Ion Orchard and dining at Ion Food Opera

It's our last full meal in Singapore. My son explored Bugis Junction mall while me and my husband decided to go back earlier at Funan mall and Ion Orchard. After exploring Ion Orchard and Wisma Astria we decided eat lunch at Ion's food hall at the basement. We will miss this authentic dish that's why we ordered Hainanese Roasted and steamed chicken rice. 

dining at Rasapura Masters Marina Bay Sands

After window shopping at the Marina Bay Sands shoppes, we indulged ourselves in Rib Eye steak, Seafood Penne and Grilled Salmon at the food court  of Marina Bay Sands known as the Rasapura Masters. It was yum!

Mustafa and Funan Mall

I asked my boys to visit this malls once more. I enjoyed going to these places last 2010 kaya I went them to experience it too.

Mustafa mall for our pasalubongs...

Gardens by the Bay

If there's one thing that I want to explore on my second visit in SG, this is Gardens by the Bay. I love plants and for me this is the best venue for me to indulge myself into. We went here after our Rasapura lunch. It was midday and the heat was a little unbearable. I wanted to visit the Cloud and Flower domes but my boys were tired from all the walking. So, we just visited the Super trees. 

Suuuuper ganda!

Fatbird at Bugis

Famished, we explored the nearby streets of our hotel for dinner. We never thought that a lot of eating joints are just a three minute walk. It was a Friday kaya maraming lumalabas. Ang daming magagandang kotse ang dumadaan. Lamborghini, Benz, Masseratis, etc. Kinikilig ang asawa kong mahilig sa kotse.

Anyway, we can't decide where to eat. We wanted something different. My son is a picky eater, I guess ako din. Food is expensive here in SG, kaya it's fine that we pay a little higher but we want to make sure that we'll enjoy it.

Universal Studios Singapore + Sentosa + LUGE + Merlion

We booked online at Asiatravel.com and paid SG$66 each with free food voucher for SG$5. After purchasing EZ link cards, we rode the MRT from Bugis and a Resorts World bus to Sentosa. Went to the Kiosk #9 to exhange our printed receipt for our USS tickets.

My boys rode the Transformers ride without me. Yes, not a fan. I chose to make gala and people watched while they queue for an hour. This is my second time here in SG, so not that excited na as it was the first time. Anyway, they enjoyed naman daw.

On the little red dot

Touchdown, Singapore! We arrived at little past seven. Immigration line was loooong. Initially, we want to ride the MRT to the hotel, pero sa pagod at dami ng dala namin, we changed our mind. We went to the taxi bay, lo and behold ang haba din ng pila! After 45 minutes, we're cruising the super clean highways of Singapore na. Love, love the green path streets of SG! Nakikita mo agad how they value nature at ang urban planning. Pinag-isipan talaga. How we wish this is the same with Manila. Collective sigh kami lagi buong pamilya thinking about this.

arrival, departure

This trip is memorable for my family because this will be our first out of the country trip with our son. He was only three years old when my husband and I went to Hongkong August of 1996. Through the years, it's either me or my husband ang nagbibiyahe internationally. Locally, we have countless trips.

As I've said, this is a graduation gift. I booked last November as soon as I knew that he'll be graduating that semester. Overjoyed, I mistakenly booked on the same days that the Pope will be in the Philippines. Honest mistake talaga.