Uniquely Singapore: Day 1 Touchdown

Oct 20, 2009 by Chubs    3 Comments    Posted under: Travel

We arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 shortly after 11:00 AM. We checked-in our baggage and after some minor drama we barely made it to the plane. The plane ride in was a bit bumpy. There was quite a bit of turbulence. The flight felt like an eternity! Aside from the noisy couple who had a friend come over every time the fasten your seatbelt sign was lifted their kid either kept shouting at such a high pitch that those should be banned within any confined space. The friend of the couple on the other hand kept blabbering about the most inane things. Little bits of conversation I picked was…

Guy 1: “so sandali lang ako eh. 5 days. tapos lipat na naman. buti nga nakapagleave eh.”

Girl1: “talaga? Daan ka lutuan mo naman ako!”

Guy1: ” Sige!”

Singapore!

I mean the plane didn’t have the largest cabin space and they had loud voices.  With the kid crying and shouting at me or rather us to break our sleep, the 3 1/2 hour flight felt like an eternity. Did I mention I wanted to smack the kid for waking me up at least 3 times by shouting?

Terminal

We finally touched down at SG and were greeted by the CM Hui Wen! We took a cab to our hotel located in Little India. It was the Perak Lodge at Perak St! We quickly unloaded and headed on over to our office. The building was the most modern looking in the entire neighborhood. Boss Ming’s family owned the building. We were introduced to our fellow Nuffies, Raine, Wen, Elise, Robb, and of course the Ripplewerkz people Lionel and our fellow Pinoy Mark. Ming quickly asked us to talk to Mark in tagalog which we gladly obliged.

Nuffnang SG Office

Ming took us out for dinner. For the food the shots I will be posting them on Foodie Manila.

After eating, Ming took us for a drive through Orchard road. The malls looked so…. expensive. Oh did I mention I’ve never seen so many Mercedez Benz S and C class cars as well as Porsche’s, Volvos, Audi’s (I saw an 3 R8′s!)  and Austin Martin’s parked along side streets. You know how Hyundai or Kia’s are parked along any street?  That’s how they parked.  Waiting to see a Lambo and Ferrari.

Hallway to our room

Back at the hotel we were so restless that we (Judd and I) decided to go shooting at night. A bit apprehensive at first because of safety concerns (talagang pinoy parin ang puso) but was reassured that crime rate in Singapore is almost at zero percent. So at first we shot nearby but then went exploring. Even using a tripod for long exposures. We bought a liter of Pepsi because it was so damn hot. I saw a guy on scooter get side swiped and he flew off his bike. Somethings never change no matter where.

Singapore at Night

Going back to the room I decided to check the company e-mail and in my inbox I saw a little surprise. I decided then to work and by the time I semi-finished it was 3AM in the morning. After drinking both coffee and pepsi at the same time, I couldn’t take it any longer. My head was spinning. I could feel my eyelids closing on their own. My body was screaming for rest. But how could I? Singapore is a great place. I’ve had thoughts of actually moving here! Maybe someday? But for now I leave you with my Uniquely Singapore Experience on Day 1.

Some random pictures:

Perak Hotel

Hotel Design

Hotel Dining Area

Cebu Pacific International Flights

Singapore at Night

Decor in the Office

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