Seriously Sarah

It is 2026

Howdy or rather Ahoy to you all. It’s 2026 and since this is my blog aka web log for those who don’t know the term, it’s basically an online journal. Yeah. I know everyone’s gone short form of video or reels or whatever but sometimes you just want to read tea or gossip that isn’t serious, right?

Well, this is my blog so it’s pretty much my opinions and reactions. I’m not doing a substack or patreon for this because I already have google ads on the side somewhere so it’s still “free” for you to read.

Hobonichi journal with pen in the pen slot of the cover

That’s my Hobonichi with the Bijutsukai (Ferry) cover. That’s my “offline’ or real life journal or diary which is mostly for me. But I know some of you guys wanted to know what journal I used and it’s an A6 Japanese Day-Free one. It worked for me cause I don’t have to write in every day but when I want to. All I had to do was just get the 2026 refill to put in and I sealed up the 2025 one in a ziplock bag to seal the energies away.

Or you know, so that no moisture gets in and we’ll be able to read it in the far future what I was up too in that written journal.

Egg prata and plain prata with fish curry and a cup of milk tea

So what have I been up to? A lot of things but I wanted to tell you guys, the main point of my blog is for those who can’t. Whether they’re not in Singapore cause they’ve travelled abroad, are tourists who miss this country or are friends who just wanna keep up. Well, this is for you guys.

That’s the first prata of the year I ate by the way. $3 for that plain and egg prata with fish curry. And a $1.50 teh. Just so we can see if prices rise up by the end of the year or something.

And yes, Sarah’s blog posts are coming back every Monday. So you can see what I’ve updated, it’s not going to be the same series for each Monday. It might be a reaction shot, a review, happenings, or my adventures around Singapore.

Yes, Sarah Does Singapore is back. However this time, it might be more of a YOLO thing or a return to the adventures. Ever since I started those seasons last time, a lot of places have closed down.

Rent has been a huge factor to these places and now, what I blog shall be more of an online artefact, perhaps? To document what has happened and if you want to try out something, just do it. Especially in Singapore where everything keeps changing.

Oh I walked around Marina Square and saw that Perfume Vending Machine. 2 sprays for just $1. You know, they need this machine to be used during a comic convention perhaps.

Honestly, I actually like Jo Malone’s Pear and Freesia but it’s so expensive. Would it be worth to pay $1 to smell like it?

Maybe if I was going out to meet someone, yeah I would. It’s a really nice scent.

Just… you see the caution sign there. Don’t be a dummy and put your eyes in front of the nozzle and click the button to spray yourselves.

Or… Do it but please send me a video of you getting sprayed if you’re being a dummy.

Besides the google ads, if you guys seriously want to support me, feel free to contribute to my Throne Account here.

Thanks for “Anon” who I actually know is one of my viewers, I got a salad spinner. Yeah, I just want practical items most of the time…

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Chef Imran X Oud Restaurant Four Hands

I solo dined at Oud Restaurant because I saw their Instagram post about their Four Hands special menu. It was a degustation menu, a collab by Chef Imran who I had followed his account before (he teaches pasta making internationally too but you know, I prefer to eat instead of make it myself).

Honestly, I didn’t even know what was going to be on the menu, but considering it’s Chef Imran and Chef Shah Indra (Oud Restaurant), it can’t be wrong. So I clicked book for myself (cause my regular group were also doing some dining out of Singapore on the same day).

Sorry no jio cause I just wanted to go on my own. BWUAHAHAHAH.

I had always wanted to go to Oud but, you know, when?

table setting with glass of water menu fork and knife and napkin

Well apparently it was on 18 October 2025.

Look, I have seen a lot of mutuals following the restaurant’s insta account too. Fun fact, it’s Halal and yes, it’s meant to be high end service and all.

And on 3 October 2025

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?

Easy 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.

The 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.

Recession 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.

The 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.

The 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.

Industrial 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.

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