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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Foreigners In Singapore - Travel and Arrival

It was the first time for my family to travel to a foreign land together. We all had never been to Singapore so we were so excited for the trip . But even if it was our first time were quite confident to go there because the place where we stayed and the tour around the city were all taken care of by people dear to us.  So basically we had nothing so much to worry about in terms of where to go and what to do.

While waiting in line...
We had quite a hassle at the airport, being first time travelers oversees. We were unfamiliar with the processes involved in the airport.  Good thing I booked a flight 4 hours after our arrival in Manila (since the airlines we'd taken did not have a direct flight to our destination).  It gave us enough time to accomplish the pre-boarding requirements and have an early dinner at NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) before taking our flight to Singapore.

Singapore was just more or less a 3 hour ride from our country.  I just can't contain my eagerness to finally be and actually step to a place other than our country, where you are the one considered as a foreigner. I just kept on praying for a safe trip and that everything would turn out as planned.  So when it was announced that we finally reached our destination and the plane was preparing to land.  I wanted to jump and shout for joy, but I just can't do that since the seat belt sign was still on and I didn't want to embarrass myself and my family.  So I let my spirit do it quietly but wildly (ha ha ha, I just can't be stopped).

Arrival in Singapore.
We arrived at around 11:30 pm in Singapore, we saw a familiar view of magnificent street lights as that of our city.  But I have never seen such a huge number of ships aligned in one place... and what a great view it was from above.

Upon arrival, we were met by my wife's sister. We were very grateful to her since it was almost midnight and she should be sleeping instead of going to the airport for us.  During our walk to our taxi ride, I couldn't help but notice the resemblance of the airport's name to it's purpose (Changi's Budget Terminal).  Or was it just a coincidence... In the Philippines, the term "tianggi" is a place where you can buy cheap things, especially when you are having a tight budget.  Hmmm... interesting... LOL.
Simply beautiful...

So here are the things I first noticed in Singapore: the weather's fair as that of our country; their roads were wide and clean with nicely arranged trees/plants along it's sides; there were no jeepney; also haven't noticed any smoke belchers; our taxi ride was swift and smooth (good quality of roads and traffic condition) and a lot of high rise buildings along the way.  It was already after midnight then... and I was still overwhelmed that we already arrived.

I was so impressed that it made me think that I might have made a biased impression....  See you in my next post.  Yahweh bless.

17 comments:

  1. the first time i went out of the country was 1999 ,going to KSA.I was alone and don't know where to go.

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  2. ... katuwa naman 1st-time-to-travel-outside-of-the-country-story mo... wait ko next post ha? ung continuation.... (para sa story mo mapicture ko Singapore)... :))

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  3. wow! good for you ralph! the first time i went out of the Philippines was in 2001, i went to South Korea for a week-long seminar, it was a travel i can never forget. how i wish i can bring my family to this place too, i hope so soon! work hard muna ako para maka-ipon..there are so many cheap deals naman... hehehe.. thanks for dropping by my blog!

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  4. awwwww... I've been to SIN twice now, and I always feel like it's my second home. I know a lot of people there, and my future in-laws *wink* actually live there so we usually have no problems with accommodations. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed SIN. Your observations have been true to its word, as the country is really clean and in order. =)

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  5. Nice read..Interesting photographs. Yes, sometimes we do feel to jump out of joy, when we get so excited about the place :)

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  6. Yes Singapore was clean, bubblegum was not allowed there

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  7. Simply beautiful and so as your wife on the photo. :) Happy trip!

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  8. wow you went to singapore,, post more photos for us pls!

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  9. That's the best thing about traveling, being able to experience another place and learn new culture, but sadly, you just can't help but compare our country to theirs right?

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  10. nice first foreign family trip. good for you!i love singapore and i had been back a number of times, but not with family. i promised my family (3 brothers, parents, 3 sisters in laws and 12 pamangkin) that i'll bring them all at a time to foreign country. so far done with the orig fam.parents and 3 bros coz i brought them to Vietnam, Cambodia,Hongkong and Brunei respectively.

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  11. so nice for you and your family sir ralph to travel together..samin parang impossible na eh makatravel sabay..hehehe..may mga apo na sina mama..lol..

    and sure you really had fun..kasi no hassle naman ang travel eh!

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  12. singapore is one of the cleanest if not the cleanest country in asia and discipline amongst its people is being practiced religiously.

    ang sabi pa nga ng pinsan ko na resident doon...
    kahit dw balat ng candy, di ka makakakita kahit saan mang sulok.

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  13. I felt that excited the first time I and my family traveled overseas too! Although being inside the plane and knowing that we were a thousand feet above the ground made me feel a bit nervous haha! I like Singapore and enjoyed the place when we flew there in 2008. Ang linis at walang traffic! :-D

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  14. thanks for the comments, guys. to many nice things were said, just hope someday we can say the same to our country. Yahweh bless.

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  15. Its good to know that your family enjoyed their stay at Singapore. I wish I could take them with me if I would be able to go abroad. ^_^

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  16. Planning on a holiday in Asia, Singapore travel is the number one choice for millions of visitors who visit it very year, sometimes even exceeding the people of the city. The organized Singapore tourism industry provides the visitors with an excellent, modern infrastructure, a safe, clean and friendly environment.

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  17. wow welcome to singapore dear! hope you enjoy your stay!! you might bump me somewhere!! xx

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