Hello again, readers of my spectacular blog! Today I will bring you up to speed on what we've been up to for the past three days.
The first day in the trilogy was occupied by a visit to "Universal Studios" on Sentosa. There is not much to report, aside from an interesting special effects show. We were placed in a small building- a boathouse looking out on New York- during a category 5 hurricane. We watched a newscast on the boathouse TV about the storm, in which a sign was ripped off of a building. Shortly afterwards, a sign crashed right through the roof of the cozy boathouse and started a huge fire. It was (obviously) quite the show.
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We stopped here solely for the AC and the water. |
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Can you name this "Dreamworks" house? |
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When in doubt at an Asian food court, just get the white rice. Never fails. |
After that, we went skydiving. Indoors, thankfully. We hovered over a huge fan underneath us in a huge glass capsule to simulate skydiving. Plus, I got a chance to look awesome in a jumpsuit.
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The diver in the black helmet is Dad, and I'm wearing a red helmet. The one standing on the bottom is our instructor. |
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On our third go, our instructor lifted into the air with us and spiraled up to the upper widows. |
That's the end of day one. Day two is up next.
On day two, our last day in Singapore, we rode the MRT to the Gardens by the Bay, a huge botanical collection located, as the name implies, close to the ocean. There were several examples of traditional gardens from several cultures, including a Chinese garden, an Indian garden, and a colonial garden. Arguably the most spectacular of the attractions were the "Super Trees", towering tree-like structures with plants growing all up the sides. There were even themed Super Tree gardens, named the silver and golden gardens, each having a particular color scheme of plants that reflects its name.
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We took a tram tour to explore the gardens with more narrative and comfort. |
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This is called the cannonball tree. Its fruits explode and scatter their seeds on impact. |
For our last Singaporean destination, we chose the Cat Café, a café that serves your food in the presence of adorable rescue cats.
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Baloo here went and took his nap in a different spot when I sat down next to him. He's a maine coon-ragdoll hybrid, by the way. |
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This is Kai Kai. Apparently, he purrs like a cooing pigeon. |
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This is what happens to unattended bags at the Cat Café. |
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These two- Brown Monkey and Luna- started fighting once they were done with our bag. |
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Jia Jia, Kai Kai's sister. |
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Little Miss Muffet, Baloo's sister. |
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Skittles, the genius of the group. Supposedly, she comes when you call her name, and was the first to figure out a puzzle toy given to the café cats. Too bad she was asleep for the whole time we were there, except for this picture. |
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I'm not sure what Robbie here was looking at (for quite some time) up on the windowsill. He may have been stalking a piece of fuzz, but it's hard to say for sure. |
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By the end of our time at the café, nearly all of the cats were asleep. There are five cats in this picture- Luna is taking a nap in the highest cave. She had to jump clean over Kai Kai to get to it. |
With our remaining time that day, we caught a flight into Bali, and that's where we are now. Day three, today, was spent entirely at the beach, the pool, and the hotel. What a hard life we have. See you next time.
Next up: Biking in Bali!
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