5 Days of Luxurious Singapore

We had many things to buy for our new house. Well it's just an excuse to being a dad to bring the family to Singapore. The family need some time out and I had planned for this holiday for quite a few months now. I purposefully did not book my monthly flights down to Singapore, made some fine hotel arrangements with Helen and organised the dates so Chloe will not miss school and I am able to go to work. We lugged 3 pieces of chrystal salt lamp for Vincent, Alex and Helen - almost close to 60 kgs. Coupled with the baggage for 4 persons, my poor Waja is filled to the brim.

We initially wanted to leave the house on 3am on 10th Oct, 2009 so I could arrive in Singapore and head straight into the office. Chloe was adamant that she could not sleep and neither was Kelly and I. So what the heck, we drove off at 12am and reached Mandarin Oriental Singapore at 4am. Big beautiful room and most of all clean! It was the suite room that had Abby and Chloe running wild and free. Bose speakers and a kick-arse 52" plasma to boot!

Kelly brought the kids to Suntec City andJurong bird park while I was busy with work for the next few days. We bought 4 pairs of Crocs at just SGD99! Talk about cheap!
When we moved to Singapore Marriott for our last 2 days of stay in Orchard Road itself, we are flabbergasted that the Great Singapore Sales is NOT what it used to be. You name the departmental stores, we were there - all the way from Tanglin Mall to Centrepoint. Honestly the discounts is pathetic. We bought nothing much except food and some knick knacks.

We hardly had time to enjoy the Marriott Club Executive Room Lounge and facilities which Helen so painfully arranged for us.

We went to Sentosa, Singapore Zoo and followed-up the same evening with Night Safari. Nothing special. Perhaps Kelly and I have been to all these places before and expected much more. I did hope the 2 girls had fun and they slept in the car whenever time permitted. And Abigail was superb in throwing tantrums throughout th whole trip. Oh, did I mention that all the entrance fees are NIL? Hahah!

Well it still boils down to who you are travelling with and not where you are travelling to. We did enjoyed all the breakfast we had in the hotels, the jolly good food we had in Or Hwu in Yong Peng (juicy pork balls, fookchew fishballs, hokkien mee), the joy of not driving and finding a parking spot, the airconditioned malls and obviously our stay in these 2 top Singapore hotels. Knowing Kelly's standards, her giving me a thumbs up for the hotel room is more than satisfying. I'm saved for now planning the next holiday next year!