Alhamdulillah, at last I got my wish comes true - having another stamp on my passport aside from the present one and only stamp got during umrah in 2003. It is Singapore. The plan was made at a very last minute,our initial plan was only to JB, visiting Chu (and my aunt`s family) who have safely back home from Hajj. But, after some complains about my passport which remains dormant since 2003 and will expired this coming July, so Abang decided a short trip to Sentosa Island, Singapore.
My comment about ourt trip to Singapore :
1) a clean country, discipline drivers, caring people
2) you can`t tell between a Malay and Chinese (they dress similar!) Couldn`t distinguish a Muslims too.., since few are wearing tudung. I could spot only 4 women with tudung including us.
3) lack of facilities for muslim prayer (we had to pray at the corner at the back of the foodcourt and also at descreet places at the beach)
4) ambiguous on the food halal ness (they are weird to the word halal when abang asked wether the food are halal..!) So, we opted for briyani restaurant which we assume they are paki-muslim as they wear kopiah and greet salam.
5) the MRT is so fast that speed 120km/h...faster than our ERL, I suppose.
6) A `waterless` washroom, which I fear most.
7) The history of Singapore at the `image of Singapore` seems forgetting the connection with Malaysia, and how the independence is achieved. They starts the history with Stamford Raffles.
My suggestion if you want to go to Singapore :
bring your own food, pack lots of plain water in bottle for ablution & washing, and double your budget, of course 1SD= RM2.25)
Anyway, personally I think the cost of the trip is quite affordable.We only carry SD250 and it worth a lot compared if you bring RM250 to Genting Highland or Bukit Tinggi.We went to most of the amazing sites in the island like the Merlion, amazing Singapore and especially to the kids interest like the Dolphin lagoon and the underwaterworld. The hop in bus and train around the island is free and half of the amusement park is also free.
Here are some snapshots on the island :
riding the roofless bus around the island -a hop in bus for free
waiting the dolphin show at the dolphin lagoon...a bored face from the kids
sitting next to the fisherman-the Malay is called the `orang laut` of Singapore in the early days..
This is the merlion- a legend
Malay culture with wayang kulit at the back
touching the dolphin is worth SD15.00 free photograph
amazing dolphin which can play catch
this is my aunt, and family with the youngest haji najwan, 7 years old.
