Feeling: Relaxed
Weather: Neutral
Listening To: One Republic- Secrets
OK, I am going to segment my posts into each day instead, due to the amount of photos and the potential lengthiness :P It also makes filtering and processing the photos easier for me, too D: So here begins day 1 out of 5!
It all began a few days before the trip…
She’s making a list… she’s checking it twice…
Yeah, my list for the last-minute stuff that needs to be packed, which I wrote and posted 2 days before the actual trip :P The rest are all already packed into my suitcase and train case already XD I pride myself in being an efficient packer :D
On the 17th August 2010, Tuesday, dearest Louis, Mum and me left home towards Singapore with my car (The 2006 Honda Jazz VTEC) at almost 10.30 a.m.. There wasn’t much photos of the journey there as I mainly spent my time asleep and my LX3 camera was in dearest’s backpack in the back seat, which I was too lazy to retrieve :x
We adjourned at Malacca briefly for lunch before continuing our journey. Dearest chose to use the Tuas checkpoint, and handled all the immigration stuff since he’s used to it- travelling to Singapore every few months with one of his bosses for business/work, although it’s usually a one day trip :P We passed by without any problems…
… And here we are, finally, welcome to Singapore! Although this photo was taken somewhat further into Singapore from the Tuas checkpoint already since I decided to retrieve my LX3 camera >_> It kind of reminds me of Penang, especially it’s industrial area (Bayan Lepas) since it was all also industrial areas, factories and greenery @_@ And look at the fonts on the road signs, it’s so different from the ones we have in Malaysia XD
It was about 3 p.m. (If I remembered correctly) when we arrived… and it was raining :(
Not only are their road sign fonts different… the underground passes are different too! It’s half covered, and half-exposed! Mind-blowing I tell you XD
We arrived at our hotel- Fragrance Hotel Selegie, located on Selegie Road and checked in. We booked the family room… but don’t be deceived by the photo- our room looked exactly like the one photographed (Although the mirror and vanity was in between the two beds and the windows were at the feet of the beds)… except that it was all. There is just enough leg room at the feet of the beds for people to walk past and that’s it. No wardrobe, no space for your clothes and/or luggage. The bathroom was practically one huge shower stall- the toilet, sink and shower were all cramped into the space, but it was clean (Phew!) at least.
Seeing such small space, we thought of getting an upgrade, but the executive deluxe room only had bed space for two and there were no extra beds or mattresses, although it was marginally bigger. Bummer >_> It took some time getting used to the hotel room due to its superiorly small size but otherwise, it was pretty good. The hotel was very clean, the staff rather friendly, the beds comfortable (Although their pillows were flatter than what dearest and I are accustomed to, though, which resulted in neck pains) and the location was quite good and convenient as well :D
Oh well, we dumped our luggage into our allocated room and got comfortable (For me this usually means taking out my toiletries and skincare stuff and arranging them in the bathroom and on the vanity), then when Mum confirmed that she didn’t want to rest for a while (Dearest was concerned that she was tired, and thought of letting her, as well as us, rest a while before going off) we decided to walk to Orchard Road :D Initially we thought of going for the Night Safari, but didn’t want to rush too much and tire ourselves out.
