Our First Time In Singapore 🇸🇬 Why Did We Wait So Long?

One, two, three. Welcome to Singapore! Amazing. Friendly service, very quick. We basically left the plane, got through immigration, got our bag. It's what, 15 minutes? To the Jewel. And this is the jewel. Wow. The iconic jewel of Singapore Airport. It's our first time seeing this. Yeah. This is beautiful. I have been to the airport before, but when it was like an older airport. We transit here a couple years ago, but we never got to see this. This is outside. You can get really close. This is a pretty epic welcome to a country. Yeah. The waterfall is so impressive. But the surrounding garden, it's like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 stories. Yeah, with their own little waterfall. It's even more impressive. Is this the World Cup store? It is! This is so sick. Canada is hosting this year, so they have a nice jersey. I wonder how much it would be. I want a new Canadian soccer team jersey. Even this, you want this for a souvenir. It's like Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. I guess. This one is cute. You have a Canadian jersey? Yeah. You don't have Canada? How can you not have Canada? Canada is hosting! Oh no! Is Canada even good? We're okay. I mean, women's really good, right? Yeah, women's team is top 3. That's so funny, they don't have Canada. That is interesting. What's your second choice? Probably Korea. Really? Interesting. Honestly, we could spend hours here at this airport. We have spent hours here at this airport. We got here like two hours ago. Did you call Grab? How much is it? Six minutes away. $22. For Singaporean dollars. It's pretty much one-to-one with Canadian dollars. Yeah, easy for us. So it's about 17, 18 U.S. dollars? Yeah. That's not bad. It's like a 20-minute ride. The traffic shouldn't be bad right now, it's about 2. So by the time we get there, maybe the hotel will let us check in. Man, Singapore got everything sorted, eh? It's so easy to find things, to navigate through the airport, to get a ride to the hotel. It's not the Mercedes. No? I was actually just saying to Note earlier that even though it's our first time here in Singapore, it feels like we've been here before. Everything is very easy. We speak English, all the signage is in English, we stop at a restaurant, they speak Mandarin, they speak Chinese to me. And the waiter hit on floor. Keep saying how beautiful you are and how lucky I am. Saying that your company is what makes the food taste good. And then he said you must really enjoy your meal. But yeah, everyone's really friendly. Honestly, it has this homey feeling. Yeah. This one is us. Hello. How are you? Oh, lots of room. Can't wait to see a hotel room. I'm tired. We only slept like three hours last night. Because we hopped on the flight from Samui at 8. We got up at 5.30. But the good thing is... Yes, yes. The good thing is that there were no lines at Samui Airport or even when we got here in Singapore. Absolutely quiet. Where are you guys from? From Thailand. Thailand. From Koh Samui. What makes you come to Singapore? I don't know. People have been telling us that the food is delicious. So we want to come here and find out for ourselves. So this is your first time? First time in Singapore. Been to the airport many times. But not explore Singapore, huh? No, not yet. No, first time. So excited. We just spent like three hours at the airport just now. So how long are you going to stay here? Four nights. Four nights? Yeah. You can travel to Sentosa. Yeah. Go to Manila Bay. Yes. Oh, a lot of construction things going here. Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. Oh, when is that? Oh. That would be cool. They host so many events in Singapore. For a small country, they host mega events. Because the facilities here are so good. Are we here? Yeah, yeah. Oh, it's inside the mall? Thank you, Saidi. Thank you. Pleasure talking to you. You can manage the bag? Yes. I'll close the trunk for you. Thank you. He's so nice. Everyone we met so far, since we arrived, have been so nice. Very chatty, which is not what I expected of Singaporeans, actually. And it's so easy because everybody speaks English. Yeah. This is so interesting. I think it's here on the right. Okay, if you come in the main entrance, turn right and go up this elevator. There's always a reason to look up. This place is so chic. It's so nice. It's perfect for working, really. I mean, the room should be really nice anyways, but this is all the space for a co-living, co-working space. They have a theater room inside here. What is inside the theater room? TV and two sandbags. And they have a patio outside. You want to go see? Yeah. Wow, look at that. So beautiful. Oh, Central Fire Station is right there. And look at that beautiful building. Oh, I pinned that place. I think it's a police station or something. We're in a very, very good location, I think. And also, we have breakfast included with our room for four nights. And there's a washer and dryer and everything. And I think right now they have some free treats for us to take as well. Oh, really? Yeah, so let's go check that out. You want a little treat? Yeah, I'll take some. You can get a little cone. I want this one. You want this one? Okay. We love free stuff. Yeah. Can we just take the whole jar? It's hard to... It's a lot easier, you know? Cats! Perfect, love this floor already. I remember this because this is not the first... Is it Life or Live? Life. Life, right? L-Y-F. So it's not the first Life hotel we stayed at. We actually stayed in one in KL, in Kuala Lumpur. And each floor has its own water station, share fridge, microwave, all of that stuff. It's pretty awesome. We are 901. All the way to the end. Oh, really? Oh, pretty nice. Nice and bright. Yeah. It's small. Yeah. But clean and comfortable looking. I think it's already bigger than the one we had in Malaysia. But yeah, you can work here. You can even sit here. Lots of little storage spaces. Put our luggage underneath here. Sink. I think it's actually pretty good. How much do we pay for this? This is where it's surprising. It's $120 USD a night. That's quite expensive. But that's kind of what put us off Singapore initially. Whenever we look at hotel prices, it is quite expensive. And then we did decide that, okay, we could go like $80, $90. But it's much older and it's not in a great location. So this one looks really nice. Great location. It's a bit more. But I think it's worth it. It's worth it. It's our first time in Singapore. See the toilet? Ah, pretty good. Looks new too. Good job. You picked it. Well, you picked it. I picked it. And we asked our Singaporean friends to help us pick it. I think we're just going to rest today here at the hotel. And start our day early in the morning tomorrow. So hopefully the sun comes out. Because it was raining a bit here. Good thing we have a few days. Yeah. Real quick. One thing we've loved using lately is the Moth Trackable Tripod Wallet. 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So little. Nice. You should still use the umbrella because you have the camera. But look at the skyline. That's beautiful. How beautiful is this city? I mean country. Feels like a city, right? Right. Look at the contrast. You can see older houses along the river. And the backdrop is all these new, modern skyscrapers. And if you look on the other side. Oh, you can't see it from here. We saw the Marina Bay Sands yesterday. It would be on that side. On that side? Yeah. We saw a lot of people running down the promenade. And it was nice and cool in the evening. You can do a boat ride too, in the daytime and at night. There! You can see it from the distance. Out of our budget, though. I really like the place we're staying at, actually. We're about a 10-15 minute walk. I think we're going towards Chinatown now. But we're in the central business district. By the river walk. We're also 15 minutes away from the Merlion. Which we both want to go and see. Maybe after lunch. It's a great area. But we are also close to the MRT. So we will take that to go a little bit further. To do some exploring after. Look at this building. What is that? It's so nice. Probably a hotel. Park collection. Park Royal Collection. When I see buildings like this. I appreciate it so much more. Now that we're trying to build our house. And it's a simple two-bedroom bungalow. And there's a lot of headaches in it already. Can you imagine building something like this? Wow, look at the garden in between. Yeah, I think it's really beautiful. Whenever big buildings in urban areas add a lot of green. It just makes the city look so nice. I think it's in here. This is so hidden. There's a lot of people on the other side. That's a coffee and tea place. Pardon me? Monday to Thursday. Today is Friday. Public holiday today. Is today a public holiday? Okay, let's go see there. Thank you. Oh my goodness. Wow. Look at the lineup. Is this where we're going? This one is famous too. This is curry chicken noodle. But this wasn't the one I was looking for. There are more stalls. Back here. What's the name of the place? Minced meat noodles. Okay. I just love the vibe of these local stalls. What do you call them? Hawken stall? Hawker stall. Thank you. It's upstairs. Second floor. Now how do we get upstairs? This building is so confusing. Do you know what this is though? I think this is part of a housing development. Like a residential building? Yeah, because they have a little market here. They have hairdressers. They have food. You see a lot of elderly in this neighborhood. So I think it is part of a housing complex. There's a chance that it won't be open today. Because I think it's a public holiday. That's why we were wondering why there are so many kids. Everyone doesn't seem to be at work, at school. This is actually a very lively place. It's pretty awesome that when you leave your house and go downstairs, there's already plenty of food options. Lunch places, coffee shops. This laksa looks good too. This place sells the famous laksa. Five years Michelin Guide. This is our backup, okay? If we cannot find the place that we want to eat at. Honestly, I'll be happy eating at any of these stalls. They all look so good. Everything has Michelin, babe. Even this chicken noodle here. I want to get Granny's pancake as well. Oh my god, that looks amazing. I want to get that one as well. Okay, let's do that. Are they also closing at 3pm? I think that's it. Are they still open? A little bit of vinegar, not too much. And dry, because then you get the soup on the side. When I said we can eat spicy, he was like... Approved. I will just order this, we can share. And then I can get some other things to share. Because now looking around, there's actually a lot. You can find a table. Wow, thank you. How much is it? Six dollars. This looks really good. I'm hungry, I'm very hungry. Let's sit over here. So we ordered dry thick egg noodles. And it comes with braised mushroom. Crispy pork. Minced pork. Pork slices. And pork dumpling. With like a dark soy sauce at the bottom. Oh my goodness, you made it. 40 minutes? I don't know, the line was so slow because the lady was doing like one at a time. But I think it's going to be really good. What did you get? This is roasted pork and wonton dry noodles. And it comes with a soup on the side. And the lady was really friendly. She said we have to add some of the chilies on the side into it. And it's also Michelin 2025. Okay. Iced lime juice. And granny's pancake. But they only had peanut butter left. Oh, you managed. The line was so long. I think I like it, you don't like it. But then we can get you something else yummy later. Don't assume, I might like it too. I hope you like it. So you can help me eat it, we can get more food. It sounds like you hope I don't like it. It's actually a really fun atmosphere. People are like, have you tried this? And you know, it's my first time here. And then I thought those two girls knew each other actually, but they didn't know. Because the lady put all their food together in one tray. And they're like, we actually don't know each other, we just met in line. And then like, you know, they're just all into food. Let me try my noodles. This is good, so we can compare. Yeah. This is Michelin Guide, this is not Michelin Guide. But it's very highly reviewed on Google Maps. Should I try mine or we should try both of them together? You have to drink the soup after. The soup is so delicious. Mmm. Better hot, right? My fault. See, this is very typical, like, siu dao food. The fluffy fish balls. Fish ball soup. Mmm. Really good. Very nice. Honestly, with the amount of hot food stalls here, it would take a whole year to finish. To try everything. Yeah. And food wasn't expensive. I think your noodle was $6. My noodle is $5.50. You can even get a smaller portion for $4.50. Don't have to say anything. You can tell from Flora's expression. So is it better than this one? I like this one more. That one is still good, but the noodles. So chewy. So good. Thank you. They also have clean toilet. Oh, perfect. Your trays to these, like, tray collection centers. Or else you get a fine. Oh. But it's actually great for, you know, helping things. We fortunately exchanged some Singapore dollars at the airport because we were thinking whether or not we need to change a lot. Thinking that, you know, you can use tap and pay for, like, most places nowadays. But a lot of them say cash only here. So I'm guessing, like, hawker centers, really local places prefer cash still. This is a traditional bakery. They sell a lot of those, like, flaky pastries. Very Chinese-style pastries. They all look so good. Oh, I love these. These ones we can find in Thailand, yeah. But this reminds me, actually, a lot of Hong Kong. When we used to go back from Canada to Hong Kong during, like, the summer holidays. I remember there was traditional bakeries around where we were living. And we would just go down and, like, grab some snacks, go back upstairs. There's restaurants too, but not, like, food centers like this. Like, this is really well set up for the local community. But, yeah, it's such a nice place to have. A nice community vibe to be living in, like, a housing complex like this. Thai mangosteen. One kg, eight dollars. That's actually not bad. Really? Is it mangosteen? It is mangosteen season. I think so. Oh, look at all these durians. Why they're so tiny? Oh! Red prawn. We had that before in Malaysia. That was really good. Oh, it's $20 each. Oh, that's expensive. But this one is $3 for $10. This one is $1 for $8. Because it's so tiny. Look at how small that is. The size of my fist. But you see, the inside is very ripe. Because don't they ripen it on the tree here? Yeah. Yeah, so I think for us, it might be a waste. Yeah. It might end up like this. Let me throw my thing out here. No, but we do enjoy a good amount of ripeness durians. Especially like... They're probably from Malaysia, right? Oh, be careful when you say that. We don't know. Singapore is extremely clean. Don't you think? Yeah. Everywhere we go. I think it's also... I mean, it's not just that businesses or the government hire people to keep things clean. I think it's a civic duty, you know? Everyone pitches in to keep it clean. And before coming here, for some reason, I imagined Singapore to be similar to Hong Kong. You know, a lot of big buildings that are so close together. People are moving fast. Like, a bit more chaotic. But it turns out, Singapore is so much more chill. It is more chill. A lot more space, a lot of green space. Even though we're in the downtown. Yeah. This is Chinatown. This is a busy, busy area. But I also think that you feel that Hong Kong is like that because of where I like to take you. Like, we like to go to Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok and all of that stuff. And that's really busy. But there are places that are more chill in Hong Kong. Like the new territories? It's probably my fault. So next time when we go back to Hong Kong, I need to show you some nice and relaxing places so you have a better impression. I ate the rojak. Oh, okay. That's the fruit. The fruit one. Oh, okay. We should try that actually. Okay, thank you. Thank you. So friendly. Yeah. So this pretty green building here is called Kata, I believe. It's like a new-ish complex that has cafes, some restaurants, and I think a couple little shops. It's right next to the famous Maxwell Food Centre. We weren't going to go eat there today, but it feels like we need to go and try the rojak. The one that Lady recommended? I remember seeing that before when we were in Malaysia. I think it's like fruit mixed with a certain sauce. So we found the rojak store. It helps when there's a couple people lining up as well. So they sell rojak, popiah, which is the fresh... Is it like a spring roll? Yeah. Like a fresh roll and popiah. Do we just want the rojak? Yeah. Are you hungry enough to get the popiah? No, rojak. And then we still have that Annie... Granny cake in my bag. Yeah, yeah. An Siang Hill Park. Left or right? Right and left. Right, left? Yeah. Wow. This is quite nice. Very nice. You can see some of the older houses here, but also the skyline. And then also the trees. Look at the amount of AC units. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. How many... What? How many rooms are in this building? Which one first? Maybe hit the rojak first. I guess so. This one is a guaranteed success, I think. The peanut butter one. So is this the dessert? What is a rojak? I don't consider it a dessert. It's mostly vegetables. But I think the sauce might be sweet. Oh, it smells strong. I think it has shrimp paste. Oh, and pad thong go. Oh. Like fried dough. Yeah, with hill. There's fried dough. Oh. Cucumber. Definitely shrimp paste. Pineapple. Lots of peanuts. Bean sprouts. Okay, you ready? It smells savory. Yeah. It smells savory and sweet at the same time. Yeah, okay. What should I go first? Pineapple. I'm going to go pineapple. Yeah, pineapple is a good one. Oh, no. I'm going to go for mango, I guess. Green mango. Is this pineapple or mango? Cheers. It's pretty good. I don't know if I like it or not. I did like the first taste. But the aftertaste is quite umami. I don't know. Still deciding. Yeah. Maybe that's what happens. You eat the whole box and you're like, still deciding. It's that first initial bite for me. It's always like, not sure if I like it. And then I keep chewing it. I was like, it's nice. It's like a love-hate relationship right now. I can't decide if I love it or I can't decide if I hate it. But from a health point of view, this is probably one of the worst salads for you because it's really, it's sweet. I don't think this is a healthy option. There's a lot of sugar and a lot of peanuts in here. But this is not just a Singaporean thing. I think this is like a Malaysian, Singaporean, Indonesian. Oh yeah? I think all of them have, maybe the taste will be slightly different or maybe the sauce is slightly different, but it's a dish, like a common dish. I want to cause some trouble here. So I want to ask, who invented rojak? Is it Singaporean? Or is it Malaysian? Or is it Indonesian? Or is it Filipino? Let us know in the comments section. We both said we're not sure, but we're still eating. So we're going to take the MRT for the first time. It should only be two stops. We're going to... Raffles place. It's only one stop. Oh, only one stop. Even better. We've been walking mostly, honestly, since we got here because where we're staying is so convenient. And we already are at 9,000 steps today. So we'll just take one stop to Raffles station to see the Merlion. And I believe we can just use our credit card to tap and pay. We don't even have to buy tickets, so we will try that out. I like that. We can just use our credit card. So convenient. We don't have to buy tickets as well. That was quick and easy and quiet in there. Wow. Oh, we're actually now at the center of the skyline we were looking at before. Wow. This is the closest we've been to the Marina Basin. It is beautiful, isn't it? Why aren't we staying there? Because one night is the price of our whole trip. Can you just go up there? I don't know. Is it open to the public? Is it like a bar or restaurant up there? I'm sure you can go up for drinks or something, right? Well, actually, I'm not sure. It could be very exclusive that you need to stay there. I don't know. I've seen it in movies. I've seen it online, but seeing it in real life, it's pretty crazy that they are able to build something like that. I think it's cool to see it from down here. The view from up top probably is more boring, isn't it? I'm sure it's still nice. We're saying that because we can't afford to go up there just to make us feel better. I'm going to have to warn you, though. As we approach the Merlion, you will see a lot of people who are being possessed. They're all going to open their mouths. Are we going to be creative? We have to be creative. Come on. Today is a public holiday. That's why it's so busy, I think. Or is it like this every day? Probably like this every day. It's the most popular place in Singapore. It's pretty, actually. I don't think that he can do something creative, but I honestly think that most things have been done here. Most ideas have been done, I mean, regarding the water fountain. So we'll see what he comes up with. Do you know what's creative? What? If you get naked and pretend you're taking a shower. Oh, that's very good, too. Also get you arrested. You cannot do a lot of things in Singapore. You get fined for fishing, fined for spitting, Fined for leaving your tray at the hawker centre. Okay. Ready? Yeah. You have to angle it right, okay? Okay. What are you trying to do? I'm trying to block the water. Oh, you've got to go lower. You as a cameraman have to find the angle. You have to angle towards him. You have to angle towards the water. More. Put the umbrella closer to you and look more scared. Does it work? Okay, there you go. Good, I'm thirsty. Yeah, I'm filling it up. I know it's touristy, but it's quite beautiful. Yeah. So is it half lion, half mermaid? That's why they call it merlion? I think it has nothing to do with mermaid. I think it's half lion and half fish. Fish because Singapore used to be a fishing village, I believe. And lion because it's called the Lion City. There was like a prince that came to Singapore a long, long time ago. Before it was called Singapore. And saw a lion on this land. So they call it the Lion City. But I think the mer is actually mer like the sea in French. I think that's what it means. So it's not like a mermaid lion. I think it's like a sea lion. What's your name? Soti. I'm Note. Like a music note. This is Flora. We live in Thailand. We're from Thailand. Yeah. We're here. Oh my goodness. Feels like I'm in a fairy tale. Just like the photos, huh? So beautiful. It doesn't feel too crowded. It's a lot of people, but they are very quiet. Which I love. It's 7.30. So there's about 15 minutes before the show. Plenty of seating left. Let's find a place to sit. This here, this spot. I guess if you buy a ticket, you can go up to the bridge. This area is all free. But then there's like an elevator that goes up. I guess that's the paid, like if you buy a ticket. But this is beautiful. Four more minutes. 7.45, right? I think this is the perfect end to our first full day in Singapore. We did a couple iconic things. We ate a couple authentic things. There's still a lot more to eat. Yeah, and do and try. We have a couple more days left. So hopefully we get decent enough weather to go explore. But one thing I learned about Singapore is that it's pretty considerate. And I say that because there's so much good food. But they also make you walk a lot. Like there's a lot of green space, public space. It's so walkable that I have clocked almost 14,000 steps today. And I think I'm ready to eat again after the show. We walked a lot. Tonight we present a world of fantasy. So pick a spot, grab your cameras, and enjoy the show. Cameras in hand!