Korean Halal

My stacked up posts are coming to an end as I blog another long forgotten and overdue piece from the pre-As era!
This is dated after my last Prelim 2 paper, where Nadiah, Weekee and I decided to get some gastronomical therapy following the theme of Korea~~
And since we were on the topic of Korea, Nadiah and I decided to stop by Korea Tourism Organisation while waiting for Weekee to end her MCQ paper.

Additional details
If you're planning your first trip to Korea without the help of a travel agent, especially if you're a Muslim, I highly recommend stopping by Samsung Hub and grabbing some very honestly helpful brochures and info from KTO.
They've got brochures for u fangirls, kdrama addicts and halal foodies.

Going back to the food adventure, well, there isn't much halal Korean eateries so we basically went to Seoul Garden HotPot and Nene Chicken all conveniently located around town woop cos we are smashed after our morning papers!
Just saying, HotPot is usually pretty empty and Nene Chicken is completely the opposite...
But good food all the same! Such fun~

Stopped by Japan on the way to Nene Chicken, we couldn't help it! Uniqlo and Muji were calling us... 

 Not forgetting to thank my adventure companions; Weekee and Nadiah!

Early Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful cuties!
squidkid
xx

SAM Visit

Ps, I do not know how to write cursive...

How To Enjoy An Art Museum For The Struggling Student

1. Eat before your trip to the museum at a place that exists.

Fyi, the halal taco stall at Golden Shoe Hawker Centre is no more.

2. Choose a weekday to avoid the judgmental real artsy fartsy crowd.

It helped me feel calmer and more comfortable to walk around and just squint my eyes in an attempt to understand an artpiece knowing there wasn't anyone thinking "lol diz gurl dk shiat"

3. Read the description of the artwork to understand. Keep an open mind to get the full effect of being mind-blown.

It's like being in Mdm Chitra's class, seriously. Sorry to disappoint but despite being a Lit student, I still found it hard to understand half the pieces without reading their descriptions.

I suck at PC...

4. Comfortable footwear.

The museum may look small but you will have to walk quite alot.

5. Make full use of your free sticker pass. Which we didn't...

FUNNY STORY we were tired from the countless stairs we had to climb so we didn't go to the 4th floor at 8Q.

So when we were forced to enter this exhibit which was outside the museum, the lady who was in charge of the exhibit asked if we saw the aquarium at the 4th floor which, I quote was "EYE-OPENING!!" sigh... we couldn't go back up there... no.

6. Oh! Lest I forget! Go with your friends to make the trip more exciting, hilarious, unforgettable.

It was a great time to go to SAM for the 1st time with my friends who made the whole day more tolerable.

All in all, I still prefer cultural and historical museums, where I can relate to on a more direct level. Like National Museum or Asian Civilization Museum or Peranakan Museum oh so many cultural and historical museums in Singapore

(Thank you for the free entries!!!)

Also maybe cos I'm a histodent...

If you'd like to know more about the museums in Singapore, click here~~~

some of the photos are thanks to puteriramdzan and Mai

be proud of your country and their museums!!

peace out

xx

squidkid

Living Life on The Fast Lane

Time flies, as fast as the F1 cars. During the prelim periods, I lost track of time repeating the mundane dull cycle of study-eat-sleep.
But when my mom told us she got tickets to watch the F1 race, I started counting down to the Saturday where I could watch the cars zoom-zoom heart like a rocket. 
And people watch, all these people with endless pockets and massive love towards their respective teams.

I'm no big F1 fan but I do follow up on the race occasionally, when I stumble upon it while channel surfing during my rare tv breaks.
Nonetheless, I've always wanted to hear the tires screech against the roads live while actually vigurously shake my head in an attempt to follow the cars.

Ps, I went on Saturday, the practice race not the race itself so the atmosphere wasn't exactly the best but amazeballs no matter!

these cookies are so darn delicious? as far as I know, they're only sold at Wisma Atria basement

our ticket allowed us access to almost everywhere except the VVIP areas including the concerts but the good acts were on Sunday which my mom went... Cos I had to "study" so I watched Pet Shop Boys with adults ranging from 30-50, bobbing their heads (including my dad)

 Dad

also, the toilet is lush like omg the only air-conditioned part of the venue
signing out
squidkid
xx

Mid-Autumn Festival

 Mid Autumn Festival, Lantern Festival, Mooncake Festival...

This holiday has so many names, all of which are so magical!

I sound like an excited 6 year old but it was honestly a beautiful night.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is supposedly a day where people celebrate their harvest on the night of the full moon between September and October.

Singapore being the overpopulated nation that we are, doesn't really have any land to harvest anything so we just celebrate the lanterns and mooncakes.

Py invited me to celebrate it with her knowing that both of us needed the break in between our prelims and yes, I agreed to it despite having to walk to her house after the sun has gone down.

Which is scary... Despite it only being a 5 minute walk...........

Apparently, we kinda went down to the multi purpose hall early cos there were about less than 10 families.

But as the night wore on, more families came streaming down, with adorable lanterns of all shapes and sizes (it also made our lantern look so ordinary).

I can only describe the experience being as kecoh as a kampung would be on the eve of Hari Raya, with fire crackers and such.

Most of the famlies brought mooncakes with them and py only brought mochi which we finished in 1 bite so yeah, we learnt our lesson! We shall bring food next year!

Despite py knowing most of the families, she refused to ask them for some mooncake.

Alas! There was a mooncake making thingy happening and so I did manage to eat some mooncakes!

I hope you found these photos as magical as I did!

Peace out

squidkid

xx

Parks & Recreation

Singapore is a literal concrete jungle, despite the efforts in making our country more green, it is not enough.

Being stuck in your neighbourhood for 4 months changes your view on nature.

No exaggerations there! The humidity and lack of wind did not stop me from sighing at the beauty mother nature has given us as I walked around Botanic Gardens.

(I apologise for this overbearingly cheesy confession towards nature as I'm writing this blog while watching The Lorax)

Well, except for the part when my friends decided to surprise me and Puteri under the glaring hot sun which caused the candles for our cake to be so miserably short and pathetic, omg that really made me laugh!

And also made me feel so #blessed (hahahahaha) for the friends I have that went through all these trouble for a moment of happiness!

But in all honesty, the only thing I would wish upon my enemies is to go through an event with bad organisation and planning.

*shrugs*

 yes I brought baby food in flavours of broccoli and carrot, parsnip and sweet potato

I bet you can tell which tasted worse

and we have video evidence....

 keeping our picnic PG, playing Scrabble and all with our oh so limited vocabulary

sneak preview of my collab with basics girl hijabs (jokes)

Since we had to take a bus down to Orchard to get on home, a thought popped into my mind to go to Ion Sky in spite of the sun setting.

The view was absolutely breath-taking. Also maybe we were at the 55th floor and the altitude made it hard to breathe and it was flippin cold up there.

But believe me when I say Singapore looked so majestic. The clouds felt so surreal and I could feel their freedom.

I can't stress how much that day made me feel so grateful to be able to experience what God has given us on Earth including my friends and my family.

Who tried to help Swag and Syaqs to surprise me but it didn't end up quite as planned.

iPhone

love Gaia and react after reading my post

xx

squidkid