Singapore The Lion City

This was my first abroad experience, yeah i came to Singapore in December 28th 2011 at 5.40 am by AirAsia

Singapore is a fine city, yeah you can easily fine the signboard of fine, like throw a rubbish, smoking/drinking/eating in MRT, and it costly like 500-1000 SGD equal 3.500.000-7.000.000 IDR

Beside that, Singapore is neat, clean, and modern. I wasn't wrong choce Singapore as my first destination abroad.

Singapore provides a good transportation which you can access from coast to coast by MRT or Bus.

Everything felt so easy and clearly, so dont worry to get lost. I bought EZ Link Card, the using of this card is to access the MRT, so i bought it from ticket counter in MRT Changi Airport, it costs 12 dollar sorry if i'm mistaken. The MRT just like Bangkok's MRT.

Ez Link card contains 7 dollar from the default. You can top it up, minimum balance for top up is 10 dollar.

Now i was entering the gate, tapped my ez link card to the reader, the screen showed the current balance of card, and the gate was open. And from Changi i was heading to Tanah Merah Station, it just one stop from Changi, and then I was taking to Joo Koon and stop at City Hall Station, and interchange to the read line, and when i got in to the read line, i was taking to Jurong East, and stop to the Orchard Station, it's so easy right?

To get out from the station you need to tap your ez link card, and you balance will be cut off automatically.

Station Orchard itu ramenya ampun-ampunan karna ini famous streetnya Singapore, mal, hotel, dan apartment berjejer disini. Gw lupa keluar di exit nomor brp, yang pasti gw ke arah Tang Plaza, tapi naik eskalatornya ke arah Orchard Road, jgn yang ke Tang Plaza #nyasarKeMall

And yeahh gw menginjakkan kaki di Orchard #katrok!! orang-orang lalu lalang, di street ini dan gw menuju Lucky Plaza, ternyata sebelah Tang Plaza, and Apartmentnya persis dibelakang Lucky Plaza, oh ya sebelumnya gw beli kartu di Airport, starhub, belinya disitu banyak pilihan paket tapi beli yang pulsanya paling minim aja kalo stay di SG untuk 3-4 hari.

Setelah mandi kami pun bergegas keliling Orchard, disini jalanan sepi banget, mobil yang lewat bisa dihitung jari deh, apalagi motornya, karna harga kendaraan di SG mahalnya amit-amitt.

Menyebrang dijalan yang kecil pun tersedia lampu merah pejalan kaki, jadi pejalan kaki sangat dimanjakan di negara ini, kalo pegal bisa pijat gratis di Singapore Visitor Center, menyenangkan ya, disini juga meyediakan free map.

Di Orchard makan di Lucky Plaza karna harganya lumayan murah dibandingkan makan di Mal tentunya, variasanya sangat beragam tetapi banyak jg makanan yang ga Halal jadi buat yang muslim pinter" milih aja.

setelah makan kami berfoto-foto disekitar Orchard sambil membeli ice cream seharga 1 dolllar, bisa milih pake Roti ato Cone pilihan rasa beragam.

Oh ya Lucky Plaza itu kaya ITC, jual elektronik, emas, coklat, bermacam-macam deh, di depannya banyak toko juga kaya Giordano dan Bossini, disini ada minuman KOI kaya Chatime sejenis bubble drink, Singaporean rela antre berjam-jam demi bubble tea ini!

Setelah itu gw ke Bugis Junction turun di MRT Bugis, disini salah satu pusat belanja di Singapore, jalan yang sempit dan ramai pengunjung, kebayakan sih jualan barang-barang cewe dan souvenir, disini gw beli gantungan kunci karna fix price dan lumayan murah juga.

and then melanjutkan ke Chinatown, disini gw nyobain Mie Singapore, menyusuri chinatown, foto-foto, menurut gw chinatown disini not really special, terus kami balik ke Apartment di Orchard, malam hari Orchard Road bagus karna dateng pas habis natal, jadi jalanan dihiasin dengan nuansa natal.

to be continued