Unexpected Fireworks *.*

On a particularly hot and sunny day in July, I finally got to meet up with a friend from my KL work days. Oh how I miss those guys! So, it was quite nice to finally get the chance to meet up with Niki :)

 

Even the sky was happy that day :)

She'd chosen to go to Sentosa with me when I asked her whether there was any place that she wanted to visit, and so Sentosa it was.

 

Riding on the Sentosa Express. Pardon my shiny forehead, sweaty nose and half-awake eyes but we didn't have many shots together

We did the usual touristy stuff, including taking a photo with the Universal Studios globe and then going into Hershey's and Candylicious to escape from the sun, and I finally entered the casino :)

 Thanks for the air-conditioning, Hershey's!

 We ended up at Livewire where we could do some cheap gambling, none of us wanted to bet at the casino since the minimum bet was S$5 and we didn't want to be throwing our hard-earned money away. Bought Toto instead for S$2, hahahhaha...

Since the glass doors aren't see through, we really didn't expect such a big crowd inside @@ lots of old pros..

Okay, no particular meaning but you can see my new imitation Paul Frank phone cover here and I really like it :P

Lunch was KFC in front of the Merlion, hee.. dining with a view~

Spent a nice part of the afternoon relaxing by the beach.. Yeah, I'm more the hide under the shade of the coconut trees type of girl and not the soak up the sun and the sand type :P

Saw this couple with their awesome swimmer dog, it was so cute to watch it doggy paddling with its short legs.. i never knew that they allowed pets on the beach in Sentosa~

Yeh, Saranghae you too chingu! :)

Niki and her cousin had to leave Sentosa to reach Marina Bay by 7pm as they were going to visit the Skypark~ I have never been up there and since there was going to be something special happening there that day, I decided to tag along.

It costs $20 to go up to the Sands Skypark and we can only go up to the 56th floor. Skypark tickets and the use of the infinity pool are complimentary for hotel guests tho.. so it should be worth staying at if you have some $ to spare.. hehehe..

Turns out they were having the National Day Parade rehearsal at The Esplanade that day and we would have a chance to enjoy the spectacular fireworks show!! :D

A glimpse of the night view before the fireworks show at 8pm~ The place was so crowded and it was lucky that we got a little hole to share between us.

And the show began!!! I was really quite pretty, pity I couldn't quite capture it on my phone but it made the $20 Skypark ticket really worth it :):):) Don't think I will go up there on a normal day since there isn't much to do except look at the night view through the wire fencing XD

Our nice day was marred only by our dinner at TWG. I really can't justify the price with the food and the service! We're also expected to wait at least half an hour for a table *groan* Just because its one of the more affordable places for food inside Marina Bay, urgh.. That lasagna was really just mediocre and don't even get me started on the watermelon juice! Anyways, had dinner around 9pm and finally made it home at around 11pm @@

My souvenirs from the day.. Really tempted to get a Fujifilm Instax Mini *slurp* but I know I'll be lazy to carry it everywhere with me in the end, so I should just quell those thoughts :P