Sentosa Outing With Momo Dear!

We planned for this outing cos we bought a Groupon special at $38 with savings of $34 (according to Groupon).

$38 per pax for the following:
- 2-Way Cable Car Ride ($24)
- Maritime Museum (excludes Typhoon Theatre) ($5)
- 2 rounds of Segway Fun Ride ($12)
- Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom ($16) and bird-feeding ($3)
- Meal comprising pizza, fries and drink from Sarpino's Pizza at Butterfly Park ($6)

Therefore we planned for this trip to Sentosa after getting the Groupon voucher. Seems really worth it.

Who would have thought it would rain on the very day we wanted to go Sentosa? We reached HarbourFront Tower to the sight of extreme heavy rain. WTF?!? Even walking along to the cable-car entrance was a chore as the wind was so strong it made us kinda wet. No choice but to hang around until the rain got lighter. In the end we took the cable-car at 1pm zzz... Almost half the day gone.

Watta do but to continue our plan for the day. It was our first times taking Singapore's cable-car. New experience for Momorange. Dear was so scared that she started crying -_-... The cable-car brought us to such heights that it would give us an amazing view, but due to the rain, the window panes of the cable-car were covered with rain zzz...

We started off with the Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom. It was still drizzling so most of the butterflies were hiding instead. Went to feed the birds. Diao...the moment the guy passed a small cup of liquid on my hand, all the birds starting flying onto my hand and shoulders.

After the boring visits, we had lunch at Sarpino's which was included in the Groupon. A pizza, fries and a drink. Dear was feeling artistic and used fries to form her name in Japanese lol.

Next up we visited the Maritime Experiential Museum. No aquarium yet! It's a relatively new attraction opened in Sentosa. It's all about the maritime stuff. Kinda stupid and waste of time.

We paid $3 each to visit the Typhoon Theatre. Thought it would be something amazing. Craps... It's just 360 degrees surround screens and wind and mist blowing at you while they simulate us on the ship hit by a  typhoon. Damn cold! Not recommended even if it's free.

Next we hung around RWS. And strolled along the beach while enjoying the scenery and the wind.

Then settle dinner at the zichar stall at the food centre by the beach. Next we had to rush to Songs of the Sea cos we've never seen it before. By the time we reached, the guys at the entrance told us we only had 2 mins to get tickets. Holy shit! Then just at that moment, some tourist who walked past told us we could have one of their extra ticket. Then the guys at the entrance also realized that we would have no time to go and get tickets, therefore allowed us to enter the place using that one free ticket. Woot so lucky! Saved two $10 tickets lol.

Quite an interesting display of water jets and pyrotechnics, with song and dance in between. Somehow I prefer the older but free musical fountain performance which is long gone.

To end the day, we took the cable-car back to mainland and over to Mount Faber and then back to HarbourFront Centre, all in the night. Somehow Dear wasn't so afraid anymore. Perhaps at night can't really see anything lol.

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i Light Marina Bay 17th March

There's this i Light Marina Bay artwork installations all over the Marina Bay area for the month of March. Decided to head down to take a look.

Before that, dear and I went down to Suntec for the Food and Beverage Fair 2012 @ Suntec City to try out some of the food there. Super crowded sia! Got some of the very common food like Peking Duck, Teochew Fishballs, Chwee Kueh and Yam Kueh, Mee Sua etc. Had to give up the other more exotic food cos of the long queues.

Next up we walked over to the Marina Bay area. Checked out the light installations outside the Esplanade for a while. Then we went to the Merlion and I went into trigger-happy mode. Will probably visit the other light installations the following week.

 Nature's art.

Check out what my dear is checking out - the spiders, along Anderson Bridge.

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Progress of Our Little Home 17th March 2012

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A Visit To Livia

It's Chian San's last day at Citi. Boy he must be feeling so elated! We were invited over to his home at Livia @ Pasir Ris. So right after work, Momo dear and I went home for dinner and then we went down to his place. The others like Aar, Joy, Jus, Ros were there already for pizza and stuff. We then sat around chatting over everything and enjoyed the scenery from his 15 floor penthouse. Such a magnificent view of the town of Pasir Ris. Could even see Changi Airport control tower, some faraway islands etc. It was very windy as well. Awesome location and height.

We had a little champagne drinking session whereby CS also shared with us how he fixed most of the circuitry and lights at home all by himself. Damn awesome. Will definitely go back there again once he's back from his European trip next month.

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Progress of Our Little Home 4th March 2012

Update of the progress on 4th March 2012.

This is the actual piece of land which will contain our unit.

This is the actual layout. Compare to the above pic!

The view of the plot of land back in October 2011.

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