#uwaa hit the photo limit already

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FIRST TRIP TO GARDENS BY THE BAY (╯✧∇✧)╯ YEY

i successfully balloted for some tickets through my company's attractions booking system and decided to bring my fam there~ it's been a long time since we went on a family outing like this. i think the last time was more than seven years ago?? oof

also brought along my camera for the maximum ✨ tourist experience ✨ it was a good opportunity to take it outside bc i haven't done so in a while.

my staff pass granted us free entry to the cloud forest, flower dome, and ocbc skyway~ right now there's some avatar (the blue one not the airbender one) collab going on at the cloud forest. i didn't watch any of the movies so i don't know a thing about avatar but some of the interactive elements were pretty cool. i like the one where you hover your hand over this blue tongue-looking plant(??) to make the tubes connected to it glow.

the flower dome was nice!! so many pretty flowers and cute succulents!!! for some reason there were many cny rabbit sculptures and decorations around. even though it's already february?? almost march actually???

the alice in wonderland statues were a pleasant surprise though.

the last stop was the skyway, which was located somewhere in the iconic supertree grove. we had to take a lift to the top of one of the supertrees and my dad commented that it was only going to be two storeys high. bUT NO,,, THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS ONLY TWO STOREYS UP BC THE PPL BELOW LOOKED LIKE ANTS!!! and when we were up there it was so windy??? even though it was so hot and sunny when we were on the ground??? i felt like the hanging bridge was trembling a little from the strong winds. and i don't like how the bridge got narrower at some points... idk if claustrophobic or what but walking along the narrow path gave me Fear (bro felt the same)

but ok gotta admit the view from the top was magnificent. it was also the least crowded area out of all the places we went to so that was nice too. good thing it didn't rain at all the whole time we were there bc if it did then we'd have to give the skyway a miss.

overall, it was a good experience!! can't believe we were out for almost 12 hours O: and we didn't even finish exploring the entire place?? tbh all that walking felt like a good workout and i felt like i was ready to sleep when i got home.