Touristy Venture @ Flyer, Helix & MBS!

Michelle & I had been talking abt wanting to mit up but seems like we couldn't sync the perfect time... then an impromptu msg came from her yesterday! So, we caught up at City Hall Mrt today :) It had been raining cats & dogs for past few days, wif flash floods & storms ... so i had been praying the previous nite, hope that the weather be good for us! Else, we shld fall back on my Plan B ~  to juz hang around the malls...

Since we were both not feeling hungry yet, I proposed that we shld head to the Singapore Flyer first! I had been wanting to visit for months to practice photography but somehow it juz never happen... so it juz stayed unchecked on my list of 'locations for my photography projects', haha! We were wondering wat's the shortest way to get to The Flyer... end up, we seems to have walk a long way! I remember if based on Circle Line from SMRT's website, there's an exit at Promenade station to the Flyer.... but our starting point was City Hall, it would sound silly to board the MRT for a mere short distance! It's good exercise, for a ''pc-potato'' like me... so i tot of myself being a tourist, venturing to a never-been-there spot!

Upon exiting Millenia Walk, we finally spotted the Flyer a stone throw away! Upon entering, i was abit dismay that i couldn't find an ideal spot beneath the Flyer for the shots i visualised.  However, there were some unexpected spots i discovered at the Garden beneath the Flyer & juz by looking at our pics, you would never figure out where it's taken! Mich & me even joked that these doesn't look sg huh? Again, living in our holidays dreams....keke! Then we saw a water-feature in the garden & i decided to play wif slow shutter speed... juz have a penchant for 'smooth-flowing' water, haha! In fact, this was juz the beginning & my forehead was already pelting down a 'mini-waterfall' too ~ my sweat! It was extremely humid!

When done wif the Garden's shots, i noticed a series of creative murals which depicts the Flyer in an artistic splash of colours... i told Mich my idea of framing ourselves at one of the murals! As it's a sunday, many tourists walking around also tested our patience... to let them walk-past first. In fact, we spent quite a long time, esp on my individual shot till i'm so tired from smiling... Think some tourists muz be bemused by us ~ 2 gals, kept trying out diff poses here, cos i noticed this tourist watching us for quite some time, haha! I simply love the shots here, cos it's unique & the colourful murals bring out vitality in life & youthfulness! I really wish that's how our lives will be & i noe we would if we had the strong desire to squeeze lemonade out of lemons when life throws us lemons? haha!

At 2pm, we took a break for lunch @ Popeyes ... while i was snapping pics of my Popeyes meal, michy shot my candid shots! haha! Michy always have her pink Canon Ixus wif her &  seeing numerous of her self-shots wif her frens, i tot she muz be damm pro at it....2day i realised i'm better than her! wahaha! After awhile, we decided to take a walk & somehow we ended up at The Helix Bridge. Yeah! another location on my list. The skies were overcast but seems alrite to take a stroll, rather than head back to Marina Square. There were an influx of tourists & foreign workers hanging out here! Luckily, the crowd was interspersed along the 280m long pedestrian bridge leading to the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resorts (MBS).

When we stepped into MBS, an immediate claustrophobic nerve dwarf upon us... an extremely long Q formed near the entrance to purchase the $20 tix for admission to Sands SkyPark, a sky terrace which connects the 3 buildings. Being the cheapo us, of course we had yet to venture up there! In due time, when the whole MBS is completed & the construction in the area are done, i will consider a visit ... thou i hope it won't be a hefy $20, so the average locals like us can enjoy the panaromic view too!

It's my first time here & i found the place was quite a maze to navigate. We had to walk quite far to get to the other side... humongous! Many luxury brands ranging from Jimmy Choo to Chanel etc were getting ready to be opened. There was a little venice replica inside The Shoppes, where boat-men can give u a leisure ride on the canal... Hmm, wonder how much this would cost again? I was more excited at taking some shots here! After numerous attempts, we got a nice self-shot on the 2nd level, wif the sparkling pool as our backdrop \(^o^)/

I like the globe-like transparent glass feature which allows natural light to stream into the mall... decided we shld get up there to see see! Ahha, so there's an open-air terrace at this level too! Great! It's about 5pm now, hence caught sight of the setting sun's rays streaming thru' the thick clouds... more shots done here & we were both so tired! When it's time to leave, Michy suggested taking a cab ~ brilliant idea! We were figuring how many km we had walked & i quipped, prob had walked 10km! Our legs went jelly when we hopped onto the cab, haha!

Nevertheless, i'm glad we could talk abt anything under the skies & you treated me as your confidante... despite knowing each other for not too long. Oh yeah, thanks for helping me wif the tripod & all the positive encouragement during our shoots!