1st Wedding Anniversary at Crowne Plaza Hotel

If you asked me last year, how I would celebrate our 1st year wedding anniversary, I would definitely say somewhere overseas. It does it really matter where but definitely abroad, romantic and adventurous just like our honeymoon.

Then I got pregnant and by the time it was our anniversary date, I was at my 5th month when I simply can't last for long walks or any form of adventure. I mean, I can but it's the belly that gets tired if it makes sense. After a long day, with no to limited rest, there goes the belly cramps, pains and discomfort.

So we had to settle for the next best thing; a staycation! Don't get us wrong, we are not strangers to this since Abg and family used to take us for staycations and such but this is the first time we do it for ourselves. I was wondering if Jhon was okay with the idea since we won't be exploring or anything. Just eat and slack around but in a different room. I was surprised when he said "Alright!"

One thing I looked forward for was a soak in the bathtub and 24hr aircon time. Ahem, I mean, romantic time with my honey-bunny. lol

If you followed me in Instagram, you would be probably up to date to my now stale story in IG stories.

Firstly, we had our lunch at Changi City Point; my old work lunch place. I miss that place for food reasons only. We then headed to Crowne Plaza Hotel at Changi Airport for our 3pm check in; found out an old secondary school classmate worked there. lol

Anyways, we got ourselves the Premier Room, nothing fancy and it was just what we needed. When we entered, we were welcomed by flower petals on the floor and on the bed. It was fake petals but I could understand because save the earth and cut costs right? It does not matter because it didn't affect the ambiance.



Cue self-portraits before we rested and I took a good 30 minute soak in the bathtub and headed for dinner.











Frankly speaking, it was pretty uneventful. We TV binged, soaked in the bathtub and watched more TV. Despite what seemed to be a mundane thing, we actually had a great time. The seats were great, bed was comfortable, the bathtub was a plus and after all the hot nights we were having, staying over with the perfect temperature was heavenly.

If you asked me years before if this would considered as a wonderful way to spend our 1st anniversary, I would probably roll my eyes and even scoff. But it was perfect as it was.





We were rejuvenated the morning after and wouldn't have it any other way.



Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary, Jhon Tolentino.

You've been pretty much awesome if not above and beyond.

   

Sentosa with the Tolentinos Day 1

Jhon's family (excluding Paul) were in Singapore for our wedding and stayed over for almost a week.

Thursday: Arrival and big family dinner
Friday: Last minute shopping
Saturday: Our wedding
Sunday: Unwinding at Abg's house
Monday - Tuesday: Staycation at Sentosa & Departure

My family didn't get to join us so it's just us. We figured we should have a touristy outing with the Tolentinos before they went back home to the Philippines. We wanted to take them to Sentosa and S.E.A Aquarium and since it will be a tiring day, we just booked rooms at Festive Hotel so we don't have to travel all the way to the East to retire.

We took the bus to Vivo for sightseeing reasons and ate at my favourite spot. Seah Im Food Centre.



Favourite stall that sells Nasi Goreng Black Pepper was closed though. Booo!







Of course, we took the cable car to Sentosa. Mama (chehcheh) is afraid of heights but she handled it well.











As soon as we reached Sentosa, we find our way to Festive Hotel which was further than I thought.









It was quite a distance to the location and I'm glad the family were up to it. There's plenty to see along the way anyways so it's not that bad.



Papa and his photo taking... lol He was supposed to pose with Mama.





As soon as we checked in, we settled down for a while and headed to S.E.A Aquarium. We didn't want to waste anytime since we had plans to explore a little more after that.















Err... You can't tell but we were standing on Philippines.



Papa was alive at the S.E.A Aquarium. He went full tourist mode, snapping photos here and there. There were times he left us behind because he was so engrossed. We were glad that we made the right decision because everyone was at awe and enjoyed their experience.















We didn't go to Universal Studios (maybe next time when Jayden is older) but it's a standard must have photo right?










Next stop, the Merlion. Jayden was tired and to think they didn't want to bring a stroller.





We went up the big Merlion. Got a gold doubloon as a souvenir.







This was also the time Jhon's camera battery died because he was confident that he didn't need to fully charge the camera. -_- We did continued sight seeing but mostly on the way back to the hotel. Too bad, all I had was poor quality photos. hur hur





So loving. The couple that made Jhon who is today. I am so grateful for them.





We had dinner at BaliThai. Since Mama is on a special diet, it's a little hard to find suitable food for her. She does not even have a big appetite even back in the Philippines but it's nice to see Papa and Loi enjoying every food we offered. It's good that they enjoyed Singapore cuisine or even food that is within Asia but not from Philippines.

There are food/snacks and even drinks they've been craving now that they're back in Philippines. After the entire outing, we headed back to the hotel all tuckered out.

It's also considered as Jhon and I's wedding night. It was sooo weird but more on that on another time.

The next day was departure day which I write on a another post.
I miss them already.