Seengapore

SEENGAPORE
-ryandgreat, makati

when i had that first taste of travelling outside the country just few months back! i definitely want moooooore!

and since i'm on hiatus, just recently, my sister and i have decided to embark on anader fascinating out-of-the-counntry this year!

say hellow to the cleanest city i've ever seen! singapore!

Day 4| at the Merlion Park

Day 3 | at Bugis Shopping Street

Day 2 | at the Night Safari

Day 1 | aqua life at Underwater World in Sentosa

singapore is one of the top tourist destination in asia!

this small country of polish modern city blended with beautiful botanical gardens!

and parks that has stunning view beside its downtown business districts

and high-rise business and residential buildings! and huge shopping complex in between of colonial districts!

the weather in singapore is generally humid!

and while rainy season in full swing in manila, summer feels naman in singapore!

knowing full well that land area of singapore is as small as quezon city!

but surprisingly there are lotsa tourist spots to indulge

well apart from visiting some touristy sites, we get to see some old and new prens that made our trip extra special

day 1: kuya buchoy, our cousin, was our host! from the airport he brought us to his apartment at the downtown!

and then he took us to brunch early that day before he headed to work!

we then explored sentosa, one of the most popular tourist district! on our first day!

the construction of singapore's own version of universal studio can be seen from the outside

we get around sentosa by bus and tram! that took us to beaches on the side!

i've heard that these beaches of sentosa are artificial! they named one of the beach resort as palawan!

sounds familiar right? i have not been to palawan but surely our own palawan is way, way, way better than of what they have

there are also other man-made beaches nearby and were able to see some other attractions

as mentioned above, the construction of singapore's universal studio is on-going, within the land area of resorts world sentosa

later that day, we also explored singapore's underwater world

the water-themed park is known to have an underwater tunnel with view of creatures in water of all kinds! that we truly enjoyed!

Day 3 | at BBC Asia Bureau Headquarters

day 1 visits:
sentosa
palawan beach
the construction of universal studios
underwater world

day 2 visits:
night safariday 3 visits:
chinatown
marina square
bugis

bbc asia bureau

day 4 visits:
raffles place
merlion park

day 5 visits:
little india

day 6 visits:
crossing malaysia

day 2: it was pretty much laid back on our second day, we visited some prens and ended the day on the night safari

touring around by tram to see nocturnal animals in the park!

we've tried to take pictures but we're not allowed to use flash!

day 3: our third day was a walking tour at the city downtown and mostly on shopping district, chinatown, marina square and bugis!

that sells all kinds of local stuff and electronics

although the exchange rate of singapore to philippine peso is costly, 1 singapore dollar is equivalent to 35 pesos

buying stuff there is quite cheaper, because they offer tax free! so there is a huge difference, somewhat

my sister bought an acer laptop! cheaper than its manila price

but the most amazing part of the day was the bbc asia bureau headquarters tour! not exactly a tourist spot but it was something that i look forward to

a week before our flight, i tried to contact mr. rico hizon through his facebook account and asked him if i could visit bbc world and see him!

and he said yes right away and then we arranged the date and time of the visit and he indicated his office address on his reply

i was so much thrilled to see him!

i've seen him many times on tv, first when he was reporter of gma-7 and then on the business news of bbc!

were able the see the early morning newscast live! he grant us some time to experience how its like to be at the bbc asia bureau

where the bbc world business news held live from singapore

Day 3 | with Mr. Rico Hizon at BBC World Asia Bureau Headquarters

Day 5 | perfume store at Little India

day 4: on our fourth day was for most the main attraction! the merlion park where we actually stayed in that area the entire day and night!
the construction of marina bay sands from a reclaimed land can be seen from the merlion water park,

a three-tower building that being developed as casino and a luxary hotel.

day 5: there's india in singapore! an area of indian community that has commercial district of jewelry and perfume stores and indian temple 

we walked through it half of our day, mainly because it's only accessible by walking!

the best part of it, we've got some cheap perfumes from a very prenly indian manong

day 6: and on our last day in singapore,  we crossed the boarder to malaysia that's one bus away, although we did not spend so much there,

at least we've tried to cross-boarder and see how malaysia looks like! its a far different view from singapore but its looks the same as the streets of metro manila