My school, SMPK 1 BPK Penabur Bandung arranged a study tour to Singapore, which was held from February 27th to March 5th 2015. There were 23 students of Grade 7 DCP Programme and 3 teachers joining the program. We flew from Bandung airport at 10:15 a.m. by Air Asia flight and arrived at Singapore, Changi Airport at 12:50 p.m.. After clearing up the immigration and getting our luggages, we went straight to Anderson Junior College Hostel, where we would be staying in Singapore during our study tour. Then we went to Marina Barrage and Gardens By the Bay to spend the rest of the evening. We get back to our hostel at 8.30 p.m., and took a rest and be ready for tommorow activity.
Day 2 - Saturday February 28th 2015.
After taking breakfast at the cafetaria, At 9 am we started our day by taking MRT to go Sentosa Island. There we visited Sea Aquarium and Maritime Museum. I skipped my lunch because the meal was very expensive there. After that , we went to Vivo City to do window shopping in the mall until 4 p.m. Here i got my lunch at Breadtalk. Next, we attended church service at City Harvest Church. The church was so big and splendour and was attended by so many people like a concert. After the service, we visited Suntec City, another big mall near the area. We had dinner in the foodcourt having rice meal. Getting back to our hostel around 8 pm, we took a shower and got to bed after a full tiring day.
Day 3 - Sunday March 1st 2015.
We visited USS (Universal Studio Singapore). We took a picture in front of Universal Studio's Globe as we arrived there. What a fun day for us in USS. We played so many rides like Transformer, The Revenge of Mummy, Jurrassic Park Rapids Adventures, Madagascar crate ride, and watched the Shrek 4D and Waterworld. I rode the Mummy 5 times because the queue was very short and because of the best pictures we would like to get in return. We had such a wonderful time and enjoyed ourselves. We went back to Vivo City for dinner. I had a sour plum chicken chopped with rice for dinner. It was so yummy because of my hungriness.
Day 4 - Monday March 2nd 2015.
In the morning, after having breakfast, we gathered at the hostel lobby at 6.45 a.m. and had a 20 minutes walk to Anderson
Secondary School. We attended a welcoming ceremony and had a briefing about the school. They are very grateful and pleased to welcoming us. Right after the tea time also known as recess, we were divided into 8 groups consisting 3 students each and dispersed to different classes joining the Secondary 2 student. My seat mate was a nice Malay girl, named Nabilah. She was very kind to me. At noon, we gathered in the library to have lunch. After lunch, we return to the hostel to change our clothes and get ready to go to Orchard. We were very exciting to visit Orchard, one of the famous place in Spore for shopping. Here, I bought some T shirts for my brother and my uncle. I turned out buying the wrong one. I had bakut teh for my dinner, one of the signature dish of Singapore. The meat was so tender and delicious but a little bit pricey as I had to spend 8 SGD for the meal.
Day 5 - Tuesday March 3nd 2015.
Today we had a school again in the morning till 12:30. I met Nabilah at school at flag ceremony. She was smiling at me and welcoming me as we met. We did not return to our hostel to get changed but we changed out clothes at school and went straight to Chinatown. There's a slight change in our itenary plan as we supposed to go to Bugis Junction today but we went to Chinatown instead. I did aome shopping in Chinatown as I found the things here was affordable and I could bargain to get what I wanted to get. We headed straight to the hostel and went to Ang Mo Kio, where we had dinner and cut fruits.
Day 6 - Wednesday March 4th 2015.
As usual, we had a class to attend in the morning, Right after lunch, we went to hostel first and headed for Bugis Junction by MRT. We had BonChon for dinner. It was so delicious but expensive. I did not order any rice because it was so pricey. I had additional extra chicken from my friends as there was left over. I read some books Geronimo Stillton at Kinokuniya book store nearby. Around 8 pm, we returned to the hostel to take a rest after a long tiring day
Day 7 - Thursday March 5th 2015.
Today was our last day in Spore as we had to return home after 1 full week of study trip here. In the morning, we had a class till tea time. At recess 10.30 we got off the classroom, took a picture together at stairs with our BPK classmates together with students of Anderson Secondary 2. We exchanged gifts with our closest friends there as I got a mug while Nabilah got pencil case and keychain in return. After saying goodbye to our new friends and teachers, we returned to the hostel for packing our things. We left for the airport at 1 pm by bus. We arrived at the airport at 1:45 pm. We checked in and used our remaining time in Spore by walking around the airport doing some last shopping before check in. We entered the gate and boarded the aircraft around 4.30 pm. Our flight took off at 5:00 pm. Our flight landed and touched down Bandung at 5.50 pm. After clearing immigration procedure and getting our luggage, we went straight to our home as my parents picked me up at the airport.
That's the end of our journey of our study tour in Spore. I would like to thank our teachers, Ms Natalie, Ms Liany, and Mr. Roberto and all my friends from SMPK1 BPK Penabur Grade 7 DCP Program who accompanied me during our trip in Spore and to all my new friends and teachers at Anderson Secondary School for their hospitality during our stay there. We had a great time and so much fun together in Spore and I am looking forward to visiting Singapore again soon.