Hotel Review: One Farrer Park, Singapore

This was my 3rd trip to Singapore and maybe his hundreds trip to Singapore. But it was our 2nd trip together. We decided to take a short holiday to Singapore while extending his VOA.

He let me choose the hotel we were gonna stay, because last time I didn't really like the hotel he chose. It took a long time for me to chose one. Then I saw one on Agoda with a glowing review. The price was cheap 1.7million rupiah/night but it has almost perfect review. We decided to stay in One Farrer Park in Little India.

We were lucky because this new hotel upgraded us from basic room to VIP Club Lounge Room without having to pay extra. I think it was suppose to be around 4million/night in the Club Lounge Room. Yeay me!!! I mean Yeay OFP!

Personal Lounge for Club Lounge Guest to have breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea time, basically any time meal for free!!

Snacks and Foods available almost all the time for Club Lounge Guests

Club Lounge Swimming Pool, pretty small but only for Club Lounge Guest, so it is decent size compare to the big shared one downstairs

Lounge seating area

Luxurious looking bathroom sets

Veranda Sitting area with Great View of The City

Enjoying our Tea Time 

We were the only one eating and probably staying on the Club Lounge Floor that 2 nights

This hotel deserves my vote. Room was cute and comfortable. I love that everything is using technology, from shutting down the drapes to automatic feet light to avoid bumping into things at night. The shower head was amazing. They gave us 2 options. I feel like showering under the hot water rain. Love the bathroom amenities too.

Next time, I would definitely stay there again. Tho, next time we can only afford the basic room. Also, it was only walking distance to Farrer MRT and Mustafa Centre too.
It was wonderful and amazing experience for us. I used to work a lot with Hotels to know a great one when I see it and this would be it. Excellent service, high-tech appliances, wonderful views, cute room and bathroom, great enjoyable food. Me and my partner would like to say personal thank you to the lady in the receptionist (we don't really know her name), Malik and Danial for their kindness and great service. Danial was actually befriending me on Instagram and frequently contacted me there too.  Who would have thought that I would make friend with one of the awesome Singapore people in the hotel. It is like his kindness was not just about service, but it was sincere. 

Hotel Link
Location: 9
Room    : 8
Foods    : 8
Service  : 9
Overall   : 8.5

Ps: Probably they could be better in terms of service in the lobby. Lobby area looked kinda dull and They don't have bellboy (or he was nowhere to be seen) and no one to open the door in the lobby.

Singapore Trip for a Shopaholic: Part 2 Little India, Candy Empire, Bugis Junction

Previous: first post on Singapore Trip, Here

Day 2 in Singapore:

My Plan would be:
1. Visiting Little India for South Indian Food
2. Visiting & Shopping in Mustofa Centre
3. Visiting & Shopping in Candy Empire for Candies, Ovomaltine Jam, and etc.

 I woke up around 9am and headed out at 10am. The nearest MRT is Kallang but it was located quite far. So we decided to take bus instead. Since our "Yours Singapore Card" could also be used for bus transportation. We walked for 5 minutes to the bus station.

3 Days Only Tourist Card

The price of each of this card is 35USD, but worry not, you will get your refund back for 15USD. You can use this card for 3 days and for any kind and any amount of transportation like MRT and Bus.

We took bus no 7 from Bef Geylang to Dhoby Ghaut. There were 14 stops on the way, but it wasn't a very long ride, only 15-20min. And I took MRT from there to Little India, only 1 stop.  Here is the link for bus route, just in case you need to use it someday, Bus Route.

I love the busy street of Little India. I can smell Indian food that I love so much. I dragged my boyfriend to a restaurant that I already knew as a good South Indian Food restaurant. The interior was still the same like last year (2013 August), but they used tab to order food now. How cool! The waiters were nice and the place were also clean. What I love the most, besides the foods, were the people there. They are so polite and nice, also very helpful.

The Foods look so yummy!!

Our lunch/late breakfast menu

 I forgot how much did we have to pay. I do remember we were not feeling sorry, either the foods were really good or the price is understandable. I think it was both. ^_^ One thing for sure, If I ever coming back again for vacation or work to Singapore, I will definitely visit this restaurant again. I could never find any place with better Prawn Masala than this one.

Here is the restaurant name card.

I found this in front of a Hindu Temple in Little India

I got Mahendi Tattoo. Yeaay!!

Our happy tummies require exercise now. So off we go to find Mustafa Centre. I went there last August for another shopping spree with my co-workers. I was planning to buy gifts for family and friends there. I found a building name Mustafa Centre, turned out it was a shoes store. So, make sure you go to the right Mustafa Centre. The real one was a bigger building of 3 floors.

Shoes Store Mustafa Centre

Real Mustafa Centre (sorry took it from the side)

I went crazy there. I spent a million rupiah and I think he spent slightly more than a million rupiah. These are the stuff that we found in Mustafa Centre. We don't have this Magnum Black and Mini Mint varian in Indonesia.

I am collecting Jelly Beans in the office.

Super happy with the bags..cheap and cute.

Fake Magnum 

Should have buy a lot more of this one because it was really yummy!

 Those were some of the stuffs that we bought. We didn't take pictures of most of them.

On the way to Little India, I saw that Bugis Junction were having Pre-Renovation Sale up to 80%. I told him that we had to go back to Bugis Junction after Mustofa. He said okay. But we decided to visit Candy Empire store first, located in 9 Raffles Boulevard. It was inside a mall (I forgot what mall) level 1. I found it and it wasn't as big as I expect it would be. I mean it says "empire" I thought it was gonna be huge. Turned out it was just a size of small studio apartment. But they do have a lot of collection of sweets from all over the world. Having a sweet tooth myself, I had to spoiled myself there. Hehehe...

Oooh Heaven on Earth.

Ovomaltine series...Yeay!!!

                   

 Our last stop was Bugis Junction, before we go back to Hotel. We were lucky because Bugis Junction was on the path of bus 7 route. Easier for us to go back to our hotel.

I bought mostly underwear's and we had dinner there. I love their Basement Level. There were so much of food options. He had soup in Spoon Soup place and I got to try all the snacks and foods down there. These are what I got for dinner:

Egglet yummy!

Korean Chon Chicken

I tried Egglet and Korean Chon Chicken even before they became famous and crawl their way in to Indonesian food hawkers market. Tired and full, we decided to go home. While I was waiting for the bus, I saw this Bugis Street. It looks interesting. So, I keep that in mind to visit Bugis Street the next day.

 That is all my journey for day 2 in Singapore. Stay tune to find out why I did another shopping spree in Bugis Street, What I found in there and Why I was so happy yet feel sorry for making Bugis Street my last shopping destination. Thank you for reading this post. I hope you will have a good time in Singapore next time you visit the Lion Head Country. See ya!

Singapore Trip for a Shopaholic: Part 1, Sephora Shopping

Hi there,

I would like to share my experience going on a shopping trip to Singapore last month. I keep trying to write about it, but I got so lazy hehehe.

Pictures taken before, during, and after the flight to Singapore.

Me and Giant decided to go to Singapore to extent his Visa to be able to stay longer in Indonesia. I stayed in a hotel Hollywood 81 in Geylang Road. Hotel

It was cheap, around 70USD/night. The room was a bit too small, but it was clean and they have a nice and helpful staffs. It was a bit far from the MRT Station, so we decided to buy a 3 days "Your Singapore" ticket for 35USD with refund 15USD/card. This ticket will allow us to travel using MRT and bus too. The closes MRT to our hotel was a bit further away, so we prefer taking bus from Geylang Road. Usually bus no 7 because it covers route to the central of the city like Dholbi Gaut, Orchard, and Bugis Junction.

The first thing I did after arriving in Singapore was visiting my office (We have office branch in Singapore too) for a office related business. Then we took MRT to a closer location from the hotel. Turned out it was not close at all. We had to walk around 30min around noon. It was crazy hot and I started to be more cranky. I could not stand hot weather..well neither cold weather.

We went to hotel and went to Orchard road to find Sephora store. It was not easy to find it. We practically lost our way several times. We kept trying to find the store because I thought the store is not gonna be inside of a mall, we spent 2 hours walking around the Orchard Road. Then we decided to ask random woman on the street. I believed a woman might now Shepora store, since it is one of the biggest make up store in the world. And I  was right. Finally we found it inside a mall, ION Orchard. They should let us know which floor it is. So it will be easier to find. Sigh.

GlamGlow Mud for 92SGD or around Rp.900.000.
Woa this is crazy. I think the price in Jakarta is around Rp.750.000

Boyfriend not having a good time in make up store ;-p

I don't understand why people keep wanting to go back to this place. Most of the products price were actually more expensive than the one being sold in Indonesia. I bought GlamGlow (well bf bought it for me) for 35USD and it was 92SGD in Singapore. Too much when they are being sold for 75USD in Indonesia/Jakarta.

I only bought several things from Sephora, mostly because they are cute.

1. Sephora Cotton pads
2. 3 Shepora Mini Bubbles
3. Shepora Dry Shampoo
4. Benefit Mascara: They're Real


 In the next post I will write about our experience visiting, shopping, and eating in Little India, Bugis Junction, and Bugis Street. Not to miss, find out why I was crying and almost hyperventilating in Singapore Airport before coming back to Indonesia.


2nd Post here!!!