Day 2: Sentosa

I woke up with running nose. Mukhang sinipon ako sa Jack Daniels ah. Haha! When I got up, Ed was already awake. He asked me to go with him to the nearby grocery. Since Mark was still asleep, it was just the two of us.

I finally saw prices for food inside the grocery. Mahal talaga. From the chips to the vegetables to the meat. I also saw how much the liquors were! Akala ko exag lang si Ed nung sinabi niya na mahal ang alak! Grabe, MAHAL talaga! Yung Jack Daniel dun, 89 SD! Eh yung nabili ko sa Duty Free, 39 SD lang! AND, mas malaki yung binili ko ah! Grabe! Hehe!

After grocery, Ed and I ate breakfast at Long John Silvers. I treated him this time. Sayang at wala si Mark.

After breakfast, Ed and I went back. Rix texted and told us na susunod nalang daw siya later since sabog pa siya. Hehehe.

Back at home, the four of us (including Jayson) had lunch. A little later and we're off to Sentosa!

Now this is the first time I get to ride the MRT. Sobrang linis! And there's no pesky security guards to check you out before you go inside. I think part ng awareness ng mga tao yung pagiging vigilant, like reporting something kaagad when they notice something suspicious, so mababa ang crime rate at hindi na kailangan ng security sa lahat ng sulok ng stations. Hehe.

Ed asked me to bring along my PSP since its gonna be a 30 minute ride. We played NBA Live along the way. Haha! All the while, I thought Ed stopped playing his PSP. Ayun pala, he brings his PSP over everytime he goes to work! Haha! And we had a great game. It was Lakers vs. Rockets. Ed smashed me in the get go, at tambak ako ng more than 20 points. Buti nalang naka-adapt ako immediately sa game, thanks to fixing the camera angle! Haha! Naging close fight with Kobe scoring most of the points. I got under a point, pero Ed proved to be the better player! Araw araw na atang minaster yun! Hehehe! Ang galing eh! ;p

Before we knew it, we're already at Harbour Front, the last station. Sengkang, where Ed and Mark live, was the 2nd to the last station on the other side. So the whole trip was like going from our very own Q.Ave station towards the Taft station. Only that the places were much far away in SG. Ed and Mark ride towards Harbour Front every time they go to work.

Also, there was a mall connected to the station. Isa pa pala yun. Almost every MRT station has a mall inside! Sosyal! Hehe!

There were three options to go towards Sentosa. Either MRT, cable car, or a bus. I wanted cable car sana pero its too expensive at 20 SD. So we took the Sentosa MRT nalang. It was a short trip. About 5 minutes siguro.

I think its Jayson and/or Mark's first time to Sentosa too. Kwento raw nila, trabaho-uwi ang routine nila everyday since mahal nga raw ang gastusin. Since minsan lang naman, at kasi andito kami ni Rix, ngayon na rin daw sila lumalabas.

So back to Sentosa, the first noteworthy view we saw was the LARGE Merlion! I think its Singapore's most symbolic icon (the large lion head). At first, I was asking them what the other people found interesting at a bunch of pink cow figures that they kept taking pictures of it. Once I shifted my view upwards, grabe! Yung Merlion pala! Hahahaha! At ang ganda nga. I snapped many pictures of it! ;p

Browsing around, we saw a garden part where many notes were tied around the tree branches. It was a wishing place! The other part, some place with Indian props, complete with a tent! Haha!

Proceeding upwards, we saw the Images of Singapore building. I think its a museum or something. Never went inside though kasi may bayad! Hahaha!

We proceeded to the Luge and Skyride. Enjoy ito! Haha! The Luge is like a kart style where you hold into a steering lever. You pull it to break, and let it go to continue sliding down. And of course, you can steer it to go left or right. The whole course is downhill as to let the kart slide down. Ingenious.

So we queued up. Surprisingly, the ticket booth girl was a Filipina. Nagulat ako na biglang tinagalog ni Ed! Hahaha!

What we took nga pala was the Luge+Skyride combo. We ride the Luge downhill, then take the Skyride upward to return.

The Luge was fun! Those three guys really drove fast! Hahaha! Ako naman mabagal lang kasi baka sumemplang ako! Hahaha! In the end, a camera will take your pictures so you can see it, and if you like, buy it as a souvenir. Nung tinignan namin yung pic, nakakatawa yung mukha ni Ed! Nakakagat talaga sa labi, parang kinareer talaga yung race! Hahaha! ;p

I'm gonna post it here once Ed gets it scanned! ;)

Now that we're below, we're gonna take the Skyride to go up again. Grabe, ang ganda ng view! I think it was 5pm that time and the sun was still shining bright. Parang 3pm lang! Hehe! The view at the beach was great!

I didn't know Mark had a fear of heights! Hehehe! Pulang pula talaga yung kamay niya sa higpit ng hawak sa railing! Hahaha!

After those rides, we took a break and ate Pizza. Since may colds ako, I can't really taste it. Badtrip. So I just took one slice! Haha!

After eating, we took a free bus ride to go down to Sentosa beach. We browsed around, taking pictures. This is when my camera batt died down. Pfft. We used Ed's camera instead. Grabe, ang daming foreigners. I think this beach was man made. It looked artificial, pero still a nice view. There's even a beach part there called Palawan! Rip off! Haha!

After that, we proceeded to the Underwater World. Its a museum for fishes. As usual, state of the art ang equipments nila like aquariums and the likes. Notable fishes that we saw there were the stingrays, the SHARKS, the jellyfishes (which changes colors), and that cute crab I saw. Some of the aquariums also allows you to touch and feed the fishes. Great stuff.

Once we got out of the Underwater World, we called it a day. It's time to go back home. Before we left the Sentosa area, we saw the recently concluded Sounds of the Sea. Never got to watch it though. Mga 9pm na kami nakauwi. I was so tired that I started dozing off. Rica arrived around 10pm na. I took a shower and proceeded to sleep.