Uniquely Singapore

I was sent to Singapore for training by my company right after my Hong Kong trip. Of course, nothing comes cheaply. This training bonded me to this company for 1 year. Well this is not the first time I been to Singapore, but it can be classified as the longest time for me to spend my time in Singapore for 2 weeks.

I took full advantage of this training trip to visit the famous places that I missed out during my previous visits. Pei Quan, visited me during the weekend and hence we can "paktor" there.

We went to The Fountain of Wealth located at Suntec City, City Hall. Fountain of Wealth a.k.a "财富之泉" is listed by the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 as the largest fountain in the world.

Next, we go to the Singapore Flyer. Singapore Flyer is walking distance away from the Fountain of Wealth. Young people like us prefer to walk as it can keep us slim! Alternatively, you can take a cab to the Fyler as well, but of course you need to pay.

There are totally 28 capsules on the Flyer. Normally, it took about 30 minutes to complete one rotation. Consequently, the price to get onto the Flyer is not cheap for people like us. We just hanged around there and took some photos to mark our presence to this tourism spot in Singapore.


We headed east towards Marina Bay to view the City Skyline of Singapore. It is abt 1km away from the flyer. The iconic statue of Singapore - The Merlion is located there too. I would say that, the view is magnificent. You see wall to wall skyscrappers. It is definitely comparable to the Avenue of Stars in Hongkong. "Whoo~~!, Woooww..!" can be heard around when you visit this place.

While waiting for the sun to set, we went to The Esplanade a.k.a. The Theatres on the Bay. It is a "durian" shape building. It's main purpose is to act as the centre for arts performing for the island nation of Singapore.

We visited inside, and the pic below is one of the master piece of artwork, where the artist uses hoola-hooks from various colours and to form a background bringing sense of youthfulness and unity.

The sun sets, and the moon rises. We went back to the bay and capture the night view of Singapore.

The sunset view of Singapore.

The Merlion

Our sweet moments
The Fullerton Hotel
Amazing!

Visiting Singapore, Orchard Road would be a must visit place for both of us. As christmas is around the corner, we can see the decorations is starting to blossom over in Singapore.

A Christmas tree is made up of colorful bears.

Christmas tree at Vivo City.

Live to eat; Eat to Live!

There is a lot of nice food around Singapore. A place where you get nice sushi in Singapore with a fair price would be Sakae Sushi. Sakae Sushi in Singapore offers more varieties of sushi compared to its franchise in Malaysia.

The Salmon is very fresh; Unagi is very fleshy; Sakae sushi is very tasty!

If you like to eat some spice and sourly cuisines, Bali Thai would be a good choice. Person like me who doesn't like spicy food also give two thumbs up after visited this restaurant. A must try when you visit this place would be the Seafood Tom Yam and it's Pineapple Rice.

When you ask citizens in Singapore where you can get good Chinese Dim Sums, they would recommend Ding Tai Fung. Normally, you will need to wait and queue to be seated. So, if you are rushing for time, it is better for you to make a reservation.

There is another place for you to get nice Asian cuisines with affordable price, that is The Asian Kitchen. The dessert is mouth watering!

For western food lovers, Fig & Olive provides the Mediterranean cuisines. The tuna filled kebab and it's fish with butter rice is not to be missed!

Day 7 - Macau

Today will be our second last day in Hong Kong. So, Macau will be our target today. We bought of ferry tickets at China Ferry Terminal located on TST waterfront alongside Harbour City. For more information on the tickets you can click here .

Looking excited after we purchase the ticket.

The journey lasted about 1 hour and finally we reached. The first stop we went was The Venetian. The Venetian is one of Asia's most exciting entertainment destinations and preeminent convention and exhibition venues. Large enough to hold ninety Boeing 747 jumbo jets, nowhere else in Asia will you find such a rare combination of facilities, attractions and amenities than at this 3,000 suite flagship property.



As the name called Venetian, there is a small Venice built inside! It provides Gondola rides too.


It's us posing with one of the great architure in Venetian. The lion is actually the symbol of the Venetian!


It's almost lunch time and I had a plate of Portugese Curry Rice whereas my gf had a bowl of fried curry mee. Macau is famous for it's portugese food. However for me, I still prefer those in Malaysia.


Next up would be shopping time for us. There were many bakery shops around Macau. One of the famous is Choi Heong Yuen. I found out that most of the locally produced food are quite normal. It was window shopping for us.


After that, we went to finish one of the old churches in Macau - St. Dominic Church. St. Dominic's Church was renovated in 1997 and opened to the public with a museum, on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor. The museum shows paintings, sculptures and liturgical ornaments that illustrate the history of the Roman Catholic church in Asia.




Walking further deeper into the streets, we saw crowds packed up in front of a shop. What's happening I wondered? Oh, we are now outside of Macau famous souveniers shop - Pastelaria Koi Kei.


We could find varieties of Macau locally produced food in this shop. They have one principal - Try before you buy. We did get some dry food for us to bring back to Malaysia.

Portugese egg tart sold outside Koi Kei. I would give 101% for this. Absolutely brilliant!

Besides that you could find shops or stalls selling various of local delicacies.


Next we made our way towards St Paul Cathedral the famous landmark in Macau. On 1835, a fire burned it to the ground and hence leaving only the facade the staircase and portions of a wall. Be sure to visit this place in Macau.


After that, our next destination was Grand Lisboa. Macau Grand Lisboa Hotel, is an iconic building set in the heart of Macau, is a testament to extraordinary elegance. With its distinctive location and architectural design, 12 acclaimed restaurants and 24-hour entertainment, the Grand Lisboa has truly earned its reputation as one of Asia's finest casino hotel.


The lobby is well designed and decorated and gave a classy feel.





Next, we visited Macau's standing lotus flower located on the Lotus Square. The lotus flower, which is in full bloom, symbolizes the everlasting prosperity of Macau.



Right opposite lotus square is Macau Fisherman Wharf. It is a theme park that combines top-flight entertainment, accommodation, fine dining, retail, convention and exhibition facilities.

There is a Roman Amphitheatre built inside as well.




Behind us is the twin fumaroles, 40m high manmade volcano towers over the shoreline to form the most eye-catching icon of Macau.

From here we could see the ferry terminal too.

Sky got darker, we left Macau at about 6.30pm and reached Hong Kong at about 7.30pm.

We ended our day having dinner at New Island Cafe. We ordered a plate of Szechuan fish ball soup with mee and a glass of soya with cincau. Well, it tasted ok for me. The good part is, it is enough for 2.