Singapore’s Changi Airport is known as the “World’s Best Airport”. According to Steve Meacham of Traveller.com, it has won more than 500 awards since it opened and it is the leading international air hub in Asia. It serves more than 100 airlines with connections to 380 cities in 90 countries around the world.
The world’s best airport has just become even bigger, and better. Terminal 4 opened October this year and they are planning to expand again. Currently, the Terminal 5 (Changi East) is under construction and will possibly open in 2020. Can’t wait to go back again!
It is the smallest Changi terminal. There is no train station inside the airport, so you need to take a bus that is going to/from Terminal 3.
Our flight is around 4am, going back to the Philippines. We got to the airport around 10pm, the night before so can have time to explore the new airport. Unfortunately, most of the shops are already closed.
Anyway, the following are the things that you will surely love too:
Self-Service Kiosk
Sobrang bet, ang techy! You can skip the long queue with self-service check-in, bag-drop counters, immigration clearance and boarding with the use of Biometric technology which makes your travel experience even faster. Do not fret if you do not how to use it, you will be guided by an airport staff through the process. Unfortunately, I didn’t take photos of the machine. There’s no hassle even in the immigration. You don’t need to talk to the person in the immigration kaso yun nga, mas lalo akong nawalan ng pag-asa na mahanap ang ka-forever ko. Chos! Hahaha! And for those people who loves to collect stamps in your passport, you’ll be kinda disappointed since everything that you will use is through computer. No one will stamp on your passport because you will just tap it and go.
Shops
My very first stop shop is the WHSmith. Their store offers everything I love —stationeries, and I find it cheap, so I bought a moleskine’s classic collection plain notebook and some pens.
Food Places
There is no problem when it comes to filling you up before you take your flight. They have a lot of different choices of food depends on your cravings. My favorite food place there is the International Food Hall.
Coziness and Ambiance
The terminal vibes is so relaxing. It is filled with real trees and comfortable chairs and they also have garden and indoor pond (which I find it so cool!).
My sister enjoyed her stay at the petal-shaped bed.
You can also enjoy a live theatre production, Peranakan Love Story, you can watch while waiting for boarding. The short musical takes you back to 1930s, a love story between musicians living next to each other.
Free Use of Desktop
There is also a free use of PC for one hour which is very helpful for some people that might want to check their social media accounts or email (pampawalang antok lang).Pero yung balak ko talaga that time eh mag-aral para sa final exam. May yellow pad pa ako diyan at calculator ah kaso nauwi rin sa Facebook. Hahaha!
If you are looking for a WIFI, let say for your phone or PC, passengers are asked to scan their passport into a kiosk and then receive a code that entitles them to one hour of WiFi.
Techy Cleaners
The Changi Airport Group (CAG) embraces automated cleaning robots at the terminal to keep its place clean. Housekeepers are trained to programme the robot to mop, clean and pick up small items, among others. It really feels like you are living in the future! Sayang, I wasn’t able to take a photo of it. HUHUHU
Toilets
The toilets are themed accordingly with a British colonial-style design. I love how it looks so elegant, and I love how tissues and hand sanitizers are available in every cubicle.
*This photo is not mine* Photo Source: thesmartlocal.com
A year-end blog post. Happy New Year everyone!
Here are some photos on our trip
Nainggit sa pose ng cow chos! Hahaha pero kapagod na gurl.
Pabebe pose pa more! HAHAHAHA
Miniso has been expanding globally, it opened more than 1,800 stores around the world. Currently, MINISO has signed strategic cooperation agreements with more than 40 countries and regions, including the U.S., Canada, Russia, Singapore, Dubai, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China), and Macao (China).
Miniso is like a combination of Uniqlo, MUJI & Daiso. All our favorite shops combined into one. You’ll surely love it.
These hats are perfect for this summer!
I like their nude colored bags
They also offers eyeliners with different tips (ends), lip liners and other make up products. 
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Its size is way smaller than your smartphones which is really nice for traveling or doing adventures. I remember when I need to cover a documentation as I climb up to the mountains which took us about 3 or more hours to reached the mountain top. I used my DSLR and imagine how heavy and difficult it is to carry along, so with the Alpha A5000, it would be easier to shoot since it is very handy and lightweight. This camera is best known as the world’s lightest interchangeable-lens digital camera. And what most travelers, bloggers/vloggers, including you would totally love in this camera is that, it has a WiFi, so it is not difficult for you to transfer video and photos that you’re going to upload.
You can easily capture a selfie by just flipping up the LCD screen. This is the most useful part for those solo travelers. It records stunning high quality Full HD 1080/60i/24p or 1080/30p MP4 movies.
Low light situations are not a problem. There is built-in pop-up flash in a compact camera. Compact Power Zoom 16-50 mm kit lens, a convenient zoom lever on the body of the camera allows for effortless one-handed operation and smooth zooming even when shooting self-portraits, bringing compact camera convenience to the realm of interchangeable-lens models.
Ann Estrella 