Singapore City Adventure

At the train w the map

This travel blog is not that comprehensive. This is just based on my general observations and experiences but I hope it helps you in any way it can.
Suggestions before travelling to Singapore:

Cigarettes with prices in SG

Travel light
If you’re a smoker, do not consider buying your cigarettes in Singapore. Check the guidelines on how much cigarettes you can bring.
If you have a drinker friend, just buy him a bottle of liquor at duty free. The price is more or less 50% off than the price outside the airport (Allowed: 1 litre per passport)
Check out the Do’s and Don’ts in SG. Yes, Singapore is indeed a fine city. They will fine you for a lot of things.
Check out the SG attractions and plan your days in SG (but it didn’t work for me hehe)

Airport

Arrived at the airport about 2 hours before the flight.
Bad Vibes: Travel tax should be paid upon luggage check in... 1,620php plus 750php terminal fee amf! That’s steep! Customer service at the travel tax counter? Snail-ish. There were less than 10 people on the queue and it took more than 30 mins to pay for the travel tax. And here’s the best part, the cashier at the counter got pissed then he said “Teka naguguluhan na ko sa inyo e” The F!

Anito and the foreigner at the airport

Good Vibes: Things to do at the airport while waiting for the flight:
1.    Observe: Anito and the foreigner.  Check out the picture. I think they’re together. The first thing that hit my mind when I saw them? “So you think you can get away with that huh? You can’t bring that ancient artifact outside the country” (hehe bad melon!)
2.    Classic picture taking by the airplane.
3.    Yummy coffee
In all fairness, Airphil is on time.
Arrival at Changi Airport Terminal 2
Terminal 2 at Changi airport is really nice better than their terminal 3. We bought the EZlink card (12 Dollars) then took the train going to Ang Mo Kio. The best Singapore welcome... thick southern Indian scent inside the train and durian’s smell by the supermarket upon exit of the train.
The map is a must when you want to go around Singapore. The train map reminds me of the London Underground map. I’m lucky to have a Singapore Tourist Guide Book.

Travel tax

S’pore Discovery Center/ Army museum
The travel going to the Discovery center is much better than the travel going to the place where I stayed. The smell at the train is not as olfactory bulb blasting like the night before. You can tell that we are the only tourist on board since we are so busy checking the map. There were like 4 to 6 nationalities in every train cart. I heard the ringtone of a Chinese looking old guy, it was like the ending theme of a classic Chinese movie funny!
Discovery center is really good for school fieldtrips. It is educational and interactive. We were able to watch Sammy’s Adventure (3D). Too bad we missed Kung Fu Panda’s screening time. We met a Filipino waiter. The food inside the Discovery center is expensive, just like in any other tourist spot. We had Sarpino’s Pizza, the pizza is ok but the lasagna arrrrgh! Awful! (50% onions and 50% lasagna and taste like caldereta)
Army museum is just within the Discovery center’s compound. The shooting range is really nice and the show was amazing. There was a real battle tank and helicopter inside the screening room and you will feel like you were in a real combat during the show.

Universal Studios

The best day of our trip is the day when we went to USS. We rode the Sentosa express from Vivo Shopping Center. I opt to ride the cable car but it was too expensive and according to some of my friends, the view up there is not worth the price of the ride. Anyways, the feeling was whoa when we arrived at the Universal Studios. Imagine this, upon entering the theme park, you’ll see the signature orb with the words Universal Studios going around it and the smoke at the bottom of it and the music that compliments the beautiful site. Anyone will surely get excited upon entering the theme park.
We tried the extreme Galactica, the mummy, we watched donkey, shrek etc. I love every bit of that theme park. The best show that we watched was the Waterworld. It was a jaw dropping experience. I really had fun. I also had my precious pictures with the casts of Waterworld, Madagascar, Kung fu Panda, and many more. 
The only bad vibes that day was the food. I needed a heavy meal so we went to Goldilocks inside the Kingdom far far away area and we had chicken. Unfortunately, it was halal and I only had a couple of bites then I stopped eating it. I just had mashed potato for lunch tsk tsk loser!
We went to Sentosa right after and had coffee at Palawan beach then we crossed the hanging bridge to get to a small island which they say was area below the equatorial line. We also went to the Siloso Beach and went up to see the Merlion.

Chinatown

Orchard Road
Overwhelming! That’s the best way to describe it. We watched some super talented people performing at the street, had ice cream, shopped at Cotton On, check out the new releases at Nike and just roam around while waiting for my friends.



Makansutra
The hawker center by the Marina Bay. We had stingray, yang chao, chicken and fried squid. The place is always crowded and that is the area where a lot of Filipinos meet up. I love the sugar cane juice.

Drinking by the street

Drinking area by the Street
I never wanted to stay at fancy restaurant or bar. I felt that to really experience Singapore I need to be on the streets. I had 3 Tiger beers, satay and a good long talk with my closest college friends and Amal.

Makansutra

Marina Bay
Amazing architecture, fancy mall and whatta lighting show. We were not able to get inside the art museum because there is a private red carpet event where some Hollywood stars will be in but unfortunately, we were so tired to go back to the venue by 10pm. There were photo ops around Marina bay, fancy restaurants and Starbucks by the bay, I wanted to have coffee while watching the light show but it was full haist but its fine. I enjoyed it even without coffee anyways.

It was a really good experience. I will definitely go back to Singapore given the opportunity. F1 Race?? We’ll see hehe