Day 2: Singapore - Sentosa Island

Well I am back! Its been hard finding time to write on the blog as we have been on the go since we got here. Since Hege had congratulated me on my attentiveness I would feel bad if I didn't keep it up.

This morning we woke up at 8am Singapore time. Which meant by going to bed at 4am we only go 4 hours sleep. And we felt great! We attributed this to jetgain (the opposite ofjetlag).

So off we went for a walk to find some breakfast. After venturing through the streets of Singapore we found a food court (or a Hawker Centre as it is called here). The choice and variety was amazing and the low prices just as attractive. We all decided to buy food from this one store. To our surprise the whole amount came up to $6.50 SGD (approx. $4.00AUD). This was impressing us. We then decided to indulge in some fresh fruit juice which was just like Boost Juice back home but only cheaper and without wheatgrass or fancy names. I had a pure mango juice, Pettsy had an orange juice and Asher had a juice made out of beetroot, celery and carrot. This only cost us $5.00 SGD all up. Bargain.

On the way back to the hostel Asher and I had to go buy some boardies as we had forgotten to bring them. Well not forgotton but just didn't think they were necessary since most of our time would be spent in cold blistering temperatures of Europe. Anyway, it turns out we bought female ones even though Pettsy had warned us many times whilst we were looking in the store.

Why were we buying boardies? Today we were going to Sentosa. An island just off Singapore full of attractions, live shows and beaches. It was easy getting there as my Uncle had driven us. After paying $2 admission fee we were on the island.

The first attraction we saw was "Images of Singapore". Here we learnt all about the history of Singapore and it allowed us to understand why this country was so multicultural. It gave us some background as to what we were going to be experienced for the rest of our time here. No doubt something interesting would happen at this attraction. And it did. Pettsy had decided to ask a girl to marry him where by she responded with "Really?". Asher then replied with "Yes, we'll take you back to Australia". Although Pettsy and Asher thought she was impressed I think she was a little bit scared. Besides I think she was 16.

Other attractions and rides we went to included:

1. The Luge - A down hill ride on a luge. I took my little 2 year old cousin with me and he loved it!
2. Cinebuzz - This was a ride in a cinema that is similar to the Bat ride at Movieworld. A little bit of a waste of money.
3. The Light Show - This was amazing and worth the money (my mum actually paid for all of us, hahaha). It was a show at night which used lights to create pictures and animations. Hopefully if we can download photos and videos I will be able to upload these to blog later.

By the end of our time at Sentosa we were stuffed. So we all went back to my Uncle's place and had a few drinks. With a little bit of help from the beer we got ourselves into a bit of Karaoke. Even Pettsy got into it with a bit of Britney Spear's, "Oops I did it again".

After a few tunes we went back to the family Hostel. At this time, around 1am in the morning, Asher decided he was hungry. So off we went for a grease down. What could have taken us 10 minutes took us an hour to find some food. With our curious minds we thought we'd go find 'Little India', an area similar to China Town in Brisbane but of India. So off we went venturing down dark alleys passing a few food places but none up to the standards. So 40 minutes later we decide to walk back. We ended up having McDonalds which was only 500 metres down from the Hostel.

With tiredness setting in, Pettsy and Asher decided to have a debate whilst eating Maccas. Things were getting pretty heated up before I attempted to calm the situation but instead ended up debating as well. In the end I think we all agreed to disagree.

The beds were very inviting by the time we go back. It was definitely time for sleep.
Tim