Full Moon Party in Singapore

I must say, after a weekend of party in HK, partying in Singapore really cannot compare. However, there is one party here in Singapore that rocks HK's socks off - the Full Moon Party at Tanjong Beach Club (TBC). Setting on the man-made beach of Sentosa, the Full Moon Party is a full day/full night event every full moon in Singapore. Against the beach, there are beautiful people, pool parties, cabana, flame throwers, pole dancers, firework. You start in the afternoon if you wish, to day drink. If you're a late one, roll up anytime between 7 - 10, party is alive and happening until 4AM. Dancing, drinking, partying, all with the feeling of sands underneath your toes.

While there's no drugs in Singapore (death penalty is scary here), the alcohol is free flowing, while not much more expensive than most other clubs, while giving you a refreshing way of partying beyond the usual clubs in Asia. LOVE! Also, it seems that all my friends went, given I think everyone I'm friends with seem to randomly show up there one day or another.

Megatron!!!!

Universal Studios in Singapore is FUN. Not the half-baked "reflections lake" at Disney World Fun. But as in some of the coolest rides I've ever been on fun.

Universal Studios in Singapore has one of the most crazy roller coasters I've been on: Battlestar Galaxia. It's two roller coasters in one with a human side and a cyborg side. Both roller coasters are crazy. Unlike the coasters I've ridden before, these are powered. So as you are riding them, it's not just inertia that keeps it going, it's powered so it will twist, turn, drop, and go completely crazy in the ways your body is not expecting because it's not following the rules of physics. It's so crazy that Mo lost his keys during the ride.

What really impressed me about the theme park, however, was the Mummy and Transformers ride. They are thematic roller coasters with some of the coolest effects ever. Mummy was traditional with the props, smoke, and voice overs. There are fake tombs and coffins around. The total darkness of the ride enhanced the absolute feeling of fear in the ride. For the Transformers, it's an awesome combination of 3D graphics, where we are literally driving the car through the battle field, with bumps, pulls, jerks, and lunges timed perfectly to the 3D movie sequence that is being showed.

The park is PACKED with people. The lines for Mummy and Transformers were all over an hour long - unless you go single rider style. Yup, you don't sit with friends but literally it's a 10-20 minutes wait in comparison. That's how you roll up Universal Studios style in Singapore.Thank you Yovan for dragging me there after a huge bender out!

Must go to Transformers Ride!

Wading through crowds in Egypt land

Partying in KL

One of the greatest advantages of living in Singapore is the ability to travel on the weekend easily and cheaply around Southeast Asia. KL is one of the easiest place to reach from Singapore. Only an hour flight, flights from most major budget airlines will fly. From AirAsia, there's a flight to/from Singapore every hour for less than SGD100 roundtrip.

I met a few of my female friends from HK in KL for the weekend. I took the last flight out on Friday out. Landed past midnight but randomly matched the HK girls' flights time (how convenient). We landed and went straight out, where we hung out with Annie's KL friends... one whom pulled out a bong right in the middle of the street while we were having drunk food at 4AM. Greasy pork noodles (where 2 of the ppl couldn't eat because it's not Halal) and drunk boys on weed....

Best Laksa ever.

Best snack ever - green dough
covered with sugar and coconut.

KL is all about food. For breakfast, lunch and dinner are so great for food. The entire town revolves around it. Cheap good food: best Nesi Lemak with our local friends, Steven's Corner where all the locals know (my AD in Singapore who is from KL knew exactly what I meant when I described the place), random stalls in Chinatown, snacks just from the street. Even coffee from the food trucks are amazing. I didn't have a single bad meal in KL. I wanted to eat everything and felt my stomache was not big enough for my eyes. I think the food might actually be better than Singapore's... that's pretty aggressive statement.

Round 1.

I don't recommend going to KL as a tourist - there really isn't much to see. We went to the Batu Caves, which was nice but not super impressive. But I do recommend going with lots of friends for eating, drinking, partying, and just general fun time out from the boring routines of your lives. Even if you do the same things there as you do home, it still feels like an adventure.

View from SkyBar

Be careful of....

Perverts on the Singapore MRT. No joke. I ride the Northeast line to work every day from my apartment (Farrer Park) to work (Dhoby Ghaut). Here's what I saw in my train compartment today. 

In English, the sign says "stay safe", but in Chinese, it says be careful of perverted wolves (perverts). Singaporeans are shy Asians. I feel like boys have trouble hitting on girls in bars, I just cannot imagine them having the courage to start molesting random girls in a packed train....

Air Conditioning in Singapore

Whoa, I totally haven't been using air conditioning to fall asleep the past few days. Here are a few possibilities: 

1) I've been sick so I probably prefer to sweat out the disease than be cold? 

2) I've gotten used to being hot 

3) It's actually getting cooler here in Singapore 

4) God has intervened. 

Please select the most likely answer. 

One Altitude

One Altitude is the world's highest outdoors bar. Situated on the 62nd floor of the UOB building, the bar is a garden on top of a glittering city. The view up top is truly amazing. With multiple bars, garden decoration, and chairs around the side for patrons to enjoy the view, the lovely One Altitude definitely lives up to its hype. I only had the smallest complaint - the music was ridiculously loud like a club, unlike the relaxing atmosphere the garden ontop should've been. In comparison to Ozone, the world's tallest bar at the Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong, I think One Altitude is superior. The outdoors fresh airs give it a feeling an indoor bar cannot replicate. The whole point of a rooftop bar is being in the open air! Second, Ozone was slightly too tall at the 101st floor of ICC, where you are literally looking so far down on the rest of the Hong Kong that you have a feeling of being in a plane. At One Altitude, you're at the perfect height where you are looking at the rest of the skyline with awe. Singapore does have one of the prettiest skyline with the Marina Bay Sands standing proud for its residents.

Isn't this the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?

One must always remember how small Singapore is. Singapore is literally a swim away from Malaysia and Indonesia. From the top of the Marina Bay Sands, you can see Indonesia. On top of One Altitude, your phone gets Indonesia. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in the downtown center of Singapore, you are so close to Indonesia that you are literally roaming. To let you know how city center One Altitude is, the building One Altitude is in is on top of Raffles Place, the busiest MRT stop in Singapore. Almost all financial and commercial firms work there. Yet on top, you're already close enough to Indonesia.

ZoukOut 2011

ZoukOut is one of the largest beach parties in Southeast Asia every year. Every year, tens and thousands of people gather on Siliso beach on Sentosa to enjoy the party. People dress up in costumes and bikinis. Thousands of people flying in from around the world to party all night long. This year, I have had the great pleasure to be in Singapore with friends flying for the music festival. Here's a few suggestions for the weekend.

1) Book flight tickets and hotel rooms months in advice. Hotels on Sentosa book out early in advance. The ones that are not booked costs hundreds and thousands of dollars. However, it is so difficult to get a cab back from Siloso Beach after ZoukOut. the phone lines are busy. lines are super long and it takes hours to get through. We were lucky and stole an on-call cab from someone else. (Don't tell Mr. Chris).

2) Don't go crazy partying the night before. The crew arrived at the Ritz at 1AM - we decided it was a great idea to go get bottles and jagger bombs at Attica at 2AM after raiding the mini bar. Then, the crew decided it was a good idea to pick up korean girls and whiskey bottles until 8AM.

3) Don't drink massively before ZoukOut. Started pre-gaming at brunch at 2PM... Let's just say one member didn't make it to the party.

4) Pre-game before ZoukOut - you have to lineup for coupons for drinks before you can buy drinks at Zoukout.

5) There are multiple stages and areas for ZoukOut. Find the main stage and party there. The big shots are all performing there.

6) Find the bar that serves vodka and redbull only - that's the bar without a line.

7) Show up around 2AM - the headline DJs usually performance around 5AM.

8) Don't lose your friend - you'll never find him/her again. Cell phones don't work too properly and there are so many people in the dark. Everyone stumbles around like crazy. We lost one of our friend (who partied til 8AM the night before and started pre-gaming at 2PM). We never found him again. (until he showed up in his hotel room somehow).

9) Have loads of fun. The party is one of the greatest parties in the world. Fireworks synchronized with music. State of the art lighting coordinated perfectly to the music. Great crowd, great music, great fun. I can't wait until next year.