Short Trip To Singapore 31 March 2017

My daughter and her husband had purchased tickets to the Coldplay World Tour concert to be held in Singapore. My wife and I were asked to go along to help take care of our grandson during the concert night. The Coldplay concert was on Friday night.

That Friday, my wife and I took the morning 11:55AM flight to Singapore from KLIA2. We landed at Changi Airport by 12:45PM. 

Breakfast at KLIA2

To Singapore

This was my wife’s first trip ever to Singapore. I wanted to show her where I stayed and worked when I was there from year 2001 to the end of year 2003. When we got into the taxi, I noticed that the driver was an old man. I asked him nicely whether he could drive us through Tampines Street 21 and Tampines Central. He explained to me that the fare would be more than usual. I replied I understood and agreed.

From the airport, he drove us through Changi and headed towards Tampines. We passed Street 21 and I showed my wife the block where I stayed when started my work there in May 2001. Then, we passed through Tampines Central where the Citibank Regional Data Center was located previously. Afterwards, we passed through Block 940 where I stayed with 2 other friends until my contract ended in December 2003. With the short tour completed, we headed to J8 Hotel, Townshend Road.

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 We arrived at the hotel lobby by about 3.00PM. I informed my daughter that we had arrived. Our rooms were just next to each other. We found out that our grandson had a fever. We decided to take him to a clinic near the area. While they were at the clinic, I quickly walked to a nearby mall to look for an ATM and to buy some food. When, I got back to clinic, the doctor had just checked my grandson. We quickly walked back to the hotel because it was about to rain.

6.00 PM, daughter and husband went to the concert venue. Our little grandson, Zafeer, was in our room. He already had taken his medicines and quite calm in our care. Zafeer played for a while and fell asleep. He woke up after an hour or so. Since he was still on breast milk, he missed his mother. Fortunately, he accepted to drink the milk formula and resumed to be calm. 

Entertaining little Zafeer Ayden

Nina and husband returned to the hotel after the concert by midnight. Zafeer was glad to see his mother again. They returned to their room. Finally, my wife and I could have our good rest.

Breakfast at the hotel cafe

 Saturday morning, we had our breakfast at the hotel café. My wife and I were to return to KL that afternoon. The kids would only return on that Sunday. We checked out from the hotel by 12.00 noon. The hotel staff helped to call for a taxi. When we got in, I asked the driver whether he could drive us past the Marina Bay Sands. He agreed and we caught a glimpse of the building. Despite the low traffic, we could not stop to take a picture because it began to rain. So, off we went to Changi Airport.

Marina Bay Sands, just before the heavy rain

Lunch at Burger King

We arrived at the airport before 2.00 PM. After checking in for our flight, we had lunch at Burger King. Then, we shopped for some small souvenirs. After we made the purchase, we went to the waiting lounge. So, that was our short trip to Singapore. Hope to go again for a longer visit.

Flight home

Hey! My daughter had bought me a Coldplay Concert t-shirt.