Friday, 18 October 2013

Trip to Singapore with FireFlyz.com

Today I would like to share with you all  my business trip to Singapore . There are several ways of taking  flight from Kuantan to Singapore , either transit via KLIA by MAS or direct flight to Singapore by FireFly . I choose to fly with FireFly since it is a direct flight to Singapore which only took us 45 minutes for arrival compared to flight  via KLIA that might took 3 to 4 hours due to transit . The fare is return RM500  per person .

For info , FireFly is a full-service point -to-point carrier and a full subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines . It operates from two hubs - Sultan Abdul Aziz Subang Airport and Penang International Airport . The airline has also been granted rights to fly from/to Singapore to Subang , Kuantan , Terengganu , Malacca and Ipoh . This is my first experienced flying with FireFly . They are using aircraft ATR 700-500 with 72 numbers of passengers . Pls refer their website for details : fireflyz.com.my

My trip to Singapore is for 3D2N with my  management buddy . Since it is business trip , my business partner recommended  and booking for  us the  Carlton Hotel , Bras Basah Road . It is not very far from Changi Airport and their office .  It is also  near to famous shopping vicinity , Orchard Road and tourist attraction area , Marina Bay . It is just like Bukit Bintang and Suria KLCC area in Kuala Lumpur . The hotel room is very spacious and comfortable with free breakfast and fast WIFI connection . Next to our hotel , you can find   the famous Raffles Hotel , Raffles City Mall , CHIME foods court , Bras Basah Shopping Complex ( under refurbishment ) and Singapore Management University . And it is just walking distant to Singapore Flyer , the Marina Sands "Iconic "Ship" building " and the bay of Garden , which is really full of colors  during  night time .

As  muslim , we always looking for halal foods when we feel hungry . In Singapore , most of the fast foods chain namely , KFC , McDonalds , Pizza , Chicken Rice Shop etc ..are halal ... If you are in foods court ( which normally located at the Mall basement ) you can find one or two halal stall . Be free to ask OR just look for the Halal sign . For dinner , we try the middle east foods at Arab street area near Basiroh Road and not very far from Sultan Mosque .

In our free time , we have a chance to visit the Sentosa Island . We took the train from VIVO City mall to the island which have 3 stops , namely USS station , Imbiah Station and Beach station . For info , I had blogged my holiday experienced in Sentosa with my family which  I mainly spend my time at USS area only ... you can read it from my previous blog ! But during this time , I have more time to explore the island until the beach station .....and visit many of other attraction , namely Merlion Statue , IFly . Cable car , Sosilo Beach ...In this trip also , I have a chance ride a MRT at the VIVO City station to the Bugis Station and finally took a taxi to our hotel .

As a conclusion , Singapore is really a discipline country , beautiful , systematic ,  very clean and shaddy@ cool country  due to high rise building and big tree concept . Nice country to visit . The airport concept also very nice . But it is  not real attraction for Malaysian tourist ,coz  due to the current exchange rate nowadays ie  SGD $1.00 = RM2.62 . In other words , "Works" in Singapore but "Spends"  in Malaysia !... but there will always ways and means if you really want to visit Singapore ..  " budget traveller " . I will share this for my next trip to Singapore ......




Kuantan Airport

walking to the flight 

FireFly airplane ATR series


inside cabin ... 72  passengers


inflight lights meals 

approaching Changi Airport .. Terminal 2

baggage claims

took taxi to Carlton Hotel , Bras Basah Rd .. fare $13.00

welcome to Carlton Hotel

the spacious lobby

the big window from my room... the room rate is $275 per night

very spacious and comfortable room



another view


view of the room  from the bathroom


hotel toiletries

near the hotel ... Raffles City Shopping mall


near the hotel ... Raffles Hotel


sightseeing nearby the hotel compound


near the Mandarin Marina Hotel


evening view from my room

night view from my room

fajr view from my room

the green garden landmark at the marina area

The Marina Sands  "the "  ship " building .. one of Singaporean  Icon "

Singapore Flyer

Singapore city view


another city view .. the high rise banking building

The Sentosa Island 

inside the VIVO City Mall

Universal Studio ... here I come again !!

infront of Hard Rock Cafe

The Sentosa Merlion statue

the origin of Singapore ....

infront of the Cable Car Sentosa Station

the Sosilo Beach

The IFly ... where everyone can actually fly without the wing



Departure time ... at Terminal 2

At Changi Airport ... " Good Bye Singapore "








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