SINGAPORE (Backpackers Diary) Part 2

 

Selamat Hari Raya uolls.Tahun ni masih pegang status single ke korang? Ke dah beraya berdua, bertiga & berempat? I masih lagi jaguh bertahan single di hari raya dan masih dapat duit raya~ doa-doakan lah rezeki jodoh saya ye.

Bersambung di part 2 kisah SG, jom terjah next destination : Changi International Airport.

Al kisah selepas kami penat discover Arab street dan Bugis street sekitar pukul 1.30pm, we caught an East-West Line (EWL in green line) train at peak hours from Bugis station and changed platforms at Tanah Merah St to Changi Airport.

                                                  

The EWL train will directly to Changi Airport and took around 30@40 minutes to get there if you start from Bugis - only cost 2$.Train waiting time pun tak lama jika terlepas, less than 5mins next train sudah sampai. Sementara itu boleh la melihat kehidupan seharian warga local rushing mengejar hal ehwal dunia. 

People around 50-60 y/o still working. I guess Singapore is indeed an expensive country to live in.

Mrt platform dah connect dengan Changi Airport T2, so exit bersama-sama warga kota naik escalator ke Terminal 2. Banyak duty free shop di Terminal 2, Ain meracun Sam & I untuk try Kenangan Coffee. Alasannya nak mengimbau kenangan lama but for us mehh. My kenangan latte costs 6.5$...this one better be kenangan terindah or kenangan abadi ==' a bit pricey if you rajin nak convert- dah level Starbies coffee.

The coffee originated locally from Indonesia. Their signatures are Kenangan Latte and Avocado Coffee. The latte is so sweet and milky compared to our latte, if you guys have a sweet tooth this one is for you. Serius sedap. Sam picked iced mocha and Ain always gets her Americano~

Skytrain terminal di Level 2 T2, kena jalan depan sikit selepas booth Kenangan Coffee. Sumpah mula-mula I blur dengan route skytrain bcos first time naik. Less than 5 mins dah sampai Terminal 1, kami memang dah lapar teruk masa ni so we were headed straight away to staff canteen airport. 

Ramai orang dekat departure/arrival side, Ain dah nampak I lost (punca lapar) tak jumpa staff canteen terus dia pergi tanya di Information counter. We complete each other gituu, I memang jarang nak minta tolong unless dah blur terox. Travel with buddies-yang dah kenal since Form 4 banyak hikmahnya - I lebih mendalami diri sendiri.lol

Staff canteen ni macam foodcourt & the price for public/staff berbeza but still murahh. I bought Chinese chicken rice for just 4.8$ and a portion besar sangat. At that moment, just a few halal shops were available for us but that's fine. They were using green plates & cutleries to differentiate between halal & non-halal. Siap ada logo halal Muis.

Literally holding back my tears bcos 'our ringgit currency rate keeps on going down'.huhu

Okay back to our main interest - JEWEL. I tak jumpa entrance to Jewel Mall, maka Sam & Ain hanya membuntuti kemana sahaja kaki yayadoe melangkah.

Almost sesat nak cari skytrain untuk ke Jewel rainforest waterfall. Sam dan Ain pandang aku pelik kenapa kena datang airport nak tengok waterfall??? Itulah orang suruh study dulu before trip taknak!

Sejenak daku refresh IQ system after mentekedarah nasi ayam sgd, baru lahh paham the route. Rupanya from T1 kena jalan kaki sepanjang 1km, approximately 10mins walk to the connecting route (link bridge) ala-ala jejantas T20 untuk masuk ke mall JEWEL.

Tapi kami sudah penat nak jalan so we took a T1 Skytrain to Terminal 3, then from point B (T3)  to point E (T2) akan ada skytrain untuk merentasi kedalam JEWEL mall. 

Ohhh woww...amazed sangat view dari dalam skytrain. Diorg yang paling excited dalam skytrain sampai taknak turun. Ulang skytrain route T3-T2 sampai 4x beb sebab benda free bak kata sam.

Ini pula view dari luar train, so siapa yang transit more than 3 hours boleh habiskan tenaga dekat sini. Kitorg hanya naik skytrain je nak jimat masa dan tenaga gitu.

Back to Terminal 2, ada banyak activities dekat ini untuk korg yang transit 3 jam ke atas.  The Wonderfall display setinggi 14 meter berada di departure hall T2 untuk korg ootd, Dreamscape berkonsepkan 'digital sky' garden untuk korg yang masih dalam fasa healing , ada juga TV lounge untuk melepak, Flap Pix ni unik sangat pls google sendiri, & others exhibitions. We also found a playground with a giant funko pop-up merch to explore. No wonder Changi Airport won the best airport in the world gituuu. 1000000% setuju.

Healing di tepian sungai temasik

Next, we headed back to the city untuk ke Merlion Park, so we dropped off EWL at Raffles Place st. Keluar ikut pintu Exit H dan terus follow the crowd to riverside area. Actually laluan ni paling dekat untuk ke Merlion Park, jalan kaki dalam 10mins je. Tapi disebabkan banyak spot ootd kitorg spend 30mins tau baru sampai Merlion Park.HAHA 

Jambatan untuk menyeberang singapore river. Masa ni cuaca mendung so memang tenang je jalan walaupun penat.

My energy waktu ni dah tinggal 30%.

 Pakcik Stamford Raffles was convincing the Temasik's people to accept his colonial ideas & promises to enhance the village's port into a modern urban structure trading port and expand it into the busiest port worldwide. #sebabbolehdik

Selepas cross Fullerton road, akhirnya sampai juga di Merlion jetty area around 5pm. Gambar sini wajib snap tanda hadir. The view  from Merlion berlatar kan Marina Bay Sands & ArtScience museum yang sangat urban-moden city. Masa ni kami dah barai tapi semangat masih membara. Nasib kaki I masih bagi kerjasama walaupun muka penat tu jelas terpapar.

A few steps to the right boleh nampak the most famous monument landmark in SG - Merlion. A must go to visit walaupun seperti jangkaan ramai, the place was congested with tourists yang bermacam gaya. Entahlaa bagi I, everyone was so happy and considerate to each other at the nice spots area. After scrolling down the photos gallery, I decided untuk letak gambar Merlion Si Singa-separuh ikan ni je sebab muka I macam tak excited@ mehh-underated-sangat. sumpah aku happy. HAHA

As usual, Si Yayadoe terpaling multitasking in everything - boleh jadi photographer, videographer, tourist guide, translator dan juga porter beg rakan-rakan. Untung bakal suami saya~

 Walaupun dikelilingi hiruk pikuk manusia namun yayadoe tetap enjoy her own delulu bubble. Menghayati keindahan alam.

Cuaca mendung sebelah petang, memang damai & tenang je jiwa nak sambung heret kaki untuk ke next place. Stay tune with my next huruhara@ bebels!

With love & Eid Mubarak.

Yaya doe