26th February 2010 - Saturday
finally, the long awaited days which we have been anticipating for - NATAS Fair. you know, we were all very stressful to see our surrounding friends, one by one, all had already booked their flight tickets for their vacation holidays. while us, we planned this Taiwan trip since last December, up till now we still haven't booked any single things yet.
and so, we decided that no matter what, this upcoming Natas Fair, we die-die must booked our tickets xD. on the day itself, Ginnette, Lisa and me meet up to go to the Natas Fair at Singapore Expo. Shalee will joined us shortly right after her Saturday duty.
anyway, we paid a $4 entrance fee, and then starting hunting up and down, left and right for the best and cheapest bargain. we walked around collecting brochure, information, etc.
time past pretty fast, it was almost 2pm and we have yet to find any great offer. we decided to go Texas Chicken to have our lunch, and slowly browsed through all the papers that we got from inside. Shalee came shortly after too.
small lunch to share together,
time to crack our brain on which package to take
after lunch, we went back into the hall. we asked alot of booth for free & easy package, but looked like the offer they gave us for free & easy was far more expensive than on package tour. so not worth it at all.
anyway, Ginnette had to leave early to meet her friend at Science Centre. so it was only left with Lisa, Shalee and me to make the final decision. at last, we found one package tour which the itinerary was far more better than the previous one. and so, heck and just go for it.
package booked:
Package tour: $988
Airport Tax: $200
Travel insurance: $42
Total per person: $1,230
7 days Taiwan Explore under Super Travels
all free gifts from Taiwan embassy
and after that, i actually have to straight away travel down from Singapore Expo to Hougang to meet my other friends to attend Jason's 21st Birthday BBQ. however, due to my super heavy bags, with lots of free gifts inside. i have no choice but to go home first.
and now, the exploring of part of Singapore starts now. took train from Singapore Expo to City Hall, bus back home, then bus from home to Harbourfront, and lastly took train from Harbourfront to Hougang.
i knew i'm going to be super late when i reached Hougang. i'm meeting the rest 5.30pm at Hougang Mall, but 5pm i'm still at City Hall waiting for bus home. anyway, i managed to meet the rest at 6pm, late for 30 minutes =S
and from there, Rui Feng led the way and we walked like 100 millions kilometer to reach the exact location. his house is really pretty far from the MRT station sia.
whee! buffet =D
nice cake of the shape of key
Happy 21st Birthday, Ling Xiang
Ivan, Rui Feng, Seok Chin, birthday boy Ling Xiang, Royce, Kay Wah and me lol
Happy Birthday!!!
anyway, Danny and his girlfriend came late because they lost the way. lol. and we actually sent Rui Feng to fetch them which made them even more lost, because Rui Feng is blur too. haha
after the cake cutting, we were left on our own, find our own activities to do to kill time. like some homeless kids, we walked around the area from right to left and left to right twice, sat under the pavilion and talked nonsense, out to the children playground and rot there, sat under shelter and had some random talks.
we finally decided to leave the place at 11.45pm. Ivan took cab home, Rui Feng took direct bus from there, so it's only left with Kay Way, Royce, Sock and me. we took any bus which brought us back to Hougang Interchange, but still, we missed our last train. hoseh ah!!!! haha.
it's either cab home, or loiter around the place for one night. all of us chose to ton one night at Hougang. and so first, we head to the 24 hours NTUC there to get some mineral water. it's a super thirsty night. we walked aimlessly at Hougang and then someone suggest to go Punggol Park and ton there. so all ended up walking to Punggol Park lol.
cannot really remember what time we reached there, but it should be around 1am plus. we had some healthy walk in the middle of the night, and took a stroll one round of the park. it was a cold and windy night. shivering like mad.
we spent 4 hours plus at Punggol Park, waiting for daybreak. talking, playing, dozing off, making funny noise, entertaining one another. lol. and then suddenly turned violent with slice slice and scratch scratch. hahaha.
time past pretty slow, we left the place at around 4am plus, walked back to McDonald's at Hougang Mall for breakfast. and then slowly made our way back to the MRT station at around 5.30am, took the first train back to Dhoby Ghaut and transferred 124 back home.
Labels: bbq, friends, happy, NATAS, overnight
Natas Fair | LingXiang 21st Birthday BBQ
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