Uniquely Singapore (part 4)

Day 3. We were up a bit late. We're all just very tired. But we just couldn't afford to lose this one last day sleeping. The itinerary was to shop around for pasalubong in Chinatown then have lunch, afterwhich go to Romy and Emman's place then to Sentosa, then Vivo City.

We packed up our bags. It was so sad we had to go. It feels like such a very short time. And we haven't been to so many places.

After buying our pasalubong in Chinatown, we were now ready to go to Romy and Emman's place in Yew Tee. They will just fetch us at the Yew Tee MRT station. So with all our luggages strolling with us, we had found it a bit "extraordinary" to be bringing them and taking the train. It was like can we just take a cab to Yew Tee? Well, we wish it was cheap but it wasn't. And we were left with just the option of taking the MRT.

We got to Yew Tee at around 2pm. Romy fetched us and took us to their place, Yew Mei Garden. Their condo unit is very nice. So homey and clean. At their place also, they had a huge pool with man-made waterfalls. It looked like these guys stayed at a resort in the Philippines! No wonder cost of living is high in Singapore.

Anyway, we were able to take a nap at their place. The guys also served us merienda. At about 4pm, we were ready to go to Sentosa. We left it to Romy and Emman. They were our tour guides this time. With so little time left for Sentosa (our flight was at 12:55am), we weren't able to go around this famous island. We just explored the Underwater World and took the cable ride.

The cable ride was also a firsts for us. And Romy and Emman were so kind to capture the moments of this ride. Good thing they brought their cameras.

At the Underwater World, we got to see sting rays, crabs, sea dragon (which looked like a sea plant), a huge yellow snake carried by an Indian man, sharks, fishes of small and big sizes. It was a Saturday afternoon, and there were just too many people in Sentosa, particularly in the Underwater World. Congested as it was, Underwater World smelled so bad! With all the sweats of people - different kinds of people - oh gosh! body odor was everywhere! The bad thing was body odor was sooo unpleasant to the nostrils. Ugh! Anyway, we still didn't forget to take lots of pics. Documentation is an essential element to travel.

After enjoying Underwaterworld, we went to Vivo City. Joedan, Elma's brother, was looking for an uppity watch. He had already planned to buy one. So no matter how little the time left, he had to get his watch. And yes he did! It costs something like SGD200.

Vivo City, which is said to be Singapore's largest mall, was packed with people. On top of Vivo City, there is actually, a pool of water. But I don't think it was made for swimming. I'm not quite sure though. But I think the water wasn't that deep for swimming.

We also had some Philippine monies exchanged. We had difficulty finding a money changer in Vivo City but thankfully, we did find one. Unfortunately, our peso costs so little. The exchange rate was Php1.00 = SGD.027! Extremely cheap. At Orchard, we got our peso exchanged at SGD.031. We didn't have much of a choice though.

My sister also did a little shopping. She was able to buy an Esprit top at 75% off. What a bargain! We also bought some chocolates for our families back home. :)

We were back at Romy's place at around 9pm. We were already in a hurry. So we took a cab from Yew Tee to Changi Airport. Then only to learn that our flight was delayed by 2 hours! Tsk, tsk. This is the problem with Cebu Pacific, their flights are frequently delayed.

We had dinner there and we shop for some items in the Duty Free shops. We bought additional pasalubongs for family and friends.

And then it was time to depart...

And so that was our little adventure/misadventure in Singapore. :)