Before we headed to Singapore, we travelled from Malacca to Johor to visit my maternal uncle and cousins. It's been awhile since I last saw my cousins was during Chinese New Year. The moment I stepped into the house, the TV screen was showing Astro's 2016 hit movie- Ola Bola. I've watched it around 4 times, if I'm not mistaken. Thanks to my uncle who helped us to check the traffic condition in Singapore, the traffic was smooth when we proceeded our journey. At 6.30pm, we made it to our destination- Singapore! We stayed at Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Milena, Singapore. It was the same hotel we stayed five years ago. I even brought my homework with me back then! That time, The Lion King Broadway Musical was live in Singapore so my parents took the opportunity to bring my sister and I to watch. We loved it! We watched it again after my sister begged my parents, we brought our cousins along for the second time.
After settling down at the hotel, we took a cab to my mum's ex colleague's place as she had a house warming party. We were informed that the catering food was not enough so they ordered Domino's pizza and chicken nuggets as well as French fries. We also met up with a couple's of my mum's friends as well for some late night supper! We had yam, oyster and prawn just to name a few.
On the second day, we went to Marina Square for shopping. At first, we wanted to take a cab to Marina Square but thanks to the friendly staff of the hotel, it was just a stone's throw away of the hotel! We saw a kids' Christmas performance when we got there so we decided to stop and enjoy the show. After the performance, we went shoe shopping at Pazzion and you find them really comfortable! While I tried a few pairs of shoes, my sister went to the shops around the corner. We had our dinner at Hans Cafe when my sister and I passed by the time we saw the cake. "We want cake!" we said in unison. So we had burgers and fries to fill our tummy after all that shopping! We got lost when we were heading back to the hotel, it took us half an hour to find the exit. Creepy but adventurous!
On the third and final day of the trip, we went to the Merlion Park to visit the famous Merlion fountain. Along the way we could see the Singaporean Eye, Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay. It was scorching hot! Luckily I was wearing my sunglasses to ward off the intense heat. I had a hard time to take the perfect picture of the Merlion as some tourists kinda "photobombed". After visiting Singapore for so many years, I finally got a glimpse of the famous Merlion fountain, one goal is ticked off the list! It's time for us to head back home to Malaysia. I'll be back to Singapore in the near future.
