December 16, 2008
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Singapore Flyer and FunVee Bus Ride
Tonite was a fun nite because i hung out my my parents and grandma as we took a ride up the Singapore Flyer and later on hopped on a FunVee bus for a free ride to view the Orchard Christmas Light Up. *heehee* My parents haven't been to the Flyer before but i have with the kids some time back in September. I wanted to go onto the ride again because i didn't get to enjoy the view much the last time with 22 6-years-olds with me. There were tasks and objectives to be met within that 30-mins time frame we were in the capsule and it takes them a while to finish their observation drawings and i had to give them pointers on what they could observe and choose to draw about.
Anyways, we shared the capsule with another family who were tourists and we took turns enjoying the view from either side of the capsule. My parents today definitely got struck by the photo-taking bug since they were asking me to take photos of them with the nice view as the backdrop.
Parents and Grandma at the start of the ride.
Too bad it was a cloudy day and there wasn't much of a sunset to view and take nice photos of. After the ride, we purchased the photo that was taken before we went into the capsule. I bought two copies so that my grandma could take one back for keepsake.
We walked around the premise for a bit and were about to head to the carpark when i remembered we could get a free ride from the Flyer around Orchard Road and back to view the Christmas Light Up. So i went and got 4 open pass for the ride so that we could come back later. When i met up with my parents and grandma again mom decided that they didn't want to make another trip back just for the ride. So, i turned around and booked us on the 9pm scheduled bus ride... well that was the earliest timeslot they had for the nite as the seats for the other time slot were filled. So we basically had 1hr and 20mins to wander around and have dinner. So where did we end up having dinner? Popeye's. Simply because we wanted ice cream and saw the sign at Robert's Coffee that entitled us to 50% off a single scoop of Movenpick ice cream if we showed them a Popeye's receipt. So... we had our Popeye's meal followed by ice cream, coffee and a slice of New York cheesecake.
We made our way back to the departure point for our free ride and basically set back and enjoyed the ride. It was my first time on an open top double decker bus so i was really excited to be taking a ride along Orchard Road in one. *heehee* It also helped that it was a nice, cool and breezy nite and i thoroughly enjoyed having the cool breeze blowing on face and hair. Though i had a good laugh half-way through the bus ride when my mom saw me taking photos of her on the bus and said to me : "Take a photo of me with the wind blowing my hair."
Our ride I really like this shot
See how my parents are getting in my shots? *smile* I had fun on this ride, not because it was my first time but my parents were having fun with me.
It was defnitely a fun nite with my parents and grandma. The free ride to view the Orchard Christmas Light Up promotion ends on the 2nd Jan 2009, so if you haven't taken a ride on the flyer maybe this is a good time to make a trip there. Oh, if you have a HSBC credit card you get 20% off admission tickets.
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