Singapore, again. (But this time for leisure)

For the past 3 days I was in Singapore with my fiancé for one of our friend's ROM reception dinner.

If you were to ask me what do I think about Singapore?

Apart from their ever famous Marina Bay Sands?

It would be this.

 

 

The place reminded me so much about Hong Kong.

 

The only difference was, you don't actually get scr*wed for asking directions.

 

In fact, we didn't have to.

 

Their MRT maps is quite easy to understand, so long that you know where you wanted to go.

 

I don't think I need to get into details here about their transportation standard anyway.

 

I used to travel to Singapore frequently back in 2009 for working purposes. Almost 3 times a month.

 

So for this trip, for the first time, I would be the "planner" for the whole trip. Including where we going to stay overnight.

 

It is going to be a two nights stay, so accommodation doesn't come cheap unless you don't mind sleeping along with the b*nking sound next door in Geylang red light district area.

 

So I went back here.

 

Welcome to the Park Regis @ Clark Quay.

I used to stayed in this hotel before during my last business trip with my previous company. (Ironically that would be my last trip to Singapore as an engineer).

The price isn't cheap, but affordable. As we are looking at the holiday season around the corner, the room rate set us back at close to SGD 250 per night.

But I am not complaining. Especially...

For their TV.

The welcoming messages.

To make me feel treated like a VIP upon arrival.

The live streaming of flight schedule.

So I wouldn't miss my flight and ended up going back by swimming across the straits of Singapore.

The room set up was quite nice too, and we were lucky as our room was upgraded upon arrival (upon my request).

 



 

 

I was quite happy to hear about that the upgrade until the next thing I know was that when they say "upgrading", it also means, "we going to upgrade you to the room facing the pool area".

In which, also means that "you can check out those bikini-cladded ladies in the pool and wank yourself".

Joking.

Travelling to Singapore wouldn't be complete if you do not visit their famous casino, The Marina Bay Sands.

But I decided to check out the Genting Resort in Sentosa (as I have been to Marina before, but not Sentosa).

During the one hour period spent in the casino with a mere capital of SGD 100, at the end of the day, I won this.

 

 

The wallet from Braun Buffel.

 

(No wonder people always told me that money earned through gambling will not last forever).

But considering that a new wallet could probably earn me back my fortune, I think it is worth the buy.

The reception was held in One Fullerton bay, one of the high class hotel in Singapore.

In a restaurant called "Jing".

A night before the reception, we were having our dinner there. I was quite lucky to have taste the first "fried rice come with foie gras-duck's liver to be exact".

I insisted to taste something that I have never tried before.

What a mistake. A duck liver rice?

I almost puke my own liver out.

The fried rice was so terrible that I couldn't finished it off. (But surprisingly for the reception, their food were excellent).

It cost me SGD 39++ just for the fried rice alone, which is equivalent to almost RM 100, for a freaking DUCK LIVER FRIED RICE!!!

As for the reception, it was a standard solemnization and eating session, nothing to shout about. But the location was superb, overlooking a big lake with Marina Bay Sands in the background.

As usual after the dinner, we went for a round of beer (in fact it is 4 rounds of beers) in Clark Quay, one of the most happening nightlife scene in Singapore.

 

When a bunch of Malaysians drank lots of alcohol in a place like Singapore, you know they tend to do stupid stuff.

 

Like put the Sony phone for water ingression test.

Anyway, it is all I could summed up on my trip to Singapore this time.

We had fun, we had a great time.

Maybe I should apply for Singapore for permanent residency?





 

Kota Kinabalu Trip

One of our closed friend are getting married in Kota Kinabalu last week.

This event also prompted a long awaited oversea outing for a group of ex-uni + housemates.

For the past 7 years since we graduated, this would be the first time we go away on a trip together as a "team".

For this particular trip, we called it as "The hangover - Limited edition".

Before the trip, we knew it is going to be filled with a lot of good time, party, booze, and lots of laughter.

Something which is not in the earlier plan, would be the island hopping trip.

How can we missed the opportunity to visit those beautiful island when we are going to Sabah anyway.

I presumed that we were a bunch of tough guys. Noted that we woke up as early as 8am in the morning after previous night vomiting non stop and suffered from one of the worst hangover we had in our entire life.

Some of them even mentioned. "I think we have made the trip only because we had paid for it".

But the sacrifice made it all worth it when we arrived at those island. I only recalled two of the island's name, Manukan and Sapi. I forgot the other one. (That shows how bad our hangover was that night).

Although the view can't be compared to Boracay island in Phillipines, the trip is still worth it.

The only complaints would be of all the five persons went for snorkeling, 4 of them including myself suffers cuts from the coral underneath the seabed.

For those of you who wish to go island hopping, go to the "Jesselton Point" and buy your tickets from there.

As for reference, private boat (which means only for you and group of your friends only) for a whole day trip (9am-3pm) for 3 islands would cost u around RM250 nett in total. (Excluding the rental of life jackets and goggles).

If you wished to get contacts for the car rental, you can PM me and I will give you a contact, a sedan car such as Wira and Saga will cost around RM 100/day, with an upfront Deposit of RM 600/.

This is what we get.

A white Proton Wira. (Auto).

If you ask my sincere opinion, in KK you would definitely need a car as you can hardly find a taxi to bring you around.

In fact, it is easier to find monkeys on the road rather than a taxi.

On the next day, the real purpose of the trip begin.

Becoming the "Heng Dai" - Brotherhood for our beloved friends and attending the wedding dinner.

The "Wolf Pack".

The main character of the event.

Last but not least, we are glad that we have achieved out main objectives by coming to KK.

We had fun, laughers, hangovers, beaches and suns, and attended one of our close friend's wedding ceremony.

Guess it would be the best excuses to tell you wife that you need a trip together with your buddies next time?



 

Pre-wedding photoshoot.

Part and parcel of the marriage, pre-wedding photo-shoot.



 

I love to take photos wherever I go.

But nothing gonna beat this one.

In normal circumstances, you saw an ideal place, standstill, do a stupid face/smile, click, and the you are done.

But as for pre-wedding shoot, it is gonna be:

1. Found a suitable place/angle.
2. Smile & Pose.
3. Click.
4. Repeat 2-3 for few more times just for a shoot.

And you don't get to do your own "creative expression" like this during the photo shoot.

You are supposed to be "in love" and "romantic" during the whole day.

Yes, the whole day.

It took us a grueling 13 hours for the whole day photo shoot.

The location?

1. Studio.
2. Putrajaya.
3. Sepang Gold Coast.

Not only did we took photo, as part of the package, we were given a videographer to capture the "Behind the scene" video.

Thank to the photographer and videographer from MOCO Bridal gallery, the team has indeed done a very good job to help us relax and enjoy the entire photo shooting day.

You guys must be anxious on how it would turn out right?

Me too!

Finger crossed, there will be another post on the end result in about a week time.

God Blessed.