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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.

Perfumes available

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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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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Hololive 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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Bye bye Badoque

When the announcement of Badoque was closing was out on Instagram, I had to book it with my friends to eat there one last time.

It had been there for 18 years at Simpang Bedok and on 15 September 2024, it is set to close.

Yes, this post is not really a review post unless you’re from the future, you read this and had a time machine to go back to taste all the good restaurants in Singapore before it closed.

Being one of the first famous Halal western/fusion restaurants in Singapore, Badoque had been so iconic in the East side.

This is their mojito and their cups were really jug sized and value for money.

You need to understand, this wasn’t a thing amongst restaurants back then when it started. Having a huge cup that was more like a jug for a whole drink and at such affordable prices? Mixing sodas were also not a thing when it was first released.

You either get a drink that’s just a soda not a mocktail and definitely not at these sizes in regular restaurants.

Kepak bing bing. It’s a pun on the sound you get when you play the kompang. And kepak is ‘wing’ in Malay. It’s a spicy chicken wings appetizer that goes really well with that squeeze of lime on it.

Breaded oysters. Can you guys tell me where else can I get breaded oysters at a reasonable price now? And done well with their chilli sauce and just a bit of a salad and lemon squeeze for bit of acidity.

There was once we thought “Huh, breaded oysters, maybe it won’t be that much, let’s get two” and it was too much because we ordered other appetizers too for the group. We didn’t think it was going to be a lot but as most of the Badoque’s menu.

The portions are always just so generous.

I ordered a lamb shank because their beef ribs were already sold out by the time we were there. According to the server, everyone had heard of the announcement and had booked it to Badoque.

We were going on a weekday evening so I would imagine the last few days and even last day to be the busiest for goodbyes.

Maybe we can’t order again, but I’ll always remember this lamb shank to have the most delightful sauce with the lamb shank itself being so soft and tender. You didn’t need a knife, you can even use a spoon with it.

Lamb Bukhari is another lamb shank but with rice and the sauce. Can you see how portions are big and the TASTE was always flavourful with spices and the chef knows how to have it all balanced with just a bit of acidity too with the fattiness of the meats.

Other stuff we ordered was Lamb Bamia (comes with a lot of bread for their sauces), breaded chicken steak and fish and chips. Mind you, even their fish and chips weren’t the regular ones but 4 individually breaded fried fish. None of that tasteless sutchi fish either.

So howlah.

They have such high quality food and drinks.

All I can say is thank you for the memories.

Food places in Singapore, when they’re good, they’re good but they always seem to have an end either due to rental prices or life or anything.

But it just means we should always appreciate it when they are there.

If you do actually have a time travel machine, I think it’s your mission to try out all the hawker shops and restaurants that have closed in Singapore. Badoque should be in one of the lists.

After all, I don’t think visiting food places would make too much of a difference in the time continuum, would it…?

The dual destinies of Ships Ahoy and Best Bros

Ships Ahoy (Najwan Noor)

Hello friends, if you haven’t been updated by now, I’ve been doing some pro-wrestling at Grapplemax. And what’s better than getting 1 prestigious golden belt?

Tag team belts made by Paul Martin Belts (Photo by Najwan Noor)

You got that right, it’s getting 2.

So I entered the Dual Destinies Tag Team Tournament with my tag team partner, Xtian! Our team name is Ships Ahoy. And since you’re reading this now, you’re automatically a Friend Shipmate.

If you’re also wondering who helped make our outfits, it’s Joey.

By the way, photos are either by Najwan Noor or Jayden Quek, do check them out!

Best Bros photo (Najwan Noor)

Hailing from Chocopro (Japan), we have Mei Suruga and Baliyan Akki. They’re called the Best Bros and if we got to defeat them, then it’s us for the semi-finals. OHOhOhOHoh.

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