Dawn the cat passed away.
Memento Mori Singapore
Did you know the theme for Singapore’s national day this year (2025) for SG60 is “Building Our Singapore Together”.
From the official site (https://www.sg60.gov.sg/), it says:
SG60 aims to celebrate our nation-building journey and reflect on our shared values of multiculturalism, boldness, resilience and openness that have united us and allowed us to prosper against the odds over the past 60 years.
I just find it ironic, that we have to keep building up and up because whatever is built up, eventually does crash down or end. It’s a bit understated but it’s there even on the website that it states “resilience”.
It’s just.
Sometimes, it’s hard to build up again when you’re in the middle of the crash. You start to think, was it all worth it? Can you do it again? Do I want to do it all again, will the end result be different?
Continue reading Memento Mori SingaporeEasy Hotel or Eassy Hotel & KKKL review
I took the KKKL bus from Singapore to KL Sentral and their seats are comfortable, the drivers are really friendly to me, they make sure you really get on the bus after the rest stop or even if you’re ‘switching’ locations (example, first bus goes to specific location in Malaysia, you have to switch to their other branded bus to your location), they make sure you get on it.
KKKL is a pretty relaxing bus.
Our rest stop too us to Ming Ang Bus Express Rest Stop at Yong Peng. OMGGGg it’s like a mini mall over there. I had to take pictures for reviews because apparently you can only get here and park if you’re on a bus trip, the parking lots are ONLY for buses.
The Ramly burger (if you end up there, there’s only one store, you’ll know it) is highly rated in google reviews too and it is pretty good.
Over all, the rest stop is old but serviceable. The shops there take cash so make sure you have ringgits on with you. There’s pastries and I wanted to buy some egg tarts or some biscuits but I was all, maybe I’d eat too much if I brought it back to Singapore a day later. Next time if I do end up at this rest stop, I will buy those pastries cause they looked so good.
I did buy preserved plums as a snack for the rest of the bus trip. It was really good, I think I can buy 200 grams or more instead of the minimum 100 grams next time.
KKKL’s stop for KL Sentral is at a bus stop near the police post just outside of Nu Sentral mall. For pick ups, it is the same place to get back to Singapore.
I know some of you Singaporeans might want to go for the My Chemical Romance concert or other concerts happening in KL and I can pretty much tell you, staying at KL Sentral would be the EASIEST for you.
My choice of hotel for now is Easy Hotel and you can see it’s really near the station/mall. There’s other hotels near it too but Easy or Eassy hotel had been really nice for a day in/out stay at Kuala Lumpur if you’re heading to other venues due to the LRT/MRT and heck the actual train station.
The express airport train from KLIA also stops at KL Sentral, so you can see why I like this area for accessibility.
Continue reading Easy Hotel or Eassy Hotel & KKKL reviewThe osnaplab camera
I got the Osnaplab camera which is Singapore’s first screenless and filmless camera, according to their bio at https://www.instagram.com/osnaplab/ . It looked interesting cause the design is not like Camp Snap or a Papershoot camera.
And it was so much cheaper than them and in Singapore dollars.
This is what you get out of the box, mailed to you. I chose the pink one. Of course, they might have their own deals or packages depending on the holiday season (?) so just look out for it, mine is the basic super default items.
Continue reading The osnaplab cameraRecession Indicators
I don’t know about you but the economy is going wild here. From news of tariffs by the USA, our impending elections here in Singapore and other major things happening around the world (I’m SGian, we can’t exactly type certain things out), sometimes the world feels like a mess.
For some reason 90s fashion is coming back. “Vintage” digital cameras are on the rise, so we’re back to standard definition resolution now. Not everything has to be in High Definition cause we’re catching the vibes instead.
Thrifting clothes are in. You’ll notice it by the way there’s more shops at Haji Lane and Golden Landmark Shopping Centre or other pop-ups with it.
Soon, we’ll probably have something called ‘budgetcore‘ but it’s basically just trying to use what we have and being grateful instead of buying newer disposable things.
Which is why I got a Hobonichi notebook.
Continue reading Recession IndicatorsThe South East Asia female pro wrestlers list
Stuff no one asked me but I’m just putting it down. For who knows what reason. Why do I even have this list? I’m just writing it down as I see it.
I’m going from furthest to closest to me that I’ve noticed are generally active? This post is written in April 2025 fyi.
Continue reading The South East Asia female pro wrestlers listThe Pinwheels 2024
I was invited to The Pinwheels, a content creators’ award show by MediaCorp / BloomrSG .
Spoiler alert: No, I was not nominated for anything.
Nonetheless I was curious on the winners and how the show for content creators would turn out and it was pretty fun? I’ve had my share of award shows but this one is much funner than the regular ones I’ve attended.
The dress code was smart casual with the theme yellow or/and black. So I totally expected people to turn up like they were a typical student designer or for a funeral.
Cause that’s what you usually get if you put ‘black’ in, everyone’s gonna just reach for the basics.
It was ok though, it didn’t look like a funeral for content although the aesthetics were still dystopian-like with the grunginess of the entry way? I do like the decorations.
Continue reading The Pinwheels 2024Industrial relics and wartime secrets tour by Hidden Heritage Singapore
Early morning, I travelled all the way to the west to an abandoned lubrication blending plant. What’s surprising is that it’s actually behind some HDB blocks, just hidden away in a neighbourhood. (And that the HDB blocks had something interesting on it too when you realize where you are but I doubt I should post what it is. It’s just a bonus if you do get on this tour or manage to figure out the exact location of it.)
By the way, photos are from my Ektar H35N with a 400 iso Kodak Porta film or from my phone since there’s some locations that’s too dark for my film.
For now, you can get on the tour by following or contacting Hidden Heritage Singapore on their instagram.
Continue reading Industrial relics and wartime secrets tour by Hidden Heritage SingaporeHololive x Aniplus 2024
It’s that time of year again where we get a Hololive x Aniplus cafe collaboration in Singapore!
This time it’s with the GAMERS and Hololive Japan Generation 3.
As usual, do book online at the Aniplus Cafe website for seat reservation. You can do walk ins but there are peak hours/days where it is simply not possible to do.
This collaboration begins on 4 October 2024 to 12 December 2024. Which is in the timeline if you’re coming to Singapore for Anime Festival Asia in November too.
You can’t pick your coasters as it’s ‘gacha’ based and the 2024’s quality of coasters has improved from the 2023 version!
No tablemat for 2024 but instead we got photo covers instead! Unfortunately I didn’t get Marine in the Aniplus collab goodies but I got her when I bought a polaroid gacha card in the merch area anyway. These photo card holders are way nicer than the table mats of 2023 and easier to keep!
Cheers to you guys anyway!
We chose Korone’s Choconana and Mio’s cola drink since it looks good.
I had Marine’s fish and chips with calamari rings.
Mio’s rice is limited per day apparently. It’s stated in the fine print there.
And there’s Pekora’s curry rice. It’s pretty cute.
This time we didn’t try the desserts so we can’t review it. I can definitely say the food has improved from last year.
I realized what would make things better is if Aniplus Cafe had a condiments station. Perhaps some chilli sauce, salt, pepper shakers and such might help too.
Oh the staff ARE friendly and polite and the chef did ask us on the food too.
The World of Studio Ghibli
The World of Studio Ghibli is at The ArtScience Museum from 4 October 2024 to 2 February 2025. Firstly, remember to buy your ticket from ArtScience Museum itself or where the ticketing page might lead you to Klook if you don’t have an MBS membership.
There will be timeslots available so do pick one and don’t be late for your session since it’s a pretty popular exhibition.
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