MY HOLIDAY

At the end of December 2013 my beloved school, SMA Negeri 3 Bandung, let almost all the students to have the end of semester holiday. I was very excited when the school holiday started because I had planed a trip to visit my uncle in Singapore.

This was the third time for me to go to Singapore. To be honest, I was actually pretty bored to go there because there weren’t a lot place to visit in since Singapore was just a small country. Therefore, I went there to see the Christmas Celebration and also the New Year Celebration in Singapore, since I couldn’t have found such things in Indonesia. I went there with my mom, sister, cousin, my grandpa, and my grandma.

We went to Singapore at the 22^nd December 2013 by plane from Jakarta. It was a night flight and I like to fly at night because I taught that I could sleep inside the plane. Sadly, it wasn’t a pleasant flight because the plane had to wait around 1 ½ hour at the taxiway to get the clearance for departure from the air traffic control. To make matter worst, there were some babies inside the plane that kept on screaming and crying from Soekarno Hatta Int. Airport (Jakarta, Indonesia) until Changi Int. Airport (Singapore).

Singapore from the skies

Happily, after sitting for about 3 hours inside the plane, the plane touched down in Changi Airport, Singapore. My uncle and my aunt had waited for our arrival for a long time. That night, we were very exhausted so we just immediately went to my uncle’s apartment and slept.

PLACES I VISITED

At Singapore I went shopping in some malls with my family while looking at the nice Christmas decorations. To be honest, I didn’t like to shop but since there was a big discounts around the malls in Singapore, I started to shop. Not only the sales that make me happy to go on holiday in Singapore but, I also really liked the decorations because there were unique and beautiful. This was one picture of my family in front of the Christmas tree at Orchard Road.

My Family and I

 

My family and I didn’t just shop, we also go to some interesting place that some foreigners might not be interested. My family and I went to Mc Ritchie Reservoir. It was a long hiking track (12 km) at the jungle. The most interesting thing at the Mc Ritchie Reservoir was the tree top adventure and the 25 meters tall bridge that we could walk at. After we had hiked, we were really exhausted.

Chinese Garden was also one of the interesting place to visit too. Inside the garden there were a lot of statue of the Chinese soldiers, fishes, and pagodas. The environment inside the garden was good. I stood at the top floor of the pagoda to see the scenery around the garden and also Singapore from above. The view was good.

The other place my family went to was Garden by The Bay at Marina Bay. It was an imitation of a garden with sounds of birds and other kinds of creatures. To be honest, I wasn’t really interested with this tourist attraction because I could go to a real garden with real birds sound in Indonesia. The hot air inside this garden also made me felt uncomfortable to stay at the garden for a long time.

My mom and my sister at Garden By The Bay

Just 2 days after Christmas, my family and I went to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. We went there by car and it was a 2 hours journey from my uncle’s apartment. The first place we visit was actually my favorite, it was the durian buffet. There, we could eat as much durian as we wanted and we just needed to pay 30 ringgit per person. Pretty cheap wasn’t it? After we had eaten durian, we went shopping at a mall in Johor Bahru. We spent a long time in Malaysia but we didn’t sleep over there.

The last place that I visited was The Sentosa Island. This amazing island was the most interesting place to visit in my opinion, because there were a lot of attractions and also a lot of games to play. There was a beautiful beach with an awesome scenery around the island.

GREAT MOMENTS

Since, I was in Singapore at Christmas my Family and I went to a church near my uncle’s apartment to celebrate Christmas. The name of the church was Hebron and what a wonderful Christmas service it was, I really liked the songs and there were a lot of interesting things I got there. After the Christmas service there was a brunch for all of the people, the food was delicious and diverse. I got my tummy really full.

My Cousin and I in Marina Bay

Another great moment was the New Year 2014 Singapore Countdown. My cousin and I went to Marina Bay to do a countdown with other Singaporean people. It was really hectic and crazy. But for me and my cousin it was a great moment because we could scream as loud as we could like any other people did. As a result, we arrived home at 3 o’clock in the morning.

My family and I finally went home at 5^th January 2014 by plane to Bandung. Well, the journey was much better though.

My Cousin and I done a selfie while waiting my mom shopping