Singapore fairly trouble-free. Then the horror struck! My fone's roaming had issues. ARGH!! No contact with the world...

Gelang Petah

having a drink..

Malaysia immigration thingy..

Singapore immigration thingy..

The Singaporean Flyer

First few sights..

Checked into the Hilton @ Singapore on Orchard Road. Reli reli fancy place i mst say..and it is worth evry penny u pay. Nt long afta we settled in, we left fr St. Alphonsus/Novena Church. It was blazing hot thr. I seriously tot we were to get a heat stroke and die or sumthin haha.

The Hilton Hotel..

Interior design of the rooms..

Yea...thats my unmade bed haha

Novena Church

The crib..it was live-sized, vry nicely done up

Afta dat, we went bk to the hotel with hopes of swimming but unfortunately a private event was booked half an hour later so thr was no point. Got bk to the room, had a bath den jst chilled...

At bout 7.30 pm, went fr a walk up and dwn Orchard Road jst checkin out the plc. Took a cab to Boat Quay later on. Had a reli expensive, not worth the money and not at all tasty dinner thr. Only bonus was that it was by the river. Afta wat seemed like eternity, had food and off we were on the 45min river cruise.

Godparents by the huge Christmas tree

lights..

fmly people coming dwn to the underpass

the view frm the restaurant..

while waiting fr dinner..haha

Marina Bay restaurant..warning: highly priced, long waiting hours and horrible food

The ride was extrememly fun, especially in the nite with all the lights n sounds. Went around Clark Quay and Riverside Point. Catchin a glimpse of the Merlion, Esplanade, countless museums, restaurants, bars, malls, people, bridges and nt to mention those wishin ball like thingys that glowed in the dark waters. The view was simply breath taking frm the boats' upper deck.

view frm the lower deck..

the bridges had vry Tiesto-ish lookin lights

the many bars n restaurants by the water

Riverside Point

that white pole like thingys is actually fr sum extreme sport of which people sit in this ball and get launched up way way into the sky at high speeds. Looked like heaps of fun.

I forgot wat this was...but its was splendid infrastructure

The Merlion

view frm the river cruise

the Esplanande

umm those things in the water are the wishing balls i mentioned earlier. u cn also see the Spore Flyer in the backgroundn those awsum laser-like lights

the many bridges we passed..

and another...

By the end of it all we were tired and decided to head bk to the hotel. My bro and i were kinda bored up in the room afta while so we headed out to Orchard Road once mre...walked miles and had a hotdog on the way and finally retired at McDonalds. Got sum fries and mint chocolate frappe. dat was splendid. Oh, they have a McCafe in Spore...desserts n Starbucks like drinks are on the menu. Pretty nice plc to chill and i think its reasonably priced as well.

McDonalds/McCafe

Julian..the brother

he took this haha..

Got bk to the hotel way past midnite and jst watched a few random movies on tv of which sleep became inevitable afta awhile.

nite view of the Hilton

thr was a fancy mall within the hotel as well...jst bout dwn the walkway and few floors up

the lobby...

breakfast area and waiting zone

By the way, ive got to mention this, Spore has good street names such as Warwick Avenue, Derbyshire Road, Kensington Road and so on...so yea das basically hw day one went. Had a great time indeed.

next post: Singapore 2008-day 2