ASEAN Basketball game and Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

For the next few weekends, to save money for upcoming trips and due to some bad throat infection I contracted, I really got to see a lot more of Singapore. When I think I have seen it all, I always manage to find more things to do. One Wednesday night, we decided to go to the Indoor Singapore Stadium to see an ASEAN league basketball game. Singapore has its own team called the Singapore Slingers. Once we got there, I couldn’t help but laugh…this was certainly no NBA game. Firstly, the turnout was comparable to the turnout at a highschool basketball championship. Secondly, I was probably taller than majority of players on the team. Each team is allowed two International players, which became quite obvious with the two token tall, black players on each team. Although the whole league seemed quite amateur, it ended up being a good game against the Philippians. The cheerleading was also comparable to a highschool cheerleading team, which ended up being a good laugh. Lucky for us the Slingers fought it out in a head-to-head battle and won the game. We must have brought them some good luck!

Singapore Slingers in pink for breast cancer

Tanya and I
On the following Sunday, I finally went to the Marina Bay Sands infinity pool. Hannah had made friends with a guy that had a key to the hotel, so we were able to get up without being guests. Once we got up to the top, I was in absolute awe. The pool is enormous and it actually looked like the water was flowing directly into the city. The view from the infinity pool looked out onto the entire Singapore downtown skyline and the Marina Bay Sands area. On the other side, there were hot tubs that looked onto Singapore’s Harborfront, where there are hundreds of ships docked waiting to import goods. The whole scene was ritzy, with white beach chairs surrounding the pool area, palm trees, and a nice 5-star restaurant right in the middle. There were even tanning chairs inside of the pool. It was like nothing I have ever seen before. I also found out that the pool has only been around for five years now and is the only attraction of the sort around the world. So by hearing this, I felt even more special being lucky enough to see it so soon.

Ontop of the world!
Later in the semester, I got up second time when my friend Mikela came to visit. But this time I was there for the sunset and at nighttime. It was even more spectacular than the first time I was there. The pool lit up as soon as it started getting dark and the skyline was outlined with lights beautifully. I felt on-top of the world just standing right at the edge of the pool and looking out into the beautiful city. Moments like this make me realize how cool and beautiful Singapore really is.

NEVER GETS OLD <3