I started off my tour in Singapore, it took 15 h to fly from Stockholm.
I had a 3 h long stop over at Doha, Qatar. At the time I wished it had been much faster, the airport was boring and not much to do at all.
On the plane I watched many movies, among them all Kung Fu Panda 2 (^^;;)
I was lucky and got to sit at the emergency exit from Stockholm to Doha and had much leg space etc, however during the flight between Doha and SG I had a normal seat, and I have to say the space was tiny!! and the food was so-so...
I arrived in SG at 3pm on Aug 6, Rara came out to the airport and greeted me, I was surprised that there was a huge shopping mall connected to the airport!!
Rara's mum picked us up from the subway and we went straight to their house. Their area, Upper East Coast was really nice and the houses..OMG
I so wish I could live there ^^
Also their kitchen was OUTSIDE! never seen that before. After a small tour of the house the doorbell rang and Shao, LC and LS came! we had some snacks, talked and just enjoyed the moment.
For dinner we ended up at a chinese restaurant close by, some other girls joined too.
It was the first time in a long time I had chinese food and of course great company.
After dinner we took a bus to an icecream place. it was hard to decide what to eat but at last i chose mango and a cookie flavour.
After icecream we went back to Rara's house and had cupcakes that Yolanda had brought, we couldn't even finish half of them but then again we already had a lot to eat ^^
After more eating we were supposed to head out for ktv, however i was so tired so I had to call it for tonight, after a super cold shower i hit the bed!
Next morning i woke up quite late, jetlag i suppose. rara and I headed out to somerset mall, had some breakfast then met up with Shao and LC. first we looked around in the mall and i found my beloved HMV ^^ I ended up buying SNSD's japanese album!
After looking in some more stores we had lunch at the food court upstairs, we had singaporian food. I finally got to taste the fameous CHICKEN & RICE ^^
SG's fameous Chicken & Rice
After lunch we had some more time for shopping, we went to Forever 21, I ended up buying a few things, also I got a discount because I wore Forever 21 clothes!! Awsome right!? ^^
Time passed by and soon we headed for the NIGHT SAFARI.
We met up with the japanese girls, Haruka and Kaoru and Laishan, Xiuling!
Before enter the safari we had dinner, we ended up eating the "bongo burger"
Night safari was awesome, we could walk really close to the animals and it was pitch black outside so it made it a bit scary to be honest.
Laishan drove us home afterwards and it was a funny ride, it felt like being on a roller coaster! ^^
we drove around in SG and LS couldn't find her way, first rara told her to follow a bus, since the bus would stop at Rara's house! but LS refused of course..that sounded so weird yet fun, finally LS called someone who guided us and we found the high way and soon we were back on the Upper East Coast!
Night safari
Next morning we started off with KAYA TOAST for breakfast, the place Rara wanted to take me to was closed so we went to Ya Kun Kaya Toast. I had a set so I also got an egg and coffee. the egg was cooked but it felt like it was raw ^^
Afterwards we went down to the marine parade bought milk tea, which I managed to splash all over myself, then walked down to the beach!! Afterwards to the library!it was so nice.. I wish we had libaries in Sweden just like that, but I guess that's not our culture.
Because of the heat and late breakfast we had lunch around 5pm! I had some noodle soup, really nice and so cheap! Around 25 Swedish krona. Then Shao came and Rara went to Japanese business class. Me and Shao went to another big shopping mall, at Daiso I found a funny foot patch aka $2 worth of happiness! Later Shao bought me a blueberry egg tart ^^
In the evening we met up with the other girls and went to ONE ALTITUDE, a skybar at 282m! Awesome and really nice.. I also met friends of friends and the view was to die for!!!! I had a few glasses of wine and of course great company. I also took a lot of photos!
View of the Marina Bay sands hotel from 1Altitude
Next morning me, Rara, LC, LS and Shao had brunch at Robertson Quay. I had an all american breakfast. To be honest now I know why I dislike fast food and american styled greasy food.
When I saw the plate I wanted to laugh! I could only finish 1/5 of it, the rest I gave to the other girls, still now I know why I prefere Asian food! ^^;;
After a long and nice brunch we went down to Central, LS had to buy some clothes and in the meantime I managed to buy 2 pair of shoes within less than 10 min (^0^;;) The other girls just laughed and was amazed! But what can I say... when u see nice shoes and they fit and the price is also ok, you have to buy them right! ^^
We wanted to go to the museum however due to national holiday the number of visitors was too high so instead we took a taxi downtown and went to KTV, also known as karaoke.
Afterwards we had dinner, Thai Express. Before the food arrived the girls asked me what I wanted to eat tomorrow!
I wanted to laugh, that's a difference between Europe and Asia. In Europe we are more about what to see, as for food we just pick something up on the way. However in Asia it's ALL about food!! After dinner we went to a cafe and bought some cakes, but we couldnt go in so we had to take "to go" and we sat down on a gigant sofa close by! the cakes were really cute and the taste was totally ok!
Dimsum
Only one day left, we started the day with Dim Sum. Rara ordered some great stuff! I went to heaven for a few minutes ^^
Afterwards we walked down to the national museum of Singapore. We took the history part, it was very interesting I learnt new things!! after 2 hours we left and continued our walk down to Bugis area.
It was like a huge market, it reminded me a bit of Dongdaemun still sligthly different.
We also went to Little India, it really felt like we arrived in India! Such an awesome feeling!haha
We dropped by a restaurant, before I ordered I asked the waiter to explain almost the whole menu before I was rude enough :P to order something I already knew. The guy just looked at me as if I were joking with him! *poor guy* After eating we walked down to Mustafa centre! It has open 24/7 and on the 2nd floor they had a huge supermarket, it covered almost the whole floor! I have never seen anything like it!
We rushed down to Raffles Quay and tried to get a taxi, since I wanted to go to Marina Bay, however to get a taxi was IMPOSSIBLE after waiting in line for 45 min we gave up and found a bus and went home to LS for my final dinner in SG.
We had a steamboat, LS and Shao had already bought all the food, it looked awesome!! and it tasted DELICIOUS. After a long dinner while watching "bad teacher" I wanted to go to the bathroom however the girls forbid me, 2 sec later the rest of them came out with a b-day cake and a present! I almost wanted to burst into tears! The cake was really cute, a cream cake with strawberries! I also got a small "Tigger" soft toy! My SG girls are the best!!
Later we moved in to LS room and watched another movie and talked! I didnt want the night to end. Both LC and Shao had to leave early since they had work the next day and lived quite faraway.
When we walked to the bus Rara walked in the wrong direction therefore the bus passed by and Rara made a small "give me a break" shout ^^
My b-day cake from the girls
Final morning we headed out and had breakfast at a local cafe, I had kaya toast, a must.. but it was different from Ya-Kun. I'm not sure which one i prefere. I also had singaporian styled coffee.
Afterwards we finally headed to my "wanted to see spot", I'm talking about Marina Bay Sands Hotel!
We paid SGD20 and took the elevator to the 56th floor!
It felt so cool, on the 3 hotel complexes they have built what looks like a boat.
The sun was really strong so it was HOT. I wanted to take a swim in the pool, but only hotel guests are allowed to swim! (T__T) so I guess I'll have to do that next time.
After spending an hour upstairs we went down again and across the road they have built a whole shopping mall complex and casino!! I was surprised, I mean if you come here as a tourist you don't need to go anywhere else :P
All the brands are under the same roof!! They even had a small skating rink inside! however fake ice, or should I say plastic ice.
Before leaving we had lunch at the food court. I had some malaysian food and rara had some mixed food.
Back at the house I packed my final stuff then Rara's dad came and drove us out to the airport.
At the airport LC also came to say good-bye and she also gave me a moon cake. My VERY FIRST moon cake!
I checked in then it was time to go through the gate. I wanted to cry but couldn't!
I couldn't believe 6 days already had passed! it seemed like it was yesterday I arrived and now I had to depart!!
I hope to see my girls again, and thank you for a wonderful week!!!
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