09.09.2011

Woke this morning to the 7am alarm going off. Sandra got up and turned it off so we had another 1/2 hour sleep in. It is cloudy again but no doubt it will get hot. We are going on the Open Air bus again down to the "ship on top of a building". It was called Marina Skypark at Baysands and was just wonderful. Such a shame it was foggy and hazy but the view (close by) was stunning. Sandra didn't want to go up but after some persuasion she finally relented and she was pleased she did. There is hope for her on the Flyer yet!!!!
We saw from all angles and even saw them getting ready for the Formula 1 Motor Race. It is only the weekend after we have gone home. We had a look at the 2 swimming pools, 1 for adults and the other for the children but only for Hotel guests. The pools are amazing with the water going right to the edge. We even saw 2 men with the legs over the edge.
We walked back about 15kms to the River Cruise. I didn't think I had been on this but one we got started I remember the bronze statues of boys jumping off the wall. We went down to the Meridon (1/2 fish and 1/2 lion) statue with water coming from it's mouth. We got off the cruise and got the train back to Changi Museum. The train was magic just like in China/Japan. Changi Museum is right at the end of the line where we got off. Colin and Ruby picked us up at the station and Colin took us to Changi Museum. What a place it is. We weren't allowed to take photos. Changi Jail is closed so you can imagine what the museum was like.
Colin then took us to the Commonwealth War Memorial. There were lots of graves there, some with names and ranks and other with "unnamed soldiers". The lawns were immaculate and so ere the gardens. The staff are mainly Indians and they work from sun up to sun down and work very hard too.
We got lost on the way back to Colin's for tea but we saw lots, even got in the traffic going to Malaysia for the weekend. The Malayan Islands are about 6 hours drive there and 6 hours back for work on the Monday.
We finally arrived at Colin's. He had dips, chips and wine before our tea and he had made 2 curries and rice for our tea. His partner is a Airline Steward on Singapore Airlines and I thought he would pass for 28/30 but he said he was 45 years old. A very nice and interesting gentleman too. We had a nice night and got a taxi back to our Hotel which wasn't far and we were in bed by 11.