It’s 9.36pm on a Sunday and I’m typing this on a phone. I’m too tired to switch my laptop on and to type or edit any photos because I just finished the Grapplemax Open House during the weekend.
On Saturday, I helped with the camerawork and in between just helped usher people to the various stations in the beginning part of the afternoon.
On Sunday, was the women’s exclusive so I helped do the stations, or rather in ring techniques with participants and then after we had a match featuring Radiant Rui with Alani vs Divya with me.
Also I saw some of you guys on various days wearing the exclusive Ships Ahoy 2025 anniversary t-shirt so, I see you.
In any case, for both days the audience/participants enjoyed themselves so that is great. Personally, watching day 1’s matches since I’m not in it, it was exciting.
I see why it can be mad.
How is it possible we have people able to throw themselves, toss each other or fly from the ropes to just entertain you all in Singapore?
Pro wrestling is your live theatre with physical action and wow. I was entertained and more importantly, it showed that you too can actually learn pro wrestling too.
All these people are just ‘regular’ people who wanted to learn and they did.
And now I’m going to sleep and this will be posted on Monday morning. When I’m finally and hopefully awake but busy with my actual regular work.
Ps. If you want to try pro wrestling in Singapore, go to Grapplemax.sg and try out a trial for yourself.
Wow, it’s actually February 2026. But what a packed January it was and still is? Maybe cause Chinese New Year and Ramadan is coming.
Before that though, it’s Thaipusam and that happened on Sunday, 1 February 2026.
Interestingly, it was also the same weekend as Renfaire SG so Dhoby Ghaut had the processions at the closed roads on one side and you had elves and rangers walking from Dhoby Ghaut MRT towards Fort Canning.
To those who asked, no I didn’t get to go to Renfaire SG since I was occupied with work and other appointments.
However the weather was really sunny for the weekend, so good for everyone outdoors? I mean, hydration is a thing but at least everyone could walk around to their destinations.
Also happy WWE Royal Rumble day (Riyadh) for those who celebrate the floor is lava day. Yes, every thing on that weekend. No opinions from me about it here because this isn’t a WWE blog and there’s a lot of reviews out there.
That night was lovely and full of drums and music to cheer on the Kavadi bearers. It happened to be on a Sunday so it was pretty grand. Did you know, unfortunately, Thaipusam isn’t a public holiday for us in Singapore? As of yet in 2026. I don’t know about it in the future when you read this but yeah.
Interestingly, I was in Dhoby Ghaut area in the evening after my pro wrestling training in the morning/afternoon to catch 1 night of Goyang Koplo. Unfortunately organizers said that Tenxii & Naykilla was unable to make it a week or so before the night.
Instead it was replaced with Baby Shima so it was a trio of ladies entertaining us for the evening at SOTA with Hafeez Glamour as emcee.
The setting was at SOTA hall so you had to be seated and so it was kinda weird when you have such genre of dangdut koplo.
Ochi Alvara and Dara Ayu had their own solo songs first then it was Baby Shima and then a duet of Ochi and Ayu. However ALL THREE WERE SUCH GOOD ENTERTAINERS.
Baby Shima and pretty much all the ladies had such lovely bling bling outfits.
They did so well entertaining the crowd. I wanna say, the organizers should really try for a venue without seats next time if for this genre of songs. Or at least, maybe got space to goyang-goyang in front of stage?
Thank you ladies for entertaining us.
Ok, this is not their song but I wanted you guys to understand the genre of dangdut koplo with my affection of vtubers and anime.
AND WHAT BEST IS TO SHOW YOU JAPANESE VTUBER INDONESIAN DANGDUT?
Goyang-goyang is a dance move that you’ll do when you listen to this sorta music.
As we like (royal me) to describe it, it’s like a gentle twerk. So gentle, so classy.
Warung Nasi Pariaman is closing on 31 January 2026 and I don’t know why. Maybe you’ll know why in the future when you look back on this. Or if someone commented why.
Because no one knows.
The actual Berita news even reported it on TV last night with the shortest report on it with just the shot of the shop and “Warung Nasi Pariaman is closing on 31 January” in Malay, of course.
Ragey New Year everyone! By the way, all pictures here are taken with my Charmera for that 90s feel.
Apparently people have work have noticed me being angry and it’s the start of the year. But, why not? When every year I have observed and put in my own data (I actually put in a google sheets) of happenings (not weeks, it’s months and years) and noticed that if people won’t change themselves.
The only thing I can change is myself isn’t it?
So no. I’m not going to wish a happy new year. It’s not a fits-all greeting. I’m wishing you all a ragey new year to those who get it and need it too.
I tend to not talk behind people’s backs, I talk in front of themselves. Because why talk behind people’s backs when you can talk in front of them so they can take note and then improve themselves, hmm?
And because they do not, then it’s RAGEY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.
I mean, what’s the point of wishing happy new year when you know it is going to suck or that the people who actually think to wish it happy new year do nothing to make it happy.
The rest of the year just ends up more depressing.
Shut it with toxic positivity and gas lighting.
I wish you a ragey new year. Perhaps you’ll start it really angry and then it actually ends happy.
What’s ironic is even when I’m really seemingly angry to them all, they still approach me because they know things still get done. Which is ridiculous really since I tend to have to fix other people’s shortcomings so excuse me, why shouldn’t I be angry? It’s a right.
Thus, let’s start off things differently compared to other years.
As I walked around Orchard road for some errands too, I just wondered if this point is where the Orchard Road Fashion account usually takes videos or photos from.
That’s just me being curious and nothing to do with being angry, or IS IT.
Nonetheless, there was a cute crow who flew down and landed at the crossing bollards and I managed to take some close ups.
What would you guys do. Will you continue the year with a fake happy start even if you know it isn’t going to be happy?
Lunar New Year is going to be next month so you can have a Take 2 of a new year too.
Technically you can take any time, any month, any day to reset.
Your own life is your own.
Just the start of the year is when everyone else as a majority would like to “restart” but you can have a head start on restarting any time once you know where you would like to go or do.
How can you influence those around you when they will not change for the better no matter how many notices or warnings they get?
Perhaps the only solution is to change yourself to go around them and shock them into action. And if they still won’t, at least you’ve tried it and you can put it in findings (I’m kinda data driven on my own in qualitative findings, not quantitative) and do an alternative way.
Of course, you have to first identify are you the problem? And if not, what other things to mitigate it?
With that, I leave you with a fun fact.
The payphones in Singapore by Singtel are free for you to call locally for up to 3 minutes if you can find them.
Also why is it free?
You can’t officially buy Singtel phonecards for payphones any more. Any available cards are just collector’s items. And my guess is that it’s difficult to tear up all the existing phone lines and phones that are built along the road or HDBs for decades.
It’s better to keep it there and be used for emergencies, isn’t it?
That’s one way of finding solutions and adapting to the times.
Ragey New Year everyone, feel free to comment the same to me.
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.
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.
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…
If you’re new to this whole blog thing, you can comment but I might not reply or even publish it at times cause there’s sometimes spam for it.
Also if you’re new here. Hello.
I’m Seriously Sarah from Singapore. I’m going to post a lot more stuff happening around here so don’t expect anything too serious. I don’t get paid by anyone to do this and hence you’ll get unhinged opinions or observations.
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?
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.
