The Gift of the Sea

Hello Everyone !

One of the highlights of my trip to Singapore was visiting the S.E.A Aquarium, being the world’s largest aquarium. True to the name of ‘the world’s largest aquarium’, S.E.A Aquarium houses hundreds of species of marine life from oceans and straits all around the world. Jellyfish, octopus, sharks, fish and even dolphins are present here. One of the major features of the aquarium is the viewing platform that showcases a replication of the open ocean. It’s a very surreal place, with huge creatures such as leopard sharks and manta rays drifting peacefully through the water.

As usual we were kinda putting things to the very last minute visiting the world’s largest oceanarium! My friends purchases the 1 day passes at $33 per adult. 

Well, good things are worth the wait right? Hahaha. I was so so so excited! :D I was totally looking forward to this because it was my first time being so close to marine life. 

Shipwreck! I wonder where did this come from? Don’t think they purposely sank a ship just for this..

Mr. Jellyfish

More Jellyfish

I thought the Jellyfish at the S.E.A. Aquarium section was quite interesting  The types of Jellyfishes available were those that I've never seen before.

Mr.Octopus 

Mr.Spider King Crabby

Mr.Shark

Mr.Dolphin 

Here is a picture of the huge manta ray that was swimming in the tank. I personally liked the school of fish that swam harmoniously together in the shape of a ball in the giant aquarium.  I didn't even have to go scuba diving to see that.

Universal Love

Before I start, be forewarn that this post is extremely photo-intensive! So, let the story begins. Last week was one of the most anticipated day in recent years because I went Universal Studios Singapore with my friends and Sissy (informal sister)! I have been telling people around me how excited I was because it’s the first time I am visiting a theme park in 21 years of my life (turning 22 in 2days #yay ). Because you know what, I could finally meet up with the Madagascar, Puss in Boots, Shrek, the Elmo, and even Cleopatra.

Being a kid again :)

Hello Universal Studio Singapore! 

We arrived at about 1 pm and the place was not very packed since it wasn't a weekend and Singapore school holidays just ended . I was very impressed with the architectures, buildings and design because they are gorgeous! I don’t feel like I’m in Singapore once I stepped into the park. 

Our cute tickets

People were queuing up to take photo with him, but I manage to quickly snap a picture of him. LMAO. 

Mr. Frankenstein

Entering The Kingdom Far Far Away. (got this picture from my pro-editor friend, really like it)

The Shrek

The Castle

Our first stop was the Mummy ride. The main ride within this zone is Revenge of the Mummy, an Egyptian-themed indoor roller coaster. As you enter the building, you will walk through a narrow maze decorated with Egyptian artifacts. It was quite dark in there but once you are seated, you’ll begin having a surprising journey with a great story telling. The ride involves a backward motion, twisting and spinning and actually I don’t know what exactly they do to us, but really, this is a must ride if you happen to visit USS. 

I obviously loveeee Ancient Egypt! Well, I've never been to Egypt before, but this zone really has so many amazing HUGE statues and artifacts. It just looks so authentic to me. In conclusion, the ride is AMAZING! However, if your spouse or partners or friends do not like thrill ride, please don’t try this! I almost died that day on the Revenge of the Mummy’s ride and it was true. I swear I’m never going to take this ride again.

The Giant Mummy Guardian

Ancient Egypt 

So we proceed to the Sci-Fi City. The main ride here are Battlestar Galactica and Transformer, which is the most exciting and thrilling ride attraction in Universal Studio. My expectations were extremely high based on what I'd read and seen about it online but I am pleased to say that I was still absolutely blown away by the experience. I swear! Simply breath taking.

Here, you’ll ride a futuristic vehicle through an amazing transformer world and then you’ll be moving from one 3D scene to another. This ride has so many bumps, backward motion, fog, sound effect, and even a ‘falling’ effect. The 3D is so good that you want to reach out and touch stuff. You genuinely feel like you are in the middle of a battle in a Transformers movie. There was one moment when you are suddenly whipped into an office building and you crash the tables and then you crashed into the window and fall to the street and the transformer saved you. It was sooo fast, it has a great senses of speed, direction and turn and everything happens so fast! It's something that you just need to experience for yourself.

We managed to seat at front rows and you can feel the adrenalin rush through your blood vessel (Two thumbs up for the ride).

 Inside The Transformer The Ride

The Ultimate 3D battle

Bumble-bee

After the Transformers sickness any other ride in the park was bound to seem lame. I really should have left it for later instead of blowing my load so soon. 

My third favourite part of Universal Studios, after Mummy and Transformers was New York Street (last zone). Not a ride, but one of the many food and beverage outlets. Outside in the parking lot there were cute guys singing songs from the 50s / 60s. 

 In this area, there were a lot of performance we could see, from Sesame Street, Street Dance, Classic New York Show, etc. 

This zone is built based on post-modern New York City. When you walk on this zone you will fell like being in New York city. 

So…. That was the end of my journey

Reverse-shot (BYE)

But Wait !

The Main Picture is THIS 

How Things End Up

So here's what happened!!

It was our 3rd day heading to Singapore. 
Just like the first 2 days, we started off the day early 
Awoke before 6AM, an inhuman time by my standard.
We arrive Singapore about eleven o'clock after passing through all customs (downside)

First we headed to the Singapore Zoo as what we planned.
We spend quite a bit of time at searching where/how to go there.
Using the mallfreemaps and asking around. 

Then there went something wrong some where
And all that was good and nice and yes
Became bad and rotten and no

We decided to take the train back to Bugis Junction, that was about 4pm.
As it's a Friday, we DIDN'T want to squeeze with those who just knock off from work.
So we opted not to take the train but the bus. (FASTEST way back home)
Out of no way, we ended up in one of Bugis-bus stop. 
We got lost then. We didn't know which bus to take to reach Woodland. lmao 

We ask around for directions and walk and walk and walk for half an hour looking for the bus station that goes to Woodlands. 

We did manage to make our way there. It was already 6pm. 
The queue was freaking long. We did hesitate for a second. HAHAHA 
Lined up ? 

Since we only have a limited amount of time (and energy)
We sat the CAB, and it was freakinggggggg expensive lorrrrrr
SGD 30 !!!

...........to be continue (awful day doesn't ends here)