Singapore Days 3 and 4

Day 3:

On the third day of my Singapore trip with my family, we planned to go to Sentosa, one of the nicest tourist spots in Singapore. It has nice beaches (kaso man-made beaches yun) and there are lots of memorable places to go to and have fun such as the luge ride, the Merlion statue, the Musical Fountain, etc. When going to Sentosa, we had to pass the Vivocity Mall so we can ride the monorail going to Sentosa. So we rode the monorail that somehow reminded me of the LRT in Manila except that the monorail only had two cars, the one at the back and one at the front hehe. So we went to the beach station of Sentosa to check out the beach and eat some pizza; we didn't plan to swim since kulang din kami sa oras. When we got to the beach, it was really nice even if it was a man-made beach. There were lots of people hanging out at the shore, mostly youngsters and tourists. At isa pa, ang daming naka-topless!!! Kaso puro lalake hahahaha!!! Anyway, we went to the Trapeze resto and ate some delicious thin crust pizza and a really heavy lasagna on a hot plate (sobrrrraaaannng sarrrraaappp...).

Mmmm... pizza....

Mmmm... ice cream... while on the beach...

As usual, busog nanaman kami hehehe.

Afterwards, we went to the skyride area to ride the skyride going up, and then ride the luge going down. The experience was awesome! We were so up high sitting on a wooden bench (na may railing naman) and our feet was dangling below. Sobrang natakot sister ko kaya ang higpit ng kapit niya and most of the time, nakapikit siya hehehe, ako naman enjoy lang, ganda ng view eh hehehe.

The skyride

When we got up, instead of using the skyride in going down the hill, we opted to take the luge ride. The luge was like a go-kart except that it had no motors and instead of using a wheel, it had handles. Since it had no motor, the luge was meant to go down along the slope with gravity. The experience? Fun!!! Sarap lang kasi it felt like you're riding a fast bump car since pababa yung track na dinadaanan mo. Astig lang hehehe, we wanted another ride on the luge kaso ayaw na ng ate ko sumakay ng skyride hehe.

The luge ride (last place ako sa aming tatlo...huhuhu...)

After the ride, we went to Palawan area of Sentosa to check out the animal show. Well, it wasn't much, but there were really cool big parrots in the performance. Pero syempre, the usual performance naman ng parrots pero entertaining kasi ang cute ng parrots and the emcees were funny and entertaining. We also rode the flying saucer thing that goes up to see the whole view of Sentosa and Singapore.

Then before the Sentosa trip was done, at around 6PM, we waited for about half an hour for the Musical Fountain show. At first, I thought it would be a show that just included water sprays, but to my surprise, it was different. Of course it still involved water sprays, but they were really strong jet water sprays strong enough to build a sort of thin wall of water for a projector to project videos on the water. Sobrang astig!!! Even if pambata yung show (and the character was a green monkey named KIKI), sobrang nakakaaliw. It felt like I was watching Disney's Fantasia, except that I was watching the colorful projections on water hehehe, labo ba? Basta yun... hehehe.

The Musical Fountain show (even the Merlion from afar was part of the show)

After the show, I overheard from one of the tourguides that the Musical Fountain show for that night might be the last chance for those tourists to view the famous show of Sentosa. It was because there were plans that the place would be torn down and I think the Musical Fountain would be moved somewhere else. And my dad told me that there were plans of building a casino on the place where the Musical Fountain was. Hay, sayang lang, ang ganda pa naman nung place nung Musical Fountain... :( Kung ilipat man nila, sana sa mas magandang place. :P

After the Sentosa trip, we went back to Vivocity Mall via the monorail and then we ate at Food Republic again, but this time it was the branch at Vivocity Mall where the theme of the dining place was sort of old Chinese setting (yung mga tipong ala Drunken Master period hehehe).

Day 4:

The fourth day of my Singapore trip was much simpler than the previous days. We just went back to Vivocity mall to check out Daiso, a Japanese store where EVERYTHING they're selling is at S$2. Then we took some pictures of the roof top of Vivocity and of course, ate again at Food Republic (gusto kasi namin masubukan yung lahat ng klase ng pagkain dun hehehe).

Yehesss... the rooftop of Vivocity Mall

After our leisure adventure in Vivocity mall shopping for a lot of stuff (mga bagay na wala lang, binili lang namin hehehe), we went to Ang Mo Kio area for the Night Safari show. It was in the Singapore Zoo and as the name states, it's a show for the animals of the night. Before the actual show, there was a presentation from a group. At first parang boring kasi parang tribal thing lang, then after a while, grabe, parang silang mga lasseeeeng!!! Wahaha!!! They kept on shouting and laughing and dancing pero sobrang nakakatawa sila tignan. It's like you're watching a big drunk barkada who had too many to drink to just stay behaved hehehe.

Then the actual show began, there was one at a sort of amphitheater where there was an emcee and they showed different wild animals. It was also the first time a saw a raccoon, ang laki pala nun hehehe pero cute nila hehehe. Then after the show there was a tram ride. The tram ride was a tour around the place and they show the different animals in the night. To see the animals, there were spotlights that light the area of the animals where they were staying. There were different kinds of deers, birds, lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, bearded pigs and weird snouted pigs, an anteater (anlaki din! di ko inakala...), pelicans, flamingos, and there was even a giant hamster in the rainforest. As in it really looked like a hamster or a guinea pig, pero sobrang laki, as in parang malaking lechon yung size niya hehehehe, it was a fun night show and anlamig habang nasa tram kami hehehe.

After the show, we went home, our feet were sore and our bodies were fatigued. Hehe, it was tiring, but fun. Asteeg. :P

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