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Goyang-goyang into February

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.

Anyway, see you next week guys. For some of you, literally since I have that 8 February open house event at GrappleMax.

Experience Pro Wrestling at GrappleMax Open House

On 7th February 2026 and 8th February 2026, GrappleMax Studios will be having an open house!

Your most family friendly pro-wrestling promotion in Singapore.

And it’s just only $15! Tickets and schedule here: https://pwopenhouse26.peatix.com/

Make sure you check out the schedule cause you don’t have to stay the whole day there.

7 Feb 2026 (Saturday)

2pm: doors open, stations open
3pm: Pro wrestling match
3.20pm: Post-match Q&A
4pm: Pro wrestling match
4.20pm: Post-match Q&A
5pm: event close

8 Feb 2026 (Sunday) – ladies-exclusive!

1pm: doors open, stations open
2.30pm: Pro wrestling match
Post Match Q&A
3pm: event close


You might notice 8 February is a bit different because it’s an ladies exclusive day, bring yourselves, your friends, daughters, girlfriends, wives, nieces to this day because the women’s division will be around to teach some pro-wrestling.

And don’t be scared, in pro-wrestling we always adapt to the other person too. So come try out or find out more about us too!

Yes, I’ll be there so come join the fun. They always say, new year, new you. So why not try a new hobby?

Also, content creators, you can try out what it is to be a pro-wrestler. After all, there’s so many content creators out there turning into professional wrestlers.

It’s closing and I don’t know

Dear future!Sarah,

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.

And everyone is gossiping.

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The First SG Camera Convention in Singapore

This is the first SG Camera Convention held at Capitol Piazza that I knew of. Or the first one ever that was held here in Singapore to my knowledge.

SG Camera Con entrance

I happened upon it when it showed up in my Instagram feed and it was indeed in my interest.

It showed up a few days before the convention so I was lucky to see it.

Ironically, I didn’t see much publicity about it too…

In any case, this was a pretty fun small convention but full of people who were interested in cameras, lens and accessories.

Convention hall of sg camera con filled with people

It said what it said.

There were official brands there.

people interviewing at the aputure booth

And there were shops that I tended to buy from too and some demos.

I went to the vertical talk since I had activities for the other days and that was an interest of mine.

This talk was by Gavin Lim of Black Tactical Unit and he was going to run a workshop about micro dramas (details not out yet at the time of this post but I guess just go check their instagram page)

And yes, I’m very interested in vertical reels but commercially in Singapore, it’s not trashy enough.

Everyone is too standard and using more traditional to 16:9 plotlines which is nice but you got to know.

People who watch vertical videos want unrealistic trashy plotlines and the ones here so far are just ‘decent’ or restrtictive. That’s my personal opinion anyway.

The vendors had cheaper prices than usual and I got to check some lights I had been interested in to see how it was in real life.

So ok, that’s fun.

Maybe they’ll have another one next year and hopefully with more publicity??

It was actually busy too so somehow it really did spread to a lot of photographers and people who use videocameras. Not the typical hobbyists which gave a different kind of vibe and.

Ok, WHO ACTUALLY ORGANIZED THIS? I still don’t know. It really was a happenschance that I managed to attend it. The curation of the booths were nice, I actually laughed when I saw Cathay Photo there because I was told if you bought stuff there (they had special prices for the convention for some items), you could just pick it up at their main store next street over.

Really, a lot of booths had some shops nearby cause if you don’t know the Peninsula Plaza area and the surrounding place, it is the place for camera and accessories so hence it was nice to see the official brands making an appearance at this convention.

I liked it. Perhaps maybe there will be more talks or demos by the brands themselves too besides at their booths?

Anyway, in the land of a lot of high res cameras and photographers and videographers, I decided to take everything down to low res and make a highlight using my Kodak Charmera so there you go.

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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