Singapore 2016 (Nov)

First Coach Bus - Subang Parade, Subang Jaya, > Star Vista, Singapore

Malaysia-Singapore Causeway - 2nd Link in Tuas

Homestay in cousin Sung's Apartment at Faber Crest

Cousin Hoe's wake at Ang Mo Kio's HDB Condominium

" He was such a great soul. A great personality. May his eternal soul rest in peace. My heartfelt condolences are with you & your family. Stay strong "

" It is hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. Rest in peace, cousin Hoe "

" Our thoughts & prayers are with you "

" My 3 days overland bus trip (First Coach) from Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia to Singapore (12-14/11/2016) - attending cousin brother Chow Keen Hoe's wake & funeral at Ang Mo Kio, Singapore & together with my wife visited Gardens by the Bay, Orchard Road & Changi airport "

My beloved cousin brother, Chow Keen Hoe passed away at a local hospital in Singapore last Thursday (10/11/2016). After receiving the news from cousin Sung, my wife & myself took a bus trip to Singapore and attended his wake & funeral in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore during the weekend (12-13/11/2016).

On that weekend, I had cancelled two of my commitments with my friends in Klang Valley ie an annual badminton dinner at a restaurant in Sunway Pyramid shopping mall on Saturday night (12/11/2016) & a short overnight visit (Sunday & Monday) to Melaka, an UNESCO world heritage site in central Peninsula Malaysia (13-14/11/2016). 

After the Sunday's funeral (13/11/2016) and with the guidance of a MRT map, I took my wife to visit the Gardens by the Bay & Orchard Road for the whole of the Sunday afternoon. On Sunday night and after a delicious dim sum dinner at Tunglok Teahouse in Far East Square, cousin Sung drove us to Changi Airport Terminal 1 to send off her elder daughter who was flying to London to further her post graduate study in urban city planning course in Cardiff, Wales. 

One has to realize that LIFE is available only in the present moment. Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory ! 

Total costs incurred (3 days) : Rm189 (US$44.50)

Bus (First Coach) : Rm140=US$32.55=S$45 (Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia > Star Vista Mall, Singapore return)

Food & grocery: S$9.40

MRT city trains: S$6.40

Homestay (2 nights): hosted by cousin Sung at his own apartment in Faber Crest, Clementi

Lunch & Dinner: buffet lunch & dinner at cousin Hoe's wake & a dim sum dinner hosted by cousin Sung's family members

Exchange Rates: US$1-Rm4.25; S$1=Rm3.10

Travel itinerary: Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia > Clementi, Singapore > Subang Jaya, Malaysia (700km)

Gardens by the Bay

Orchard Road

Marina Bay Sands

Changi Airport Terminal 1

Get-together dinner with my cousin Sung's family members in a Singapore restaurant - one for the album