August 5
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| Hokkien Mie |
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Day 4: Just Chillin...Sienna
August 5
Monday, 6 August 2012
So Sick... Gen
8/6/2012
4:39
This is day 4's post. There really wasn't much for this day.
Sienna and I woke up at 6. Prior to waking up I was tossing and turning. My body was aching and I would wake up really hot or really cold. I also had a huge headache. I really wasn't feeling good. But I still woke up early. I went swimming with Sienna. We ended up going to church with my Lolo and Lola. I took some Ibuprofen. and started feeling okay... but towards the end of the mass I thought I was going to puke and pass out. I survived though. Thank God. Anyways we went back home and I got cold. I took a nap. Sienna woke me up telling me we had to get ready for lunch. I told her I still wasI changed into jeans and we went out for lunch around 11:30am.
We went to one of the places where my Lolo golfs. We had Hokkien Mie, Silver Fish Fried rice, Satay, and sweet and sour pork. It was all delicious. I wasn't feeling well though so I didn't eat much. My Lolo tried giving me more, but I said no thanks. He seemed surprised. I went to the bathroom after because I thought I was going to puke. I didn't though so I came back out to sit down. My Lolo then asked me if I was feeling okay. I said no. He said he could tell since I didn't eat much. Normally I would help finish the food and stuff myself because the food was so good, but since I was sick I couldn't do it. Anyways we went back home and relaxed the whole day.
Sienna and I watched A Very Potter Musical and went to bed.
4:39
This is day 4's post. There really wasn't much for this day.
Sienna and I woke up at 6. Prior to waking up I was tossing and turning. My body was aching and I would wake up really hot or really cold. I also had a huge headache. I really wasn't feeling good. But I still woke up early. I went swimming with Sienna. We ended up going to church with my Lolo and Lola. I took some Ibuprofen. and started feeling okay... but towards the end of the mass I thought I was going to puke and pass out. I survived though. Thank God. Anyways we went back home and I got cold. I took a nap. Sienna woke me up telling me we had to get ready for lunch. I told her I still wasI changed into jeans and we went out for lunch around 11:30am.
We went to one of the places where my Lolo golfs. We had Hokkien Mie, Silver Fish Fried rice, Satay, and sweet and sour pork. It was all delicious. I wasn't feeling well though so I didn't eat much. My Lolo tried giving me more, but I said no thanks. He seemed surprised. I went to the bathroom after because I thought I was going to puke. I didn't though so I came back out to sit down. My Lolo then asked me if I was feeling okay. I said no. He said he could tell since I didn't eat much. Normally I would help finish the food and stuff myself because the food was so good, but since I was sick I couldn't do it. Anyways we went back home and relaxed the whole day.
Sienna and I watched A Very Potter Musical and went to bed.
Sleeping Beauties... Gen
8/6/2012
4:29pm
I was suppose to post two day ago... This post is for two days ago. Which would be day 3 in Singapore.
We started the day waking up at 6. We were hungry so we went to go find some food to eat. We ended up eating toast, spam, and dragon fruit (my favorite food). After we were done eating, my Lolo and Lola were talking to us. After we were done talking, we went swimming. Let me just say I'm a terrible swimmer. I'm a figure skater, so I enjoy frozen water better. Anyways Sienna taught me the butterfly stroke. Honestly I can't do it; Sienna makes it so easy. I love watching her swim...
We showered and got ready to go out around 10am. We went to Bugis St. Some of the shops were still closed so we went to the mall across the street. We got hungry so we were trying to figure out where to eat. We couldn't really tell what we wanted to eat. We walked around the food court area and settled on this Japanese restaurant. Sienna and I ordered this spicy pork noodle soup. The soup was terrible. We spent $10 on bland tasting soup and bones. There was nothing good about this meal. The surprising thing is there were a bunch of people eating there... The food was too gross to finish. We left after paying and went to BreadTalk to get some bread. The bread was so good. I love BreadTalk. Last year that is what my brother and I practically ate whenever we went to places.
We went back home on the MRT. The ride back was really cramped. On top of it being cramped, there were these 2 guys who smelled like fish and BO. It wasn't even a hint of fish and BO, it was like they rolled in it. Sienna had them behind her and they lifted their arms and ughhhh.... I broke out in a coughing fit.... It was TERRIBLE..... After the ride we walked back home and ended up passing out at 3pm. We slept until 6am. Over 12 hours of sleep.... Obviously we are exhausted...
We showered and got ready to go out around 10am. We went to Bugis St. Some of the shops were still closed so we went to the mall across the street. We got hungry so we were trying to figure out where to eat. We couldn't really tell what we wanted to eat. We walked around the food court area and settled on this Japanese restaurant. Sienna and I ordered this spicy pork noodle soup. The soup was terrible. We spent $10 on bland tasting soup and bones. There was nothing good about this meal. The surprising thing is there were a bunch of people eating there... The food was too gross to finish. We left after paying and went to BreadTalk to get some bread. The bread was so good. I love BreadTalk. Last year that is what my brother and I practically ate whenever we went to places.We went back home on the MRT. The ride back was really cramped. On top of it being cramped, there were these 2 guys who smelled like fish and BO. It wasn't even a hint of fish and BO, it was like they rolled in it. Sienna had them behind her and they lifted their arms and ughhhh.... I broke out in a coughing fit.... It was TERRIBLE..... After the ride we walked back home and ended up passing out at 3pm. We slept until 6am. Over 12 hours of sleep.... Obviously we are exhausted...
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Day 3: Gross Food and Smelly People...Sienna
August 4
This morning we woke up early again (at 6) which is good because it means that our bodies are hopefully already on the Singapore time schedule. We had a yummy breakfast of toast and dragon-fruit and fried spam that Gens grandma made for use. I had never had spam before but had heard that people hate it and how gross it is, but it really wasn't bad at all. Its just like sausage or something. Her grandparents sat with us when we ate and so we spent a while just talking to them which was nice. Then we decided to go for our morning swim. When we first went down I tried to show Gen how to dive...lets just say frozen water is her forte and diving just isn't her thing (I think it actually scares her a little bit, she wasn't really bad at it). Then I swam some laps while she frolicked in the pool and then tried to teach her how to swim butterfly. She sorta got the kick down but that was the extent of her butterfly swimming attempts. She said that I make it look to easy and when I swim it I look like a mermaid, so I guess that's a good thing for me. :)
Once we had showered and got ready for the day Gen skyped her family for a bit before we headed out to go shopping. We took the MRT (which is the subway) for the first time in our trip. The cards that they have for it are really cool in my opinion (or I just get amused pretty easily); instead of having a swiper thingy like you use for most credit cards, as you walk you just pass the card over this little sensor thing. Its so neat and so much faster than having to make sure you have the card facing the right way and stuff. When we got on the MRT I thought it was kinda busy, but I guess it can get way more packed (and it can, it was on our way home). We didn't have a space with anything to hold onto so we were just standing and when it took off I sorta stumbled a little bit because I didn't have a wide enough stance. Our first stop was at Bugis Street. They have a humongous street market there, its like at least 3 stories. But when we went the stores weren't really open and there were a lot of people (since it was the weekend) so we decided to leave and go back on a weekday. We did try some sugar cane juice there though which was very good, not super sweet and sugar tasting like I was expecting though.
Since it was lunch time we went to the food court in the mall across from the street markets and ordered this noodle/pork dish; it was nasty. The dish had no flavor and the pork pieces they gave you were all bone, it was just gross. And it cost me S$10 (which is a lot here in my opinion since I have been eating full meals at other food courts for S$4). It was just bad. And since the people working there can tell we are American from our accents the second we order they bring us forks and spoons since they just assume we can't use chopsticks (the tables here are set with chopsticks when you sit down). We can use chopsticks though so its a little annoying when they assume you can't, especially to Gen since she is Asian. When we left (we didn't eat most of the food it was that blah) we went to Bread Talk to get some bread since the bread there is absolutely amazing!
We then took the MRT to Orchard Road and just looked around the shops and malls there. We went to a lot of ritzy stores that you don't really find near us at all. We went to Jimmy Choo, Prada, Gucci, DKNY, and just nice stores like that. It is insane how much things cost at those places, I can't even afford to breathe in those stores. We then went and found the huge flagship Abercrombie store, its giant. Its three stories and they have way more clothes and styles there, they have everything. And the store has all of these mirrors and like compartments and stuff, its just huge and different than Abercrombies in the US. Then we just wandered around a mall, but everyplace was really busy since it was Sat and our feet were sore and we were tired so we decided to leave. On our way to the MRT I had a green tea pearl drink, it was really good. The MRT was totally packed even though we were leaving before rush hour and there were two guys standing behind me that smelled of fish and BO, it was gross. They stank up the entire space and it was so bad that they made Gen have a coughing fit.
We got home at 3 and just went to our room and started watching A Very Potter Musical on YouTube. We were planning on just relaxing until 6:30 when we were going to go out for supper with grandparents, only we ended up falling asleep. It was 7 when her grandpa came to see what we were doing and he saw we were passed out and we sorta woke up and he told us how it was fine we could sleep since there was food at home. So we passed out again and slept until 6 in the morning. We slept for over 12 hours. We were totally exhausted, probably just our jet lag catching up with us, but now that we slept for ages we feel much better.
This morning we woke up early again (at 6) which is good because it means that our bodies are hopefully already on the Singapore time schedule. We had a yummy breakfast of toast and dragon-fruit and fried spam that Gens grandma made for use. I had never had spam before but had heard that people hate it and how gross it is, but it really wasn't bad at all. Its just like sausage or something. Her grandparents sat with us when we ate and so we spent a while just talking to them which was nice. Then we decided to go for our morning swim. When we first went down I tried to show Gen how to dive...lets just say frozen water is her forte and diving just isn't her thing (I think it actually scares her a little bit, she wasn't really bad at it). Then I swam some laps while she frolicked in the pool and then tried to teach her how to swim butterfly. She sorta got the kick down but that was the extent of her butterfly swimming attempts. She said that I make it look to easy and when I swim it I look like a mermaid, so I guess that's a good thing for me. :)
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| Some Shops at Bugis Street |
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| The Gross Food |
We then took the MRT to Orchard Road and just looked around the shops and malls there. We went to a lot of ritzy stores that you don't really find near us at all. We went to Jimmy Choo, Prada, Gucci, DKNY, and just nice stores like that. It is insane how much things cost at those places, I can't even afford to breathe in those stores. We then went and found the huge flagship Abercrombie store, its giant. Its three stories and they have way more clothes and styles there, they have everything. And the store has all of these mirrors and like compartments and stuff, its just huge and different than Abercrombies in the US. Then we just wandered around a mall, but everyplace was really busy since it was Sat and our feet were sore and we were tired so we decided to leave. On our way to the MRT I had a green tea pearl drink, it was really good. The MRT was totally packed even though we were leaving before rush hour and there were two guys standing behind me that smelled of fish and BO, it was gross. They stank up the entire space and it was so bad that they made Gen have a coughing fit.
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| MRT |
Friday, 3 August 2012
Lions, Tigers, and Bears! OH MY!!... Gen
8/3/2012
8:36pm
So to start off today I woke up at 3:30am. I had to pee so bad. In the process of trying to get out of the bed (Sienna and I share a bed) I woke Sienna up. After I went to the bathroom, Sienna went too. We both were dozing off till around 6am when we both decided to get up and eat. The funny thing is we both didn't know that we both were dozing; we were trying not to wake each other up... Anyways I woke up and Sienna got up right after me because she wasn't actually sleeping.We were hungry so we ate the rest of the egg prata and chicken curry sauce. Afterwards we Skyped my parents for about 45 minutes. We got ready to go swimming around 7:30am. It was really nice going swimming in the morning with Sienna. I absolutely loved watching her swim. Even though she hasn't swam in 2 and a half years, she still is so graceful and amazing to watch in the water. Anyways we same for about 45 minutes to a hour.We went back up stairs to get ready to go to the Singapore Zoo!
We left the penthouse around 9:30 and arrived at the Singapore Zoo around 10:30. My Lolo was very kind and gave us money to get into the Zoo. We bought tickets to go to to the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, and Bird Park. After purchasing our tickets we went to grab more food to eat. I was hungry and thought we should eat before we went into the Zoo so we don't die from hunger. We ate a Kaya Toast Meal. This consisted of Kaya and butter spread on toast, two poached eggs, and one cup of Singapore coffee. Sienna didn't really like the texture of the poached eggs, but she loved the Kaya and butter spread on toast and the Singapore coffee. I one the other hand just love the whole Kaya Toast Meal. It feels good to finally eat Kaya toast again! It's one of my favorite breakfast foods here. Once we were finished we went to go into the Zoo. Sienna didn't know that you just leave your trays on the table and someone will come and clean it up. Unlike the states, Singapore food courts have people that clean up after you're done eating. You don't have to clean up your table or anything like that. It's really cool.
We went into the zoo and automatically one of the Singapore Zoo photographers took a few pictures of us. We walked around the opening to see monkeys swinging down from trees and eating their breakfast. Before continuing, I want to explain that the Singapore Zoo is an open zoo. The animals have "cages". These cages are more like open land. Some of the monkeys are swinging from the trees and walking next to you, while some big bird are right next to you too. You will see in the picture what I mean by "Open Zoo".
So we walked around the zoo and took a lot of pictures of the animals. I really wanted to go to the Elephant show. We walked to the place where the elephant show was. We sat in the middle section in the middle seating section. We were waiting for the show to start and I was getting really excited. Elephants are my FAVORITE animal. I absolutely adore them. I was so excited that I was making myself feel kind of sick. I think it was the combination of anticipation of the show and me jumping around like a 6 year old who was thrown into Willy Wonka's Candy Factory. When the show started I started to feel better. I wished I recorded the show... but I was too busy clapping, laughing, and awing at the elephants. They were preforming tricks (sitting, laying down, moving logs, etc...) and were making "jokes" (taking food from the trainers and playing with their hats). It was adorable. After the show if you paid 5 SGD (Singapore Dollars) you could feed the elephants. Being me, it was something I wanted to do again. Last year when I went to Singapore I fed the elephants. I probably pushed Sienna in front of a bunch of people that were coming down to line up to feed the elephants so we could be ahead and be guaranteed food to feed the elephants. Again my inner 6 year old came out and I was so excited to feed the elephants. I took pictures of Sienna when she fed the elephants. Then she took pictures of me when I fed the elephants. I love the feeling of the elephants trunk. I love the texture of its skin ( I know I sound like a freak right now...). Anyways I fed it apples, carrots, and bananas. It cute when the elephants lifted there trunks trying to grab the food. They are absolutely beautiful and graceful animals. I was so so so ecstatic... Not even. I can't even find a word that can explain how I felt.
After we walked around and took more pictures and visited the animals. We went to another show called The Rain Forest Fights Back. It was alright. They didn't have many animals come it. It was more of a story trying to explain how we shouldn't cut down rain forest. I think it was aimed more to the little kids, but I didn't care. I wasn't able to see this show last year. They had a huge snake in a container in the audience, which was pretty cool. I got to pet a python. I love the feeling of snakes, but I won't have one as a pet. Only because I can't cuddle with it cause it will kill me...
We walked around the zoo some more looking at more animals when a group of guys on motor scooters ( early to mid-twenties) rode by me and Sienna and said "Beep beep beep. Hey ladies." We just kept walking. it was awkward, but I mean whatever. We never saw them again so that was good.
There is a list on the map that tell you the feeding times of some of the animals. Some of the feeding times the trainers will feed the animals and the animals that have a red star next to them can have the public feed them. I honestly was a little nervous about this one. We either were going to feed the giraffes or the kangaroos, but since I fed the giraffes last year, I was like "LETS GO FEED THE KANGAROOS!!!" We were waiting for the people to come by so we could feed the kangaroos. The whole time I was talking to Sienna telling her how much I hoped the kangaroos wouldn't kick me in the face. Eventually when the guy came by with the food there were only 10 passes for people to feed the kangaroos. I jumped and got us pass number 3. The kangaroos seemed to notice it was feeding time. They slowly came out into the open feeding area. Group 1 and 2 went. Then it was our turn. We sat on a rock and had a bowl of food that we held out for the kangaroos to eat. Sienna took some photos of me, I took some photos of Sienna, and the trainer took some photos of us. We were also allowed the pet the kangaroos. I'm just going to say kangaroos are so soft and cute. I passes the bowl over to Sienna since we were almost out of food. She was holding it across me to two of the kangaroos, then the kangaroo closest to her put its paw in the bowl and pulled it towards him so he could finish eating it. It was so funny.
Sienna and I also rode elephants!! It was only 8 SGD per person. We waited in line for about 45 minutes. While we were waiting in like we were watching people getting their pictures taken by people. Whenever someone took a picture, the Asian families would do peace signs. It was adorable. We finally got to ride the elephant. We both were really excited to ride the elephant. I honestly had a hard time getting on and off the elephant. My legs are that long, nor can they really stretch to throw myself onto the back of the elephant... I did end up getting on the elephant. Sienna and I recorded a little bit of the elephant ride. The elephant ride was fun. The ride was a little jerky, but overall I had fun. When we got off I accidently ran into the trainer...
This was the most annoying part of the day. All I can say is we couldn't find the flamingos. We walked around the whole park and couldn't find them. Eventually we went onto this path that goes through part of the forest and found the flamingos. It took us about 30 minutes to 45 minutes to find those flamingos.
We got hungry around 4pm. We ended up getting fish balls and curry puffs. It was delicious. We finished our food and went to the last show of the day. The show was called the Splash Show. It was a show for seals. There was a newly trained seal and a very old seal. They were adorable. They did the cutest tricks. They clapped, did fin balances, spun around, jumped and hit a ball, and other cute seal tricks. One of the cutest parts of the show was when all the kids lined up in front of stage that had a pool in front of it. The seals came by and splashed all the little kids. They were all screaming and laughing and having such a great time. Sienna and I got somewhat wet too. We were in the splash zone so we got some water on us. Not a lot. Those seals were one of the cutest acts I have ever seen though.
It was towards the end of the day and the zoo was closing. So around 5:30 we went to the souvenir show. Sienna and I got mugs. I got a mug. I don't remember what animal was on it. But I almost have all the animals mugs for the Singapore Zoo!!! Sienna and I also got these Forever Friends Stuff Animals. They are so cute. It has two animals hugging each other. We both are planning to take the two animals apart and keeping one of each set (we got two sets since it was buy 1 get one free). This is so we can have a part of each side and it wont be complete unless we make them hug each other again ( idea is kind of like friendship necklaces). We also went to go and see the photos that were taking of us. I got one of me feeding the elephants. Me and Sienna also got a photo of us riding the elephants. Again the photos are so cute (probably because Sienna is in them).
My Lolo came at 6pm to get us. We were in the car and driving home. I fell asleep because I started getting car sick (it was raining and my Lolo driving was all jerky). We drove to a hawker center to get dinner. I ate BBQ pork on rice. Sienna ate this noodle and soup combo. I forget what it is called. My Lolo had pork and noodle. My Lola had the same thing Sienna had. We also all share a different version of popiah. It was a little more spice then the previous one we ate. Sienna tried barley juice and I had lime juice.
Dinner went by very quickly. We ended up going to the grocery store next door. We got some exotic fruits to eat (dragon fruit, longan, etc..). We also bought Milo ice cream (YUM!!!) and a passion fruit tea juice. After grocery shopping we went home.
We've been blogging and singing the Cho Chang song from A Very Potter Musical. We are ready for bed and will be getting ready for our next adventures. Bugis Street Market!! Get ready for Gen and Sienna! (;
8:36pm
So to start off today I woke up at 3:30am. I had to pee so bad. In the process of trying to get out of the bed (Sienna and I share a bed) I woke Sienna up. After I went to the bathroom, Sienna went too. We both were dozing off till around 6am when we both decided to get up and eat. The funny thing is we both didn't know that we both were dozing; we were trying not to wake each other up... Anyways I woke up and Sienna got up right after me because she wasn't actually sleeping.We were hungry so we ate the rest of the egg prata and chicken curry sauce. Afterwards we Skyped my parents for about 45 minutes. We got ready to go swimming around 7:30am. It was really nice going swimming in the morning with Sienna. I absolutely loved watching her swim. Even though she hasn't swam in 2 and a half years, she still is so graceful and amazing to watch in the water. Anyways we same for about 45 minutes to a hour.We went back up stairs to get ready to go to the Singapore Zoo!
We left the penthouse around 9:30 and arrived at the Singapore Zoo around 10:30. My Lolo was very kind and gave us money to get into the Zoo. We bought tickets to go to to the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, and Bird Park. After purchasing our tickets we went to grab more food to eat. I was hungry and thought we should eat before we went into the Zoo so we don't die from hunger. We ate a Kaya Toast Meal. This consisted of Kaya and butter spread on toast, two poached eggs, and one cup of Singapore coffee. Sienna didn't really like the texture of the poached eggs, but she loved the Kaya and butter spread on toast and the Singapore coffee. I one the other hand just love the whole Kaya Toast Meal. It feels good to finally eat Kaya toast again! It's one of my favorite breakfast foods here. Once we were finished we went to go into the Zoo. Sienna didn't know that you just leave your trays on the table and someone will come and clean it up. Unlike the states, Singapore food courts have people that clean up after you're done eating. You don't have to clean up your table or anything like that. It's really cool.
So we walked around the zoo and took a lot of pictures of the animals. I really wanted to go to the Elephant show. We walked to the place where the elephant show was. We sat in the middle section in the middle seating section. We were waiting for the show to start and I was getting really excited. Elephants are my FAVORITE animal. I absolutely adore them. I was so excited that I was making myself feel kind of sick. I think it was the combination of anticipation of the show and me jumping around like a 6 year old who was thrown into Willy Wonka's Candy Factory. When the show started I started to feel better. I wished I recorded the show... but I was too busy clapping, laughing, and awing at the elephants. They were preforming tricks (sitting, laying down, moving logs, etc...) and were making "jokes" (taking food from the trainers and playing with their hats). It was adorable. After the show if you paid 5 SGD (Singapore Dollars) you could feed the elephants. Being me, it was something I wanted to do again. Last year when I went to Singapore I fed the elephants. I probably pushed Sienna in front of a bunch of people that were coming down to line up to feed the elephants so we could be ahead and be guaranteed food to feed the elephants. Again my inner 6 year old came out and I was so excited to feed the elephants. I took pictures of Sienna when she fed the elephants. Then she took pictures of me when I fed the elephants. I love the feeling of the elephants trunk. I love the texture of its skin ( I know I sound like a freak right now...). Anyways I fed it apples, carrots, and bananas. It cute when the elephants lifted there trunks trying to grab the food. They are absolutely beautiful and graceful animals. I was so so so ecstatic... Not even. I can't even find a word that can explain how I felt. |
| Snake that was found in the audience |
We walked around the zoo some more looking at more animals when a group of guys on motor scooters ( early to mid-twenties) rode by me and Sienna and said "Beep beep beep. Hey ladies." We just kept walking. it was awkward, but I mean whatever. We never saw them again so that was good.
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| Kangaroo Feeding Pass |
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| Feeding the Kangaroos |
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| Elephant riding pass |
Sienna and I also rode elephants!! It was only 8 SGD per person. We waited in line for about 45 minutes. While we were waiting in like we were watching people getting their pictures taken by people. Whenever someone took a picture, the Asian families would do peace signs. It was adorable. We finally got to ride the elephant. We both were really excited to ride the elephant. I honestly had a hard time getting on and off the elephant. My legs are that long, nor can they really stretch to throw myself onto the back of the elephant... I did end up getting on the elephant. Sienna and I recorded a little bit of the elephant ride. The elephant ride was fun. The ride was a little jerky, but overall I had fun. When we got off I accidently ran into the trainer...
This was the most annoying part of the day. All I can say is we couldn't find the flamingos. We walked around the whole park and couldn't find them. Eventually we went onto this path that goes through part of the forest and found the flamingos. It took us about 30 minutes to 45 minutes to find those flamingos.
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| Curry puffs and fish balls |
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| Splash Zone Show |
It was towards the end of the day and the zoo was closing. So around 5:30 we went to the souvenir show. Sienna and I got mugs. I got a mug. I don't remember what animal was on it. But I almost have all the animals mugs for the Singapore Zoo!!! Sienna and I also got these Forever Friends Stuff Animals. They are so cute. It has two animals hugging each other. We both are planning to take the two animals apart and keeping one of each set (we got two sets since it was buy 1 get one free). This is so we can have a part of each side and it wont be complete unless we make them hug each other again ( idea is kind of like friendship necklaces). We also went to go and see the photos that were taking of us. I got one of me feeding the elephants. Me and Sienna also got a photo of us riding the elephants. Again the photos are so cute (probably because Sienna is in them).
My Lolo came at 6pm to get us. We were in the car and driving home. I fell asleep because I started getting car sick (it was raining and my Lolo driving was all jerky). We drove to a hawker center to get dinner. I ate BBQ pork on rice. Sienna ate this noodle and soup combo. I forget what it is called. My Lolo had pork and noodle. My Lola had the same thing Sienna had. We also all share a different version of popiah. It was a little more spice then the previous one we ate. Sienna tried barley juice and I had lime juice.
Dinner went by very quickly. We ended up going to the grocery store next door. We got some exotic fruits to eat (dragon fruit, longan, etc..). We also bought Milo ice cream (YUM!!!) and a passion fruit tea juice. After grocery shopping we went home.
We've been blogging and singing the Cho Chang song from A Very Potter Musical. We are ready for bed and will be getting ready for our next adventures. Bugis Street Market!! Get ready for Gen and Sienna! (;
Day 2: The Singapore Zoo!...Sienna
August 3
Today Gen and I woke up bright and early. Gen had to pee at like 3am and in the process of getting out of bed she woke me up, then when I had to fall back asleep I couldn't I was just all fidgety. At 6 in the morning we were both up, quite hungry, and totally unable to sleep. So we decided to finish off the egg prata we had for supper (it's soso good) and I was talking about how I couldn't fall back asleep and Gen goes, "really! I couldn't sleep either I just kept moving around and felt so bad because I didn't want to wake you," which was ironic since I was worried that my restlessness was going to wake her up too. While we were eating her grandpa came to say good morning and was surprised on how early we were up.
At the apartment complex that we are staying there is a 25meter pool that opens at 7. So since I really wanted to go swim we went down to the pool for an hour. The water was really nice - not to hot not to cold - and it felt so good/weird to swim again. One thing I noticed was swimming was much more tiring than it used to be. After a 200 (which isn't even what a warm-up was when I did swim team) I was a little tired, this freaked me out but Gen reminded me how she can't swim at all and since I haven't swam in over 2.5 years that wasn't too bad. Then I decided to swim fly to see how that was and it totally killed me. I could only do a 50 and then was like out of breath when I used to be able to swim a 200, it's very sad. I'm determined to swim every-morning though so by the end of the trip I should be in much better shape again. It just feels so nice to be back in the water after such a long time.
When we headed back up the the house at 8 we showered and got ready for the day because we were heading to the Singapore Zoo. I enjoy zoo's but since there really aren't any around where we live I believe the last time I visited a zoo was at the Fort Worth Zoo when we were in Texas - and I haven't been to Texas since like the 1st grade so its been quite a while. Gen was really excited to visit the zoo (it's like her favorite thing to do here) and she and her grandfather were telling me how the animals weren't really caged to much but more in the open and around you. When they said this I was thinking more like big cages and stuff but it was nothing like that. The animals (other than like lions and cheetahs and things that could kill you) are all close by. The orangutans (which I learned means like 'man of the forest' in Malay) and other primates are loose in the tress and swinging above your heads and there are birds and lizards wandering around and the other animals have some just wooden post fences to sorta keep them off of the walkways but they can still come out there and be in front of you. The same sort of concept applies to the dangerous animals too only there are some observing rooms with glass since the open areas have a huge trench the separates you from the animal. The zoo itself if absolutely breathtaking too. It's like walking through a rain-forest and just being in the animals natural habitats because everything there is natural and green, I can't really describe its just so amazing and totally unlike any other zoo I've been to.
Anyways, we got to the zoo at 10:30am and bought a zoo pass that gives one entry to the three different zoo's in Singapore (the Singapore Zoo, Nighttime Safari, and the Bird Park) then, since we were hungry again, we went to eat breakfast at one of the little food places at the zoo. We had the kaya toast meal (2 eggs that are sorta poached, coffee, and toast with butter and kaya spread) and it was so good. The eggs were sorta odd because they are like more liquidy I guess and more like a poached egg so the texture was slimier than what I'm used to (it was still good though, especially if you dipped the toast) the toast was amazing and the spread had such a good unique flavor and the coffee was good and I don't even usually like coffee. The coffee here has a sweeter taste to it though and Gen even said since they could tell we were from America she thinks they made it more bitter for us since that's how Americans normally drink it. It was such a great meal though and I will definatly be wanting to have it again sometime!
The zoo has a lot to do rather than just look at animals. There are shows, elephant rides, and times when you can go feed certain animals so Gen and I did quite a few of those things. The first show we saw was the elephant show - it was amazing. Gen actually like made herself sick she was so excited sine elephants are her favorite animal. There were four trainers and their elephants as well as the main speaker for the show. They showed how the elephants have amazing balance and strength and talked about how they command the elephants by talking and certain motions they use. The elephants are able to walk across and turn on pretty narrow tree trunks (which is surprising considering their large size) and can easily grab and move or kick heavy wooden trees and such. They also showed elephants taking and putting on their riders hats and demonstrated how the riders get on and off easily. The tricks and things that the elephants did for the show (and it was at least a 45min show) were so cool. It's amazing the types of things that they are able to teach the elephants and how the elephants can remember and act according to what has been planned. At the end of the show you can also feed the elephants for S$5, so Gen and I each bought a basket of food and got to go out and feed the elephants. There were small bananas, an apple, and carrots in the basket and the elephant would use its trunk to grab the food from your hand and put it in its mouth.
The next show we saw was one on the rain-forest. It was a cute show but of the three shows we saw it was probably my least favorite. Pretty much it started out with a man who was saying he's going to find the rain-forest, cut it down, build a mall, and become rich and then the main speaker and other rain-forest 'natives' came out and showed some animals that can be found there. We saw spider monkeys, pythons, orangutans and a few other animals and that was about it.
The last show we saw was the Splash show one. It was just two seals in it - an older seal and a little 7month year old seal that's been training. They could do ton's of tricks. The young seal could swim by jumping out of the water and the older one could do that as well as flips. They also will splash on command and can catch frisbees and balance balls and do handstands (or I guess for them it would be fin stands) and can swim and jump to hit a target and such. The cutest thing that they did (in my opinion) was ask for applause. After they were finished with a trick they would go back to their stand on the stage and clap their front flippers at the audience and it was just so adorable. The seal show was super cute and I really enjoyed it.
We also got to ride an elephant. It coast S$8 per person and you were put in a basket on the elephants back with a few other people and you went around for a little ride. Elephants are super wide and when they walk the motion sorta like wobbles you back and forth, but not in a bad way, its actually sorta relaxing. Being on the elephant you are pretty high up but since they are Asian and not African elephants they aren't the largest elephants that you can find. I was really excited to ride the elephant because even before we left for Singapore I had been asking Gen if there was anywhere that we could ride an elephant, it's just something random I've always wanted to do I guess.
The last little event thing that we did was feed the kangaroos. It cost S$5 for one group to feed them so Gen and I went together. You just sit on a rock and hold the bowl of food and they all crowd around you an you can pet them. They are sososo soft! For some reason I thought that they would be coarse but their fur is so nice and fluffy and soft. Gen and I took turns holding the bowl and at one point when I was feeding there there were three crowded around but one kangaroo decided that he wanted more so he like grabbed the bowl with his little paw and pulled it towards him, it was the cutest thing and just made me laugh.
When we weren't doing the shows and stuff we were just wandering around the zoo looking at animals. They have these bus thingies that you can pay to take a tour around the zoo on that drive everywhere and they are like the dang kids train at the mall and will just drive and not honk or avoid you. I legit almost got hit by one. We also had some issues finding the flamingos. Somehow we totally missed them so after we had seen the rest of the zoo we tried to find them. At first we ended up going in a circle then we finally took the right turns and got to them and they were in a place right between the white tiger and gibbon - and we had seen both of those animals. We had absolutely no idea how we completely passed the flamingo exhibit when we were in that exact area but all that mattered was we eventually found it. Walking around the zoo looking for them was not bad though. Since the zoo is so beautiful I could just walk around it forever and since they do have animals that are more free you can constantly be looking for birds or lizards or monkeys somewhere around you.
When the zoo was beginning to close we went to the gift shop for some souvenirs - I got a Singapore zoo mug with an elephant and then Gen got a mug and theses adorable best friend animal stuffed animals for us. We then went to the little photo place they have sine photographers are all over taking your pictures and we got to look at all of ours and we picked the ones we liked best and got some printed and they were nice enough to make us a disk with all of the pictures free of charge. Oh ya, we also had a little snack of curry puffs and fish balls before one of the shows, they were yummy. :)
When the zoo closed at 6 (we had spent the entire day there) Gen's grandpa came to get us and since we were all hungry he drove us to this food court where we ate supper. It's sorta weird in a way ordering food and Gen actually did it for me because I can't really understand what some of the people say and since they also aren't used to white people eating at those places I guess I'm the minority but I don't mind because my amazing friend is good at helping me find yummy food. I had this seafood soup thing that was spicy and had fish balls and some minced pork and noodles and stuff, a cold barley drink (which was actually sorta sweet but not too sweet, it was good), and a different type of popiah. Once again all the food was amazing! I can already tell that when the trip is over I'm really going to miss this type of food, its all so tasty and way cheaper than food in the US and you also can see them make it right when you order which is neat. I also had to eat with a fork and spoon again and did much better this time, so I am improving which is good. :) Gen's grandpa also seems very happy that I am willing to try anything (I guess he was worried that the friend Gen brought would be very picky) so we already made some plans for what other meals we are going to try in the future!
It was an awesome second day and tomorrow Gen and I are going out to street markets, which I am excited for. It's time to sleep now though cause I am pretty tired XD
At the apartment complex that we are staying there is a 25meter pool that opens at 7. So since I really wanted to go swim we went down to the pool for an hour. The water was really nice - not to hot not to cold - and it felt so good/weird to swim again. One thing I noticed was swimming was much more tiring than it used to be. After a 200 (which isn't even what a warm-up was when I did swim team) I was a little tired, this freaked me out but Gen reminded me how she can't swim at all and since I haven't swam in over 2.5 years that wasn't too bad. Then I decided to swim fly to see how that was and it totally killed me. I could only do a 50 and then was like out of breath when I used to be able to swim a 200, it's very sad. I'm determined to swim every-morning though so by the end of the trip I should be in much better shape again. It just feels so nice to be back in the water after such a long time.
When we headed back up the the house at 8 we showered and got ready for the day because we were heading to the Singapore Zoo. I enjoy zoo's but since there really aren't any around where we live I believe the last time I visited a zoo was at the Fort Worth Zoo when we were in Texas - and I haven't been to Texas since like the 1st grade so its been quite a while. Gen was really excited to visit the zoo (it's like her favorite thing to do here) and she and her grandfather were telling me how the animals weren't really caged to much but more in the open and around you. When they said this I was thinking more like big cages and stuff but it was nothing like that. The animals (other than like lions and cheetahs and things that could kill you) are all close by. The orangutans (which I learned means like 'man of the forest' in Malay) and other primates are loose in the tress and swinging above your heads and there are birds and lizards wandering around and the other animals have some just wooden post fences to sorta keep them off of the walkways but they can still come out there and be in front of you. The same sort of concept applies to the dangerous animals too only there are some observing rooms with glass since the open areas have a huge trench the separates you from the animal. The zoo itself if absolutely breathtaking too. It's like walking through a rain-forest and just being in the animals natural habitats because everything there is natural and green, I can't really describe its just so amazing and totally unlike any other zoo I've been to.
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| My Kaya Toast Breakfast |
The zoo has a lot to do rather than just look at animals. There are shows, elephant rides, and times when you can go feed certain animals so Gen and I did quite a few of those things. The first show we saw was the elephant show - it was amazing. Gen actually like made herself sick she was so excited sine elephants are her favorite animal. There were four trainers and their elephants as well as the main speaker for the show. They showed how the elephants have amazing balance and strength and talked about how they command the elephants by talking and certain motions they use. The elephants are able to walk across and turn on pretty narrow tree trunks (which is surprising considering their large size) and can easily grab and move or kick heavy wooden trees and such. They also showed elephants taking and putting on their riders hats and demonstrated how the riders get on and off easily. The tricks and things that the elephants did for the show (and it was at least a 45min show) were so cool. It's amazing the types of things that they are able to teach the elephants and how the elephants can remember and act according to what has been planned. At the end of the show you can also feed the elephants for S$5, so Gen and I each bought a basket of food and got to go out and feed the elephants. There were small bananas, an apple, and carrots in the basket and the elephant would use its trunk to grab the food from your hand and put it in its mouth.The next show we saw was one on the rain-forest. It was a cute show but of the three shows we saw it was probably my least favorite. Pretty much it started out with a man who was saying he's going to find the rain-forest, cut it down, build a mall, and become rich and then the main speaker and other rain-forest 'natives' came out and showed some animals that can be found there. We saw spider monkeys, pythons, orangutans and a few other animals and that was about it.
The last show we saw was the Splash show one. It was just two seals in it - an older seal and a little 7month year old seal that's been training. They could do ton's of tricks. The young seal could swim by jumping out of the water and the older one could do that as well as flips. They also will splash on command and can catch frisbees and balance balls and do handstands (or I guess for them it would be fin stands) and can swim and jump to hit a target and such. The cutest thing that they did (in my opinion) was ask for applause. After they were finished with a trick they would go back to their stand on the stage and clap their front flippers at the audience and it was just so adorable. The seal show was super cute and I really enjoyed it.
The last little event thing that we did was feed the kangaroos. It cost S$5 for one group to feed them so Gen and I went together. You just sit on a rock and hold the bowl of food and they all crowd around you an you can pet them. They are sososo soft! For some reason I thought that they would be coarse but their fur is so nice and fluffy and soft. Gen and I took turns holding the bowl and at one point when I was feeding there there were three crowded around but one kangaroo decided that he wanted more so he like grabbed the bowl with his little paw and pulled it towards him, it was the cutest thing and just made me laugh.
When the zoo was beginning to close we went to the gift shop for some souvenirs - I got a Singapore zoo mug with an elephant and then Gen got a mug and theses adorable best friend animal stuffed animals for us. We then went to the little photo place they have sine photographers are all over taking your pictures and we got to look at all of ours and we picked the ones we liked best and got some printed and they were nice enough to make us a disk with all of the pictures free of charge. Oh ya, we also had a little snack of curry puffs and fish balls before one of the shows, they were yummy. :)
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| Fish Soup and a Barley Drink |
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| Popiah |
It was an awesome second day and tomorrow Gen and I are going out to street markets, which I am excited for. It's time to sleep now though cause I am pretty tired XD
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Day 1: Our First Day in Singapore!...Sienna
August 2
So it's still the same day. We slept until 2:30pm and then got ready and her grandparents took us out. We went to lunch and I got to try some amazing food. I tried chicken curry, popiah, and mei goreng - its all so good. They don't eat with a fork and knife here though, they use a fork and a spoon. So I had to learn a new way to eat. It's really weird eating like that but I think I did okay for my first time and I'm sure the more I eat with spoons and forks I'll get much more used to it. When I finished eating the chicken curry her grandpa said I did good, although I still don't eat that way perfectly. :P
Then we went and changed our money, got Gen and SD card for her phone, and got our train/bus passes. Then, since we were in a mall (and the malls here are absolutely amazing, they are huge like four story buildings and have tons of stores and are really nice) her grandfather said to meet him in an hour so we went and looked around. We went to a four story Forever 21 and Zara. The cloths here are really nice and Zara has some amazing things but they are expensive. We then went to the mall across the street (ya, there are malls everywhere kinda) to meet her grandpa. He was like "I suppose one hour isn't enough for you" so he gave us another hour and we explored another mall! We went to Mango where we both got some really cute dresses as well as some other stores. The stores in their malls are all really nice and different stores than what we have in NH, their malls also all have different stores rather than just the same exact stores in everyone. We met up again with her grandparents at 7:00 and started going back home. For supper we stopped at a street market to get some egg prata to take home to eat. I've never had egg prata before and didn't know what it was but we got to watch them make it and it's really neat. They have this dough that they make super thin, crack and egg in it, fold it up, and then cook it. The way you eat it is you rip it and then dip it in curry or just pour the curry on top of it. We also had some guava juice (her grandpa had bought us mango, guava, lime, and orange) which was really good as well. We were already really tired, so after supper we did dishes and then went to our room and at 10pm went to bed.
Neither of us are get lagged which is good. We are already used to Singapore time and are able to sleep when it's night here, I think the reason we adapted so quickly is partly because of the fact we went so long (36hours) without sleeping so we were tired already at night here and found it easy to fall asleep according to their time zone.
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| Chicken Curry |
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| Mei Goreng |
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| Popiah |
Neither of us are get lagged which is good. We are already used to Singapore time and are able to sleep when it's night here, I think the reason we adapted so quickly is partly because of the fact we went so long (36hours) without sleeping so we were tired already at night here and found it easy to fall asleep according to their time zone.
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