Singapore at short notice on an affordable budget.

Fatt Fah teen ( FFT) is Cantonese for flowermania. When I saw beautiful pics of Tulipmania in Singapore posted by my dear friend Loo Kee, I decided I needed to make an impromptu trip to Singapore to see the tulips before the Tulipmania fest ended on 21st May 2023.So ... I soon found like-minded flower maniacs FFT friends Katherine and Elaine to go 2 days later. And Seok Li who was flying to S'pore joined us in Gardens by the Bay. Seok Li who was very familiar with Singapore gave us invaluable advice on immigration and how to move around by MRT.

We stayed in JB airbnb courtesy Sue Ann's arrangement and help.Sue Ann taught me how to book the Tebrau Shuttle from Johor Central. Its only RM5/- per trip. The train ride takes only 5 minutes from Johor Central to Woodlands in Singapore. Is taking the train shuttle better than then RM2/- bus? We had quick LLL ( life long learning) on cheap ways to travel to and around Singapore by MRT and buses. Do u know what is Tel, EW,NS and Circle lines? Do u know what is 903,911,912, or 913?

I had an EZ link card with SGD value 11.20 in it( given by Sue Ann) and I topped it by paying SGD 10. Elaine and Katherine paid SGD 29 for an unlimited 2 day trave pass and they both got back the SGD 10 deposit so they spent SGD 19/- each only + SGD 170x2.( SGD 22.40) I had SGD 8.00 left which meant I used SGD 13/- to travel the same distances. Yes, Singapore at short notice is surprisngly very doable on an affordable budget when you have the support of family and good friends. Tq! It was a delightful impromptu short holiday and we 4 have bonded much more via FFT.

What is the best way to go by MRT from Woodlands to Changi? The first day, we followed 2 Singaporean Malay ladies who used a roundabout route -the brown TEL until Caldecott and then change to orange Circle line to Paya Lebar and then change to green EWL to Changi. In hindsight, it looked somewhat roundabout and long but because we were following them, we didn't raise any questions. Google however suggested we should take the red NSL until City Hall and then change to the green EWL to Changi. What do you think is the best route?

From Changi, we took the bus to Pasir Ris and then the train to Raffles where we explored the night scene.

The 2nd day, we wanted to go Gardens by the Bay. We took the brown TEL straight to Gardens by the Bay and found out we were at the wrong exit. Many other tourists made this mistake. The guard was very familiar with our problem - he said we woud have to walk 45 mins in the hot sun if we did not back track the same line until Marina Bay. So that brown TEL should be taken until Marina Bay and then change to the orange Circle Line and get off at Bay Front which is on the correct side of Gardens by the Bay.

I am confident I have recovered well from the stroke. We walked more than 16k steps daily. The last day, I drove the gals home to Cyberjaya via Seremban for a yummy crab lunch. We followed up with a 16.51 km bike ride from Cyberjaya to Putrajaya and across the bridge back to Cyberjaya.