Singapore Day 11

 Nothing much today too! Woke up exhausted and Nadi had taken medical leave (she was tired as well). She was supposed to go into office today. Just rested a lot. Tummy is settled but still delicate. Archer had a med appt at the hospital for his sinuses and came back just as I was finishing breakfast. 

Finished Archer's Shadow wig styling, and then ended up watching the rest of that Sonic fandub they made, ad-libbed from like Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 game. The cutscene graphics were so cool, but the story feels quite convulted and complicated due to time travel sheningans and 3 storylines/3 characters. 

For lunch I had some of the leftover pasta in the fridge, and dragonfruit. Nadi went out as she had an appointment to help with her grandma's car things.

Then Archer let me try the massage chair. It's really good, it relaxes you and when the back parts hits the right spots... ir hurts good. It made me so sleepy. It's controlled by an app too! Many different modes. It's an Osim chair. I ended up going to take a nap around 3pm and woke up an hour later. 

For dinner we just went to the nearby station, posted my postcards and then bought some more stamps. We then headed to the mall near the station, and picked up some hot glue sticks. And then Archer got me a Qoo and then a soft serve from Mixue (a China dessert chain store which apparently is alsp in Japan and other parts of Asia). For dinner we got food from a stall near the station. They no longer had steamed chicked rice so we got roast chicken instead. yummy. And then from a stall nearby we got some veges (as they didn't have any at the chicken rice stall). 

Then home we go, had dinner, then chilled. Nadi is joining in a friend's stream at 8:30pm ish so during that time I can finally catch up on some Thunderbolt Fantasy!! Ohhh all the plot threads are starting to come together~~~ and then I took a shower and blogged. Gonna try sleep soon, Nadi is still streaming but she sounds like she's having so much fun!

Singapore Day 10

 Didn't do much today! Mostly rested and spent time with Nadi and Archer. Nadi and Archer both went to work but came back around 2pm or so. So I just spent the day resting, catching up with blogging, and writing postcards. I am so tired. I helped paint some of their prop gold rings and worked on colouring Nadi's ears for cosplay.

For dinner we decided to go out to Tampines Hub, it's kinda like a community centre with a pool, sports court, stage where they have performances or play movies/TV shows, food court, and a mini mall. We found a stall in the hawker centre that had chilli crab!! So we got a few dishes to share. Chilli crab, spicy lala (cockles), and kang kong (tong choi). This is my first time eating crab. It's hard work getting into the shell bits and eating the meat. The spicy sauce was very yummy. The cook did the lala in the spicy sauce of the crab too. The kang kong was much better cooked and flavoured here. The stall was all halal. 

Archer got chendol afterwards and I tasted a bit. It's like gula melaka! Then Archer left for Beyblade and Nadi and I got some bread from the bakery in the mall.

Off home we go. Just chilled and I helped style Archer's Shadow wig. The Gatsby hairspray he got feels yuck and is really heavy and weighs the wig down. I got rid of it and rinsed most of it out. It also can't be brushed out, it leaves white marks on the hair. Then sadly, around 9pm, I suddenyl felt sick.

Sigggh. Uh oh here we go again. I threw up. And also did a poop that as mostly liquid and sharty. And threw up a couple more times. I took an enzyme capsule that Nadi has, but threw it up twice (I rinsed it and ate it again twice). The third time I couldn't find where the capsule went so I had to give up. TToTT This is so sad. I think the crab did it. I don't think my tummy likes seafood anymore. Waaaaaaaaah. I was also sweating balls. Just no strength. Curled up in bed exhausted. Nadi was so nice and was comforting me and got me plastic bags just in case (and I threw up in it one last time too). 🥺 I hate how my tummy is so sensitive now. 

Singapore Day 9 (S.E.A. Aquarium)

 Woke up but so tired from last night!!! We had agreed to meet up with my bro at 10:30am at the aquarium at Sentosa. Welp, got up, and Nadi made me a roti for breakfast in the air fryer!!! And let me try kaya (pandan flavour). It was really good?!! Yummy~ 

After that we just got ready and decided to take a Grab as it was easier. Archer will stay home. Happy to split with Nadi. It ws like $38 ish. We arrived and went to the toilet first, and when I came out my bro was already outside, coincidentially at the toilet entrance haha! We stopped for a snack at the Malaysian food court. It was nice and quiet, so it's really good. I had the steamed rice cakes with 菜脯 on top. Why so greasy?? I split with Nadi as she was also a ittle hungry, and she bought me a teh. Niceeee.

Aquarium time. They had a promo for double happy - buy 1 get 1 free. So $44 for 2 people. Nadi and I split and my bro decided to get one for himself. Then a random Chinese lady came up and asked if we were ok to split her extra ticket of the combo deal. Paid her $22 and then took a photo of the QR code from her screen. Thankfully it worked out! Funny that she heard we were from NZ and she said she was also from NZ. 

The aquarium was partially under rennovation, but according to Nadi it's been like this for a few years?! There used to be a big pirate ship at the lobby, and there's also a part from angler fish. The aquarium wasn't too big which is good, because we're quite tired from all the big days!! The lighting made it easy to take photos without reflections. So nice. There was a lot of fish! They were all so pretty! And for some reason their info boards were electronic, but also flipped to a full screen ad. I want to read the information....!! Why can't they have the ads on like a portion of the screen, and the rest to be the info about the fish. 

They had a tank full of sharks too!! And I spotted a Relicanth in the big shark tank. xD They put the gift shop in the middle of the aquarium (it's a loop around, and at the furtherest end). They had a lot of tropical fish too, and there's also a tiny cleaner fish that went into the mouth of a moray eel!! Like!! The eel would just stop opening/closing its mouth and leave it open while the cleaner fish goes inside, and continue again after they come out. So cool. 

At the big central tank there was a keeper diving into the bottom, I think cleaning the tank. They had a suction thing going? while cleaning the pebbles on the bottom of the tank floor. After a break in their work, he turned around and posed for the camera hahahahha. That was really cool. They also have a jellyfish section, and some fish are so small!! They added magnifiers for us to see. At the shark tanks near the end of the visit, they had a manta ray? mascot come out where kids can meet and you can pose for photos with them. I got one. xD They also have a lab and nursery section with a window where you can peek in and see what they are doing. I got to see seahorses and seadragons too! They had some other eels, and the gift shop still had the Genshin collab merch haha. 

After the aquarium, we headed to Bugis for lunch. It was about 1:30pm ish now. We took the MRT to Bugis station and headed to Albert Court/Centre where I had dinner of the roast duck, and saw a lot of eateries the last time. We found it and tried to find the halal foods. Nadi said usually they group all the halal foods together, and behold, the last row was all halal foods! I ended up getting Mee Reebus for like $4.50, and then a homemade lemonade drink at the next drink stall down (who also had milo dinosaur) for $2. I bought Nadi's drink as she went to get something else. Alan got something as well (a big plate of saucy something). The homemade lime juice was really good!! He squeezed fresh lime. Yum. My Mee Reebus was rich and interesting. Rich sauce in noodle. Nadi let me taste her dish, which was a selection of breads/carbs and shrimp/fish cake dipped in a sauce. Mmm! Since the food court is open air it was really nice. My bro left to check out and head to the airport. Bye~ 

Archer came soon after and we headed out to look at Arab St. The mosque does a call to prayer the 5 times a day that muslims go to pray. They also have opening hour from 2-4pm for 參觀 but we arrived like 2 mins after 4pm. Awww. Mosque is really pretty outside. And they had a line of Turkish and Lebanese shops! The decor is super pretty! Nadi said her great-grandma lived in the house with the gold trim windows (above a Turkish restaurant in the middle of the street, across from Turkish ice cream) as she was Javanese. She has such a rich heritage!! Then on anoher side street it was all like trendy bars?? But muslims don't drink alcohol... it's very strange. Some of the shops have like artist/indie creator stalls inside, which is really cool. 

After that, we headed back to Bugis and looked for a white shirt for Archer's shadow cosplay, and popped into 2 optometrists and 1 Korean contact lenses shop, but they didn't have read. It was almost 5pm by the time we were done and headed back home. We were all tired as. Nadi and I went home first on the bus and Archer went to look for his lenses. 

We had a rest and rehydated, and then had instant noodles for dinner. I got to try a tom yum flavour! It was nice! Different from the Trident tom yum. 

Then Archer came home and we watched the Sonic Adventure 2 ad-lib fandub, and then took a shower and bed. That wa funny. Good day!!!