Day 9

HI! Day 9 now :) I'm in Singapore! No free wifi at this hotel... not even in the lobby :( so I'm typing this in openoffice and will copy and paste once I do get internet access!

To start off, my dad went and took pictures of the pool at our HCM city hotel. We actually stopped by when we came home from An Dong but we decided to go rest instead of taking pics, so my dad went and did it today. It's so effin' gorgoeus eh? Hahah I guess that's 5 stars for you :P it looks like a resort!

We left the hotel at 7 am and got to the airport at 730. We were one of the first few there. We did our baggage check first and then went through customs. I was so hungry so we went looking for food ......

I think this BK was new because I came up to this level 2 years ago and I don't remember a BK being there. Anyhow, I needed some fast food in my system :P so I got the breakfast combo which was so expensive :( $8 hahaha

a ham and cheese and egg crossaint with hasbrown buttons and coffee. Afterwards we met up with everybody else and at 10 am, we got onto our delayed plane to Singapore!!

The flight wasn't actually that great LOL had *those* butterflies in my stomach a few too many times. Kinda rocky flight too. Usually pilots tell you when you're experiencing turbulence, but this one didn't. SO either we were going through turbulence and he just didn't announce it, or he just sucked at flying. I would go with the latter. Sorry ! I was surprised to find out that for our 2 hour flight, we got a meal. We had a choice between pork and rice or fish and noodles. I don't like fish much so I went with the pork. It was really delicious! 

The meat was similar to a thit kho but the sauce was like a beef stew sauce. The vegetables were actually seasoned quite nicely and they had a particular nice sweet taste. The salad dressing (italian) was so refreshing in my salad. I hadn't had salad in a while so it was nice that it was a side! Didn't eat the fruit, gave it to my dad (for reasons stated in prior posts). The bread was gross, but I kind of expected that.

Here's the Singapore Changi airport! (Is there more than one? Otherwise why would they need to name them? Reminds me of Paris). We first went to the Suntec towers and drove around it 3 times because apparently in aerial view, the towers resemble a left hand and left hand = wealth. 3 times is supposed to give us like good wealth or something. Usually you're supposed to walk around it 3 times but we had no time so we drove LOL Next we went to Merlion park! Here you can see us geeking out with tourist hats. It was SO effin' hot in Singapore. Like I wanted to melt into a puddle of human. I think they said it was 30 degrees, but it's nothing like our 30 degrees because it's humid as a sauna here! I seriously felt like I was in a sauna. Thank goodness that Merlion park is right by the bay area so there was a slight breeze. Learned what a Merlion was and the history behind it. Very cool!

Next we went to our hotel to check in and eat lunch.

soya sauce chicken - too dry :(

sweet & sour pork - it was TOO saucy and the sauce was very strong in flavour

fish! - SO GOOD. unfortunately I don't know what kind of fish it is.

I don't particularly like tofu so this was meh LOL

onion omelette - very yummy!

egg with vegetables. it was okay but a little bit salty

veggies - typical veg :P

We were then given about 2 hours to rest. My mom and I both took a nap. I was still tired though whe I awoke. We went and ate dinner at this restaurant.

corn soup – nasty as eff. Like snot. Salty and corn was not soft. Such a first world problem because I had amazing corn soup at the wedding

onion omelette – just as good as this morning. This seems like a staple food here.

orange sweet and sour fish - delicious! :)

pork with onions! SO GOOD LOL I ate like half the plate

chicken with chillis and onions – disgusting. I wanted to wash my mouth out after.

Tofu with beans – ehh dont like tofu so that was kinda gross, the beans were ok

bokchoy – the flavour just isn't there. I really wanted to like it as I love bokchoy in a soy sauce with garlic but it was missing the oomf!

Watermelon – dont like it so didn't eat it. Dad said it wasn't sweet anyway

Going down from the restaurant was hilarious because one person heard floor 2 while another thought floor 1. So we hit 2 and only a few people walked out to double check if it was the correct floor but then the doors started closing! So the majority of us was stuck going up in the elevator again only to come back down :P After dinner, we took their subway system MRT to Clarke Quay. 

 We got to Clarke Quay which is right by a river that is a branch from the Sing river. LOTS OF RUNNERS. I wish I could've ran with them haha it's been a while since I've ran. They have stands of wine so you can drink and sit by the river side! We all then got onto this boat that takes us to the other side of the river. Here are the pics.

LOOK AT MY AMAZING PANORAMIC SKILLZ. It was the place we were at in the morning that I failed to get a no-tourist-head shot. But out on the water, no tourist head in my way! Yay! :P When we got off, there was a water and light show. SIMPLY AMAZING. Will be uploading a video onto my YT channel that was probably never going to be resurrected haha It had waterspraying out and I guess a projector that was projecting things onto and at certain times, bubbles would be flying through the air. It was so magical especially with the music in the BG!

WILL POST UP PICS/VID AT THE SAME TIME, but I can't right now because internet connection is too slow.

We went to the mall that was right behind it and holy baller. It had all the stores that I dream I can one day afford to shop at. I also went to the casino but didn't play. It was SO baller in there and it honestly probably had 1000+ machines and tables and such. It was SO big. I wonder if I can pull up a picture from Google cause we weren't allowed to take pictures inside. The tour guide Angie told us that Singaporeans and PR (permanent residences) can't go into the casino unless they pay $100 !! That's crazy. But foreigners is fine, but we need to show our passport as proof of it. We had to show them our passports again on the way out too!! so crazy. I also read that if they didn't pay the 100 and snuck in somehow and was caught, they've face fines of approx 1000!!! CRAY CRAY.

PS. LOL as we were heading towards the casino, Angie told me I couldn't go and I was like wtf why and she's like wait how old are you? HHAHA. Yet another Asian girl problem :P

Anyhow, after this we went back to our hotel and then a few of us went to Bugis street!!! <3<3 I was so hoping to get more time there.. but we only had 30 mins before closing time. I only bought a dress :( I did get to try some drinks.

my mom got the grass jelly, my aunt the swallows nest and I got the sour plum.

YUMYUM I wish I could've gotten Milo Bing (like Kerry said I should) but my dad said NO LOL cause I already had a drink in my hand hahaha

LOOK AT THESE RAMUTANS. 

Haha It's so different! The guy who sold it called it hairless rambutan. The couple from USA bought some and gave everyone with us one :) so nice of them! When Bugis was closing , we went to a place nearby to eat since our dinner wasn't that great. There was the couple from USA, the couple + daughter from France & us. We ordered 2 tom yum seafood noodle and 1 kway teu.

We couldn't find bowls so we did it ghetto style....... using sauce pans. HAHA It was pretty funny but it was a good night. I like this tour group, or at least half of it. The other couple I like is from Canada too but they didn't join us to Bugis. The rest of the group I could do without ... It's funny because the rest are from Vietnam and I don't know.. they're just really different. I guess I mesh better with people who are from first world countries. Not saying it's a good or bad thing, just an observation. And probably because I don't know Vietnamese so it helps that the other couples and girl know English and Cantonese :P

Anyways that's all for Day 9! I should be sleeping now for another fun-filled day tomorrow. I pray I can get wifi soon.

ALSO no mosquito bites today! YAY :D and I used mopiko on some acne that showed up and seriously, it's a miracle cream.

Thanks for reading <3<3