It was the first day of Chinese New Year and again, we decided to enter Singapore for the second time. Our driving factor for the trip was IKEA at Tampines, for the meatballs? We'll see later hehe.
We packed some of our children meal and at 830am we hit the road straight to BSI. Arrived at BSI rather early, before 9am and it was all clear to us entering the causeway. No toll as supposedly mentioned before, and after a quick verification of our passports, the officer hit the gantry button (any button?..) and we enter the bewildering road to Johor causeway. The road condition was suprisingly better compared with our first visit and my calculation proved all right as the road is all clear all the way up to Singapore CIQ. Again, learning from previous visit, we pre prepared our white card well before we hit the road and it took less than 10 minutes to clear the immigration. Before continuing our journey, there is a slot (machine) for the autopass, just insert the autopass, hit the 'car sign' button, wait, claim the card from the machine and we were all clear to pass. Enter the green lane, pass few humps and its Woodland.
Nothing interesting all the way up to Tampines, just a normal highway and within 30 minutes, we arrived at a blue coloured building, similar to that in KL. Its IKEA btw. Our journey this time took us approximately an hour from home compared to our previous visit where we spent almost 2 hours, just to reach Woodlands.
At IKEA
Parking is free at IKEA Tampines and the building layout is similar to that in KL, those who frequented IKEA KL won't have troubled finding their way inside the building. The restaurant opens at 9.30am and no free coffee as in KL. While IKEA KL is serving local delicacies for breakfast, this IKEA seems to have more international flavour. Halal counter only start serving meal at 1030am and to our frustration, we settle with bread and coffee. Meal price is comparable to KL and it seems all meal come with coffee (equivalent with free?). Unlike in KL where diners may opt for ordinary black coffee or cappucino, here in Tampines, should you wish to have cappucino, you'll be given a token, just slot inside the coffee maker and out it goes. Some items at Tampines are way cheaper than in KL, even after considering the currency exchange rate.
Upon exit
We lost, or 'losting' ourselves in Singapore hehe.
Exiting at Woodlands
Pay 1.20 SGD using autopass and at BSI, 2.90 MYR using TnG card.
We packed some of our children meal and at 830am we hit the road straight to BSI. Arrived at BSI rather early, before 9am and it was all clear to us entering the causeway. No toll as supposedly mentioned before, and after a quick verification of our passports, the officer hit the gantry button (any button?..) and we enter the bewildering road to Johor causeway. The road condition was suprisingly better compared with our first visit and my calculation proved all right as the road is all clear all the way up to Singapore CIQ. Again, learning from previous visit, we pre prepared our white card well before we hit the road and it took less than 10 minutes to clear the immigration. Before continuing our journey, there is a slot (machine) for the autopass, just insert the autopass, hit the 'car sign' button, wait, claim the card from the machine and we were all clear to pass. Enter the green lane, pass few humps and its Woodland.
Nothing interesting all the way up to Tampines, just a normal highway and within 30 minutes, we arrived at a blue coloured building, similar to that in KL. Its IKEA btw. Our journey this time took us approximately an hour from home compared to our previous visit where we spent almost 2 hours, just to reach Woodlands.
At IKEA
Parking is free at IKEA Tampines and the building layout is similar to that in KL, those who frequented IKEA KL won't have troubled finding their way inside the building. The restaurant opens at 9.30am and no free coffee as in KL. While IKEA KL is serving local delicacies for breakfast, this IKEA seems to have more international flavour. Halal counter only start serving meal at 1030am and to our frustration, we settle with bread and coffee. Meal price is comparable to KL and it seems all meal come with coffee (equivalent with free?). Unlike in KL where diners may opt for ordinary black coffee or cappucino, here in Tampines, should you wish to have cappucino, you'll be given a token, just slot inside the coffee maker and out it goes. Some items at Tampines are way cheaper than in KL, even after considering the currency exchange rate.
Upon exit
We lost, or 'losting' ourselves in Singapore hehe.
Exiting at Woodlands
Pay 1.20 SGD using autopass and at BSI, 2.90 MYR using TnG card.
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