Singapore Trip: General Tips

Here's a general list of what I experienced in Singapore and what I think you should know if you want to visit their wonderful country.

• Parasols are for old ladies. You won't need them. We were never under the sun too long. There were shades available everywhere. Applying sunblock would have made it unbearably humid.
• Comfortable walking shoes are of utmost importance, unless you're on a wheelchair. If you don't have a good pair, then make Addidas and/or Nike shops your first stops. Their on sale items are even cheaper in Singapore than back home (in the Philippines).
• Adidas store in Velocity Mall, located at Novena Square.
• If you really want to see Singapore in a span of 4 days or less, you'd be walking and standing up in trains most of the day. Be physically prepared. You'd ruin the trip if you couldn't keep up with your friends.
• Traveling around is expensive even on trains. But it's convenient. Especially for us - we stayed in Woodlands, but we stayed for free. The small difference on cheaper travel expenses if we stayed closer to the city was well compensated by the free and friendly/familiar accommodations.
  
• Sometimes it's cheaper to take a taxi if you're a group. For example, if you have to take a train and a couple of buses, and it costs you a total of S$4 each person, but taking a taxi would cost $15 - split that amongst yourselves and you might be saving a little time and money.
• Hydrate wisely. Bottled water from the grocery can be as cheap as S$0.75 for 1.5L. And can be as expensive as S$1.5 for 500ml in convenience stores. Same goes for other beverages.
• Eat ice cream. Everyday. There are $1.20 (sometimes even $1) ice cream carts on the streets. They're awesome!
• Drink milk tea. It's the locals' favorite. They're why we have so many new milk tea brands in the Philippines.
• Drink their awesome coffee. Their coffee taste the same in street stalls. It's thick and bold and goes well with evap milk.
• If your schedule allows it, sleep through the morning. You'd be walking more the next day. You need the energy. We always skip breakfast because we get up at 9.30, be off by 10, and end up eating an early lunch somewhere along the way. 
• Singaporean/Korean/Thai "chili/hot" really means spicy. I'm sure you can handle it! Filipinos have a mild sense of spicy, but my dad trained us (yes, he really did) to tolerate it, which I later learned was above average tolerance for my people.