Phew! 12 hours non-stop of Singapore tour! This reminds me of the “Doing London in 6 hours” that I had a few years ago lol. This is Day 3 of Nuffnang Blog Awards 2009 in Singapore. Check out where we went and the photos!
We left from our hotel, Link Hotel, at 8:30 a.m to our first stop, the Mint Museum of Toys. Since it was so early in the day and we had an after party on the night before, some of us haven’t had breakfast so we went for a nice breakfast nearby.
After a nice meal and wake-up coffee, we went off to the Museum of Toys where we saw lots of toys back from the 18th and 19th century, each having its own history (which was explained clearly and nicely by Randolph Chew, the museum’s Senior Manager Operations). It’s amazing how toys have evolved due to a history or a copyright change. There were also lots of funny and historic moments on some of the toys (why certain things were omitted or were modified).
We then headed off to the Chinatown Heritage Museum, learning the hard struggle of the Chinese immigrants.
After another nice and cheap lunch, we went to URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) where we leant that every single zone, piece of land, and building, had all been planned nicely by the Singaporean government. That explains why Singapore is so crowded, yet manageable and organized (in an organized chaotic way!).
We headed off to Bugis Street (stalls selling cheap stuffs) where I managed to buy a Polo shirt and a sweater for about 1/4 price compared to Australia! Tired but yet still excited, we then stopped for about 15 minutes at Merlion Park where we took some pictures of the famous Merlion (the Lion) Statue of Singapore.
We then rode the famous Singapore Flyer, a giant observation wheel which is one of Singapore iconic visitor’s attraction:
After a dazzling half an hour ride, we headed off to the Royal Selangor museum at Clarke Quay, where I showed off my (unfortunately poor) craftman’s skill:
Last stop – the Orchard Road. Too tired to go shopping, I decided to have a nice dinner near our hotel with Arnold from Mr. Gadget, got a hot shower, and posted this for you 
It’s been a very tiring day but kinda sad because we had to say goodbye to lots of great people that we knew today. I actually wish that I could get all of their contact details so that we can stay in touch with one another 
I’m definitely going to get the Australian bloggers’ contact details on our last day in Singapore. It’s been great fun knowing them, the other Asia Pacific bloggers, and also the Nuffnang team!
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Nice to meet you Michael, you are pretty fast in updating the post. I will be only start updating when I get back home to Malaysia, Internet speed in my room is a little bit slow. The tour was real fun. =)
Haha yeah, I just wanted to share it before I went to bed. It’s nice to know you too Nick (kinda funny too that we met in the Flyer lol). Have a safe trip home to Malaysia and all the best with the exams!
The internet was so slow in our hotel (Link Hotel) too last night. I guess all bloggers were hooking themselves up to the net
cool =)
and haha.. organized chaotic way..
i missed the award.. not that i didn’t get it..
but i purposely missed it.. haha.. keep writing!
looking forward to read the coverage from here! =D
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Cheers. I just uploaded the video of the award last night. I’ll compile a big video of everything when I get back to Melbourne
Nice knowing you Michael! Had so much fun fooling around with you guys. MSN pls? Keep in touch!
Hey Eliseeee, nice to see you here! I’ll send you an email with my msn details later. Would love to maintain contact with the others too!
Heys Michael
It was such a pleasure meeting you, and you are so so LOVELY!
Would be great to catch up, and I’m so glad now that I know a ‘GO TO’ person! Keep in touch! and See you in the NEXT awards (but hopefully many more times before that happens 
Love loVe
Cheers
Grace
I’ll definitely keep in touch with you & Dave, you guys rox
Too bad I’m not a party animal like you guys though lol
All the best for the house renovations! Subscribing to your feed to stay in touch. Post more photos about the house later!
HEYlo… My first step to keep us in touch
Nice to be in the same tour group with u…
Hey Jolyn! Nice to meet all the Malaysian bloggers in 1 carriage at the Singapore Flyer. I felt intimidated -_-’ lol j/k
hey michael!
great to see you guys here in SG and hope to see you at our next APAC blogger event!
sad that you guys had to leave though :’(
i’ll always remember the aussies as the party bunch!!
Hey Hui Wen! Haven’t had a chance to have a chat with you. Hope to be able to hang out with you and the rest of us next time one day.
Party bunch?? I’m no party boy unfortunately, which explained why I sneaked out from the Club with Candice around 1:30 a.m