Museum Day in Singapore

Waking up this morning to a view of the city from our hotel was certainly no burden. We could see all of the little happenings out on the bay and all of the traffic near our hotel. It was peaceful, but not for long. Our flurry of packing everything up began and once finished, we hopped onto an elevator, or tried to. The elevators were at max capacity and the wait for one to come to your floor was ages. Once it arrived there was also the question of whether or not you would fit onto the elevator, which was typically impossible. We finally found an elevator to cram onto and as we descended we stopped on almost every floor, but were too full to let anyone on. It ended up being the longest elevator ride I have taken in my life. Eventually, we escaped the lift’s confines and found ourselves some breakfast before hopping onto the metro. In honor of Father’s Day we were headed down to Chinatown for some painfully good massages. My dad got the man my mom got last time and he gave my dad health advise based off of his feet, which is impressive even the second time. We continued by showing my dad the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown, where the monks were conducting another ceremony.

Feeling both sore and replenished, we headed back to the subway. Here, navigation isn’t too difficult, but it still requires time. Just enough time in fact to force you to get on the train just as the doors are closing. This of course meant both of my parents managed to get on the train and I didn’t make it. Feeling a bit ditched, I sat on a bench until the next train came to take me to my parents. When it did come I got really confused because of the direction of the trains and I almost didn’t get on. Eventually I figured if the train went the wrong way I would just have an adventure and I got on. Luckily, the train went the right way and I reunited in time for lunch.

We went back to the vegan restaurant my mom and I ate at earlier and I got my huge bowl of vegetables again. With stomaches full, we then took the train back toward the Marina Bay Sands to the Museum of Art and Science. This ended up being even cooler than we imagined. We went to an exhibit called art meets science and there were some projection art pieces. However, most of the exhibit was interactive activities that used some amazing technology. The activity we spent the most time at was one where you colored in sheets with cars, trucks, buildings, planes, and more and then scan them into a digital city full of drawn creations. We made a lot of different creations, each with a name of one of our out-of-state cousins. We had so much fun watching them drive/fly around the city that we found the station where you can turn the drawings into 3D paper models.

There were even more cool activities to do, including a room full of light up balls that looked kind of like they went on forever. The museum was really cool, and we only saw a piece of it! With the day starting to wrap up we had to get our luggage back from luggage check and go to the airport. I had a lot of fun in Singapore, but it’s time to say goodbye to the only English speaking country on our trip.