food poisoning makes for a not so fun day :(

The next morning after bowling was pretty slow, my aunt took my sisters and I out to lunch, a place where there were wayyy too many birds for my liking. Then, we stopped by a park to take pictures, then headed back to go swimming. After swimming, we went to another park with my dad's side of the family. It was pretty boring to begin with...but my sisters and I found a way to entertain ourselves with taking lots of pictures and finding a playground! :P Afterwards, we were all really hungry so we went off to a hawker center to eat. We got a ton of good food to eat and after finishing it all up, we headed back to my aunt's.

The morning after was terrible... or pretty much the day after. My whole family woke up with food poisoning. Only my aunt was lucky enough not to get food poisoning. She was the only one that didn't eat the sting ray, so that was probably what caused it. We spent pretty much the whole morning and afternoon in pain, and for my sisters and I, puking as well (first time since like fifth grade! =\ ). By the end of the afternoon, I was the only one still suffering from food poisoning. After having my temperature taken at 39.9 degrees Celsius (103.82F), my family took me to the doctor where I had to get a shot for the stomach cramps and then was prescribed like 10 different medicines. It really sucked getting food poisoning that particular day cause my cousins had arranged for all of us to go with them to a water park in the morning and then there was a bbq at night for my mom's side of the family, which would be the first time I had seen most of cousins since a year ago. But because I was sick, I had to stay home and sleep while my family got to go eat lots and lots of food and hang out with my cousins. For the next two to three days (basically the rest of my stay here), I'm supposed to stay away from milk and from oily or spicy foods, which pretty much rules out a lot of food here in Singapore :(. Ah, oh well, I guess I'll have to wait till Shanghai to eat more good food!

At HortPark..just missing Sam :(

My cousin trying to catch bubbles :P

I'm on a boat! XP

What caused all the pain...

Probably my last actual good meal in Singapore since no more spicy or oily food for me here :(

Eating, Shopping, Eating...The Never Ending Cycle

The weather has actually been pretty decent here in Singapore, not being too hot or humid. Perhaps it's because Seattle was just way too hot the last week I was there. But even then, my family and I kept cool by staying indoors with a never ending cycle of eating and shopping (basically two things that Singapore is probably known for :P). I convinced my parents to bring us shopping at a mall called Plaza Singapura just so that I could see the music store that my friend Thad's parents own. So, my family and I rode the MRT to go shopping and eating at Plaza Singapura. We spent the day shopping there and along Orchard Road, which is basically shopping central of Singapore. :) Even though it was a lot of fun shopping and eating, it was a surprisingly tiring day. To make it even more tiring, it took us at least an hour to get back to my aunt's house, transferring three times on the MRT, figuring out the bus system, then climbing a hill to her place. Perhaps tonight I'll actually be going to bed early :P I guess shopping and eating doesn't make for a super interesting post, but hopefully pictures make up for it! :)

The creative way for taking family pictures (minus Sam) on the MRT :P

Time to shop! :D

Some of the many escalators at Plaza Singapura

Lunch time :)

I found Thad's parents' shop!!! :D

Playing games at one of the awesome shops at Plaza Singapura :D

My dad and my typical stop...the bookstore (This picture is dedicated to Alvin Chang XP)

Snack? :P Coffee and toast

next (super expensive) mall! :P

dinner :P

and more snacks! :)

favorritteeee <3

Until tomorrow? :P But for now...it's time for bed :) (11:30PM...amazing! XP)

The Beginning of My Adventures! :P

After spending about seven weeks in Seattle hanging out with friends and doing not much else, I didn't realize how much I would miss Seattle and all my amazing friends. But now that I'm in Singapore, I'm ready for the second half my summer to begin :P

At Golden Gardens Beach <3

Hanging out by the fountain :P

At Seattle Center :)

I flew into Changi International Airport at around 11PM and like usual in Singapore, my mom, my aunt, and my sister took me to eat right away. This is my fourth time visiting Singapore, and after every single visit, it's always the food that is one of the things that I miss most. So it was nice to be able to go eat real Singaporean food again even if it was just something small :) I've never really had a problem with jetlag on my way to Singapore, which is a good thing...but on the way back is a different story.

Today was a pretty slow day, just full of eating and pictures. It was my grandma's birthday, so my dad's whole side of the family went out to eat at a seafood restaurant and basically just ate and took a lot of pictures :) Plus it was my first time meeting my youngest cousin, who is just three months old, so that called for lots of pictures :P And then my camera died...so here a just a few pictures from today :)

First picture in Singapore! :P

the crab got me :(

My cousin! <3

One thing that's different about traveling then staying in Seattle is bed time.. in Seattle, I'd be up till 3-4am but when I'm with my family, bed time is much earlier. Even though 2am (the current time...) is still later than the rest of my family (who are all in bed right now..), it's much more difficult to stay up late when they keep coming out to tell you to go to bed.. So I guess that's it for now! Time for bed :P