I have a genuine fear of heights. But many times in my life I have proven to myself (always accidentally) that there is no fear I cannot conquer. When the cable car was the most requested activity we do for our first time in Singapore, I immediately agreed because I read in the website that the trip is only 5 minutes.
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I was envious of the many people who blogged about paying just P2,000 for a round trip ticket to Singapore. I tried my best to be able to score tickets of that price range but I was not successful. I just decided to splurge a little bit in air fare, and save in some aspects of the travel. Anyway, it was my first international trip, might as well enjoy it to the best I can afford. So, I booked SilkAir, and I was glad I did because SilkAir service was top-notch (at least compared to the several budget planes I flew with in the past).
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There were three things that made me want to go to Singapore: Flor Contemplacion, James Clavell’s King Rat, and my cousin.
The road to Melaka was easy. But the road going back to Singapore wasn’t as we experienced our first ever immigration standoff.
After our first visit in Singapore, the image that lingers in my mind is the image of a woman, probably middle-aged, riding a bike, in a cosmopolitan, yet green, setting. Far from the tourist-filled parks along Clark Quay and Orchard Road, the fast lanes in the MRT, the magnificent man-made structures that signify the city-state’s modernity, is the heart of Singapore — it’s people.
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Psyche Castillon 