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Monday, May 15, 2006

Yesterday i had a wonderful time at Sentosa!! Heehee..

My mom got free tickets for the admission to Sentosa and a few of the attractions for 8 people.. And its Mother's Day mah... So i accompanied my mom to enjoy herself lor... Haha.. of cos not just my mom and i go la.. These are the 9 people who went - my mom, me, my aunt, my cousin and her husband and daughter and mom, and her mom's sister.. and Huiting who is my tuition student.. but actually is more like my friend or sister la.. recently we got really close cos we studied toegther during exams.. (baby Yoko didnt need tickets.. so the 8 set of tickets were enough)

Travelling in a big group is really not easy wor.. especially with a 1 and a half year old baby around.. Well.. but that's the fun part.. all the talking.. all the noise and all.. It makes the trip bustling with activity.. fun fun Fun!!

Because of the free tickets.. we got to go to almost every attraction in Sentosa.. one thing cos we didnt have to think about the cost so we just keep going to the attractions.. even if for those that were not free we still went without feeling that we are wasting money.. cos we know we have already saved a lot!! Haha.. and the best thing is at those places that were FOC.. we didnt have to queue at all!! That saved us plenty of time lor.. thats why we could go to almost every place in Sentosa!

These are the places we went in chronological order -
Dolphin Lagoon, Underwater World / Palawan Beach
Lunch at Chinese restaurant
Cinemania
The Merlion
Images of Singapore
Carlsberg Sky Tower
Sentosa Luge & Skyride
Musical Fountain

Yeap... this is to give you a gist of how many places we went! And therefore how tired i was at the end of the day! Haha..

Me, Huiting and my mom didnt go to the Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon.. Cos we go before not long ago only lor.. For me it was just last year during the Field Studies module when we went together with the Malaysians.. And actually there really nothing much to see there la.. Many many years ago it was like WOOOOWWW.. but now its no big deal cos many countries have better aquariums.. So the 3 of us went Palawan beach and took lotsa photos! Haha.. many are super candid ones.. I shall post them up soon.. hehee..

My personal favourite was the the stimulator ride at Cinemania... Its the kind you look at the big screen and you can feel like you are really going on a rollar coaster ride cos your seat will move to stimulate that feeling.. You know wad i am talking about rite.. Damn hard to describe la.. haha.. Basically its very shiok ah! Its really a luxury for lousy people like me who dun dare to sit on a real rollar cosater.. hahaha.. this is a good alternative... Can feel the thrill but still feel safe.. cos the seat may feel like it has moved a mile but actually it didnt leave ground at all.. haha..

My next favourite was the Sentosa Luge.. hmm.. i dunno how to describe this also leh.. Its a small little thing you sit on.. then you slide down a slope on it.. Haha.. You get wad i mean? haha.. nvm.. GO AND TRY IT LA! Its so exciting!! But i think it needs practice before your whole trip down can be perfectly smooth and fast.. eh.. or is it just me.. Anyway.. Im terrible at steering la.. I cant judge turns.. dunno when to start turning and how much to turn.. Damn lousy hor.. Once i steered into the grass and stop dead... My mom and aunt could do better.. boohoohoo.. STOP LAUGHING at me! Bleah.. i really worry about my driving lessons thats gonna start in June......

My third favourite is the musical fountain.. The show is called "Sentosa Magical show"... Got this newly created icon called the... Sentosa magical monkey.. or wad.. i think.. Its a adorable bubbly colourful monkey.. which was the main character in the laser show and also appear in various souvenirs that was sold at the venue.. little kiddy backpacks ah.. soft toys ah.. key chains ah.. wadever.. to suck the money out of tourists de la.. haha.. but then i admit the little kiddy bag is really cute.. If i got daughter i would definitely buy for her.. haha.. Well anyway, the show was fabulous! Not only got the usual water sprouting everywhere and dancing to the music.. there's also a laser show that tells a story.. there's also fire sprouting out of the water too! Its REAL HOT fire balls lor.. that shoot out of the pond in front of the stage.. me and Huiting were sitting at first row only.. could even feel the heat from the fire balls.. 'cool' man..

Basically by the end of the day we were all darn tired... and i think i shall not continue talking about all the attractions else im becoming like the Sentosa ambassador employed by STB! hahaha... but it was real fun la.. i think STB has done a good job.. despite all the renovations and the monorail is off service.. there were still many tourists and even Singaporeans there.. Well.. it came to me as a surprise actually.. haha.. ooppss.. Not that i look down on Sentosa's charm.. but i used to think its quite boring.. but now i think its worth a trip down.. especially if its largely freeeeeeeeeee! Haha.. yar.. you should go one day if you haven gone for a long time. =)

___* flyy aaaaaawayz *___ 8:35 PM

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