So we went to Singapore last week. Nope, it wasn't a school holiday, we let the kids 'ponteng' (skive) 2 days of school!
Hehehe
I booked the air tickets ages ago, almost a year ago I think. They were cheap Air Asia tickets. It cost only RM1000++ for the whole family to and fro. Air tickets are obviously more expensive on school holidays, and also I do not like jostling with crowds during peak periods.
Anyway, the kids had been looking forward to this trip for eons! This is only Solomon's second time on a plane, and his first trip out of the country. So I brought him to make his very first passport and he was so proud and excited.
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| Dinner at Great World City |
The best part of going to Singapore is meeting the other half of my family who live there. The kids got to spend time with their cousins, while Kung Kung got to spend time with his grandsons!
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| At Ah Bi Ee Ee's house |
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| At Ta Ee's house |
We were there for 4 days and 3 night, so essentially we had only 2 full days, and those were spent at Universal Studios and the Singapore Zoo.
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| We had a view of the sea with huge ships (much to Solomon's delight) and the beautiful rising sun. |
We stayed at the huge and gorgeous Marina Bay Sands Hotel, on the 32nd floor. The kids wanted to have a swim at the hotel pool on the 57th floor, but we never had the time to spare! It was a whirlwind weekend indeed! We did manage to go up and see the magnificent night view of Singapore though.
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| Sky Park on the 57th floor |
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| Breakfast at the hotel was yummy, with smoked salmon and all... |
Annie and Claire got to sleepover at Ah Bi Ee Ee's house with Kung Kung for a night. After that, cousins Bryan and Ethan had school.
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| This is how you squeeze 4 kids into a room! lol! |
One of the highlights of the trip was the train rides!! :) The MRT might be boring for Singaporeans, but for kids from Kuching, a small town with nary a train in sight, it was an adventure!! They were so fascinated, they didn't even want to sit down!
Will blog about Universal Studios and the zoo in the next post!
Ciao! :)
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