Saturday, June 20, 2009

My trip to Sentosa

Last Wednesday and Thursday, my parents brought me to Sentosa for a 2 day 1 night stay. I would like to share with you my experience at Sentosa...

We arrived at Sentosa on Wednesday at 2pm! I was so excited! I was imagining how the hotel would look like while my father was driving to Siloso beach carpark. Our hotel was near Siloso beach, so my father parked at Siloso beach carpark. After alighting from the car, we went to check in to get our keys at the hotel's reception. Since we could only check in the hotel at 3pm, we went to play first. Our first adventure is about to begin.


Our first adventure was the Sentosa Skyride and Luge. Firstly, we took the skyride. The skyride could go as high as 3 storeys! On the 2nd level of the skyride, there was a camera that will take pictures of you enjoying your ride. By the time we reached the 3rd level, my mother was screaming and crying away. My father and I were enjoying the scenery around us. When the skyride came to an end, my mother heaved a huge sign of relief. After the skyride, came the Luge. Look at the picture on the left - that's my father and I wearing the Luge helmets. We went on the Skyride and Luge for another round. After that, we sat below an umbrella, bought 2 scoops of ice-cream and sat down to relax. By that time, it was 4pm.

We went to check in to our hotel. On my first step in, it looked like the hotel was a haunted house. However, on my second step, it looked like I was in a castle! I lazed around on the bed a while and quickly got up to get ready for the next an adventure.

Our next adventure was the segway. Do you watch the movie called Mall Cop? The thing that Mall Cop rides on is called a segway. I took quite a while to get use to the segway. However, once I got used to it, I found the segway very fun! However, I fell down once on my back side! My mother also fell down while she was trying to get through the narrow path! There was a broad path next to the narrow path but she was just trying to be adventurous. The fastest speed the segway can run is 20km/h! When time was up, I was reluctant to get off the segway. It was 5pm by then. It took us half an hour to walk to Sakae Izakaya, where we had our dinner.

At Sakae Izakaya, we found a table to relax and enjoy our dinner. I wanted Tempura Soba, my mother wanted Maki, and my father wanted sushi in a cup. We also odered 2 bowls of soup as side dish. We also ordered 2 can drinks, Heaven and Earth Green Tea and Sprite. The dinner was scrumptious! :p

After dinner, we went to watch Songs of the Sea. This is a picture of me with the mascot of
Songs of the Sea, Oscar. The Songs of the Sea movie was fantastic! The show is about this princess, Amy who was under a sleeping spell. 2 years ago, an evil witch gave her a drink with sleeping pill in it. So when Lee, one of the actors, accidentally sang a magical song, the song showed a picture of princess Amy sleeping. They had to keep singing the magical song to wake princess Amy. Along the way, they came across a few challenges. They had to sing to help the Lord of fire, Light Lady and Queen of the Sea gain back their power. At last, his sea friends helped him to sing a song, and together, they made princess Amy wake up. When princess Amy woke up, water and fire works were shooting, and that made a beautiful sight. My mother took some pictures of the beautiful water and fire works below. After the shooting of water and fire works, the show ends.


After the wonderful show, we went to sit the Sentosa Skyride and Luge again. This time, half way through the skyride, the skyride suddenlly stopped! My mother was so scared! She was crying so loud that I think if I was sitting at th Skyride behind, I could hear her crying! My father and I were not scared. My father explained to my mother that somone could be having problem getting up on the skyride. After the skyride we went to sit on the luge. Again, I was having a very fun time on the luge.

What a fun day I spent at Sentosa! I felt very tired as I was walking back to the hotel. When we reached the hotel, I immediately went to bathe as I was sweaty and sticky all over. After bathing, I was watching the 9pm show on channel 8 called The Ultimatum and eating potato chips at the same time. After the show has ended, I brushed my teeth and went to bed.

The next day, I woke up with a start. I jumped out of my bed and got ready for breakfast. I saw my mother still sleeping soundly on her bed, and my father was busily brushing his teeth. After everyone was ready, we went down for breakfast. I had sausage bread and two dumplings for breakfast. It was delicious! :p After breakfast, we went to the beach to get some fresh air. This is a picture of me enjoying the breeze at the beach. My father and I played tic-tac-toe with a stick on the beach! Here is a picture of me and my father playing tic-tac-toe. When we were on our way back to our hotel to change, I spotted some bracket fungus! Look at those bracket fugus!









When we reached the hotel, I bathed and we went out again to try the segway again! :-) This time, I rode the segway faster than before. Morever, my mother and I did not fall down this time! :-) Look how happy we are riding the segway! :-)

After, sweating so much, we decided to go to the swimming pool to get a good swim. The swimming pool was 1 storey higher than where my hotel room is. My hotel room was on the 3rd floor, so the swimming pool will be on the 4th floor. I was told that the swimming pool water uses spring water! We spent half an hour at the swimming pool and then came up for a bath. We had to check out from the hotel at 12 noon, so we checked out from the hotel and had lunch at The Arches.

The Arches is a restaurant that was built from a British colonial house. It specialised in western food. I had a plate of mushroom and ham macaroni, my mother had seafood celerobum and my father had seafood mee goreng. The lunch was delicious! After lunch we went to watch the Sentosa 4D Magix and Cineblast.

The show name of the Sentosa 4D magix is called 'Pirates'. It was quite a funny show. In the show you have to wear a special type of spectacles to make the picture look like 3D. The 4D is just the sound. The show is about this captain, called Captain Lucky, brought his men to the Dead man's cave to find treasure. However, Tom, a boy who worked for Captain Lucky before, set a trap to make sure Captain Lucky learns his lesson on not being so greedy. At Last, Tom and Captain Lucky's man work together to throw Captain Lucky into the sea. The show ends like this.

The show name of the Sentosa Cineblast is about an Extreme Log ride. There will be 6 cubicals in the theater. Inside each cubical there will be 6 chairs. Alike 4D Magix you have to put on a special type of spectacles. Then you sit in the chair, and wait for the show to begin. The show is like riding on a roller-coaster. After the roller-coaster ride stops, that is the end of the show.

After these 2 shows, we went for ice-cream. I wanted a honey flavoured ice-cream, my mother wanted a mint flavoured ice-cream and my father wanted a kiwi flavoured ice-cream.

After ice-cream, it was time to go back. While we were on our way to the Siloso Beach carpark, I was thirsty. So I drank some water. This is me drinking water with my father posing beside me.












When it was time to go back, I felt EXTREMELY sad. :-( Boo Hoo Hoo! I would like to go back to Sentosa again...