perjalanan singapore: Day -2 Feb 5

Day 2 At Singapura.

After an hectic flight of 4.5 Hours landed at my favorite airport Changi. I had a window seat, was able to see the sea next to the airport. Touching down, it was a great feeling. I had heard about Changi a lot. Being a best airport of the world, it was maintained amazingly. 

Time was 8:30 when the flight landed, moved out and immediately called Avdhy. Poor fellow was sleeping, He thought i would arrive at 11AM singapore time :). He said me to clear off the immigration and he will be there in 15Mins. I went to immigration and took my baggage and was waiting at Taxi pick up point. There the confusion started. I was looking for him outside, he was looking me at inside. After a long struggle we met inside. 

Luckily we met and time to greet ourselves as we had not met since a year. Then it was time to head home for some rest. I had planned to visit Chinese and Japanese gardens on this day. So i had 2 hours to get ready. After getting tourist pass which is worth $20 for 3 days we headed home with the bus #53. Got some breakfast and a hot shower and i was ready by 1PM. Avdhy took me to Expo center where we had lunch and he headed to work as it was already late. Not to forget, he made sure that i got a sing-tel SIM to contact him. Any body willing to get a SIM, take Sing-tel SIM worth $8 which is valid for 3 Months and gives you talk time of $10. Just flash your passport. Plug into the handset, your mobile is ready for usage.

Reached the Chinese gardens by taking the train which headed towards Jurong East, the journey was 45Minutes. Observed few things in the metro:

1. All plugged into their own world.

2. Busy with their own mobiles and handhelds.

Smiles if you smile, But it was too less when compared to America and Australia. But life goes on. 

Reached the gardens which was next to the Metro, short walk to the entrance i saw a running group ad. Got the feeling of running culture at singapore. I saw many people in their running gear already in running mood. 

Entered the Chinese garden which was towards the left of the Entrance, the pagoda in the begining was amazing. Next was the statues of the Kings. Then a short walk lead me towards the beautiful lake where Confucius statue was placed. The lake housed turtles, fishes and Dragon lizard. They were busy in their own world. Got some snaps and headed towards the bonsai collection garden. finished that and then towards the lake. The silence of the gardens made me feel amazing. I was in a different world. After the lake , there was a bridge which lead me to Japanese gardens. This was a simple garden with some sculptures and architectural houses. Garden with statues of Zodiac signs was amazing. Really happy to see that the Chinese give much importance to thier culture.

Time was 5 and the next stop was Harbour front overlooking Sentosa Island. Started from Chinese gardens and landed at Vivo city mall. Their i got the singapore feeling. Crowd, crowd and more crowd. Real craze for shopping. All ages no bars.

Walked out of the vivo city to reach the sentosa Broad walk. Walked to the entrance of sentosa Island. and had some snaps of the sentosa and Star cruise ship. Spent an hour there. Happy to see various faces and expressions. Looking at them it is easy to forget our own pains. Beach side bars were amazing. Lot of couples  ;P spending their time sipping wine and Beer. Time was 7 and next stop was Marina bay sands.

Reached at Raffles place and called Avdhy, he was stuck in work and i had some time to roam around Singapore Cricket club. Had some snaps of Towering buildings and War Memorial. Headed back to Raffles place to meet Avdhy. After meeting, we headed towards Marina bay sands. The Tall towering building is real amazing. A mall housed in it and with all brands A-Z you name it , we saw it. Came out of the MBS to have a look at LOUIS VUITTON showroom on Singapore river. They have too much money to spend on stuffs. 

After a short walk on the helix bridge and taking snaps of Skyline, we headed towards the Chinese exhibition set up to celebrate new year. On the way we had a ice cream sandwiched with Wafer. Then we spent some time exploring the exhibition and smelling the Chinese food smell. Of course we both veggies cant eat the food. Got some corn to fill our stomach and then headed towards Bugis to have some dinner as it was 10 PM already. Got some Indian restaurant after we saw the mall closed where Pasta-mania was there. After a stomach filling biryani, we headed back to metro station.

Finally reached Pasir Ris station at 11:30PM. Went to house at 12:00 Early morning. Met his room mates and was ready to crash. Bed was ready to crash land. But time for uploading the snaps, did some uploading and then crashed.

NExt day was hectic with more to see.. 

Good night and happy reading. Presenting some snaps of the trip of day 1