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A day of being the Proverbial Tourist in the Merlion City

I recently went rummaging through my ginormous photo library and I discovered this bunch of pictures I took from my last Singapore visit. All right, originally I went there for serious reasons but when I got this final sinking feeling that it wouldn't pan out, I just let go and decided to have fun on my last days there. Joan was with me all the way. She already went sightseeing in this beautiful city before and so she happily escorted me around. And that day, we went to the stereotypical tourist destination in SG; Sentosa Island. :P

To be fair, the place is not boring. I actually had a surprisingly good day... that day. (Haha. I just ran out of vocabulary there.) Anyhoo... so there we were, Joan and I, playing tourists and taking tons of photos, as tourists are wont to do. And here I am now, blogging about it... to commemorate the day, so to speak.

On our way to the island... 



Our first stop... Universal Studios. But we couldn't go inside because I found the ticket ridiculously expensive. Yes, yes, that means I was broke. I still am actually. Haha.








So I just whipped out the other lens and played at being a temp paparazzi. 

Yes, that is her. Joan and I were so excited to spy someone famous from home that we know. I got nervous for a bit that she might get angry if she saw me snapping pictures but apparently, she didn't notice me at all. I just might make a passable paparazzi after all. Haha.


 After the brief paparazzi stint, Joan and I wandered around the shops...





then I spied this and shrieked... and scared the living daylights out of Joan. Hehe. This is probably the closest I could get to experiencing authentic French haute cuisine. :D


  

Next, we went to gawk at the giant Merlion.


Last stop was the beach. Frankly speaking, it wasn't that bad... but I like White Sands, Moalboal better. The facilities there were nice though, especially the free rides. :D






Thank you, Joan, for persuading me to swallow the "cringes" and just give in to being painfully clichéd for once and have fun like the stereotypical tourist.

The day was humid, the sun was painful on the skin, and the glare was annoying the shutterbug in me but despite all that, I certainly had great fun. 

Then a few days later, we flew back home. :-(

Hope to see you again in the future, lovely Singapore.   c",)

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