singapore trip

continuation...


After the Chinese temple, the next stop was at the Faber mountain, the gateway to Sentosa. Entrance to Sentosa was not included in the package.

The last stop was at the Jewelry City. As the name goes, it's a shop full of jewels. We were told that jewelries at the said shop are cheaper than the ones sold in the malls. I'm no jewelry expert, so I wasn't able to distinguish if the price tag really fits each bejeweled item . Anyway, jewelry shopping was not included in my budget.

After the tour, Ona and I decided to spend the remaining half day at the Sentosa. Sentosa is like a giant theme park, resort, zoo all wrapped into one. Entrance was at the Mount Faber. We availed the tour 1 package which includes 1) scenic cable ride (round trip), 2) island admission, 3) butterfly park, 4) insect kingdom, 5) underwater world and the 6)dolphin lagoon. The package costs S$56.

From Mount Faber, we took the cable car to get to Sentosa. By the way, Ona and I have developed this severe fear, phobia rather, of getting close with --- teka Tagalog na lang sa parting to, mahirap na. Si Ona at ako ay nagkaron ng matinding pangamba kapag makakatabi ang isang indyan. Yung indyan na complete with costume, na may bato pa sa noo. Hindi talaga namim matagalan ang amoy nila, sobrang bagsik. Si ona nga, nung may nakasalubong na janjan (code name namin to sa mga indyan) e biglang namutla at akala ko ay hihimatayin pa sa hilo. Grabe, parang ilang taon na silang hindi naliligo. Naisip ko, hindi kaya sila naturuang maligo? At meron kayang deodorant sa mga supermarket nila? Haay..

And because of our phobia with the janjans, Ona and I have been picky in falling in line starting from the cable car ride. We had to make sure that we don't get close with the janjans.

We shared the cable car with a janjan couple. Dyahe. Ngunit isang himala, hindi sila mabaho! Hay salamat. Ayan, meron naman palang janjan na marunong maligo.

It was my first time to ride a cable car. Since I have this fear of heights, I felt uneasy during the earlier part of the ride. But as we went on, and seeing the great view below, my fears slowly faded away.

We got down at Sentosa after a few minutes. We were instructed to wait beside the souvenir shop for the guided tour. After few minutes of waiting, we assembled outside the shop and were given a copy of the park's map/brochure. Our first stop was at the Butterfly world then at the Insect world. Of all, the best part was at the Underwater world. Just refer to the pictures for details ;) (tamad mag-type)

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We've finished our tour in 5 hours. Feeling icky and tired, we went back to the hotel to take a shower just before dinner. We met up with kuya (ona's older brother who's assigned in Singapore as an accountant and been there for more then 2 years).

Ona and I insisted that we wanted to see what the Fountain of Wealth looks like at night, since we have been told that it operates at night. Unfortunately, it was not operating the time we got there. There was an occasion held right at the fountain area.

Monday, May 23.

Had breakfast at 8am and met up with kuya at 10 at the MRT. We're going to the zoo!!!

Admission to the zoo costs S$18. Refer to the pictures for the rest of the trip. ;)

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Tuesday, May 24.

Had breakfast at 6am since we're leaving by 7. This was our last day at Singapore.



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1 Singaporean dollar = 35 petot (approximately)