4/28/15 - Singapore 2015 (Day 3)

Here's day 3 of my trip to SG. Day 2 recap here.

I woke up early to visit the PAL Ticket office in SG. Fortunately, I found the directions from the website and found out that it was not so far from the hostel area.

I went there first thing in the morning since I had plans throughout the day. I was able to talk to the ticket lady and got myself waitlisted for at least 3 more flights including the weekends. My ticket is open-dated so I ca actually extend my stay. Though it would mean that I would have to take an absence in work but it's alright.

I walked my way to Bras Basah where the Singapore Art Museum is located. My friend suggested me to check it out.

The entrance fee is around 10 sgd. It had good art pieces on display.However, I was quite disappointed that my timing was off as there were a lot of installations ongoing while I was there which means some of the gallery were not yet ready and I didn't get to see all of the exhibit. It was still fascinating to see all the artworks on display.It makes me wonder why I've never really explored museums in the Philippines or perhaps there aren't as many to go to.

I finished quite early and I got to walk towards Suntec and Marina Square mall which I intended to see initially. I bought a CD from HMV before leaving the area.

I decided to go to Chinatown and have lunch there. There were plenty of people everywhere so I had nowhere else to eat but in Subway in one of the establishments in the area.

I roamed around the streets of Chinatow afterwards and found many cheap items that could be bought as gifts. I would have bought some but I already bought some gifts the day before. I also didn't want to have plenty of carriage with me.

I was meeting up with my friend at around 3pm so I took the MRT going to Harbourfront/Vivo City where we will proceed to Sentosa after.

My friend was late so I had time to walk around the mall and look around. When my friend showed up, he suggested to take the tram instead of walking the boardwalk since it would be more convenient and the ticket wasn't so expensive.

After arriving at Sentosa, we immediately took plenty of pictures allover. We didn't really have enough money to go inside Universal Studios but we still had plenty of things to see outside. The attractions were quite expensive so we didn't get to avail them as well but we did take the Skyline and Luge ride where we had to ride a go-kart and head to the beaches. The beach was amazing considering that it was man-made. The water isn't so clear though but it was a good place to chill. It even drizzled a bit but it stopped shortly after.

We left Sentosa early and decided to meetup again later for dinner.

I promised him a dinner treat as my farewell treat before I leave. We ate at a restaurant at a mall in Sengkang. I forgot the name but it was a upper end cafe. Our dinner almost failed since he planned to work on his photos while working but the cafe told us they didn't offer wi-fi.My friend had to use the wifi on his phone instead. 

We both had pasta for food and we got to talk about random as well as personal stuff. It was a good conversation to end the night and the whole day as well.

At that point, I didn't feel like leaving SGyet and continued to hope that I would get confirmed on a flight to a different day.

I continued going back to the Mustafa centre at midnight just for some alone time before finally deciding to call it a day.