We had all been exhausted after pulau ubin yesterday and yesterday's exertion was obvious with the time I woke up today. It was nearly 11 by the time I got out of bed and everyone had already left the house. So, with vacuuming still to be done, a potential bathroom to be cleaned, and a meetup time of 2 for today's activities, there was definitely a lot to do. I managed to dust and vacuum the whole place but I didn't have time to clean the bathroom. I have to say though: even though it's already the third time I'm cleaning the house, there was a definite sense of happiness and accomplishment in being able to leave a clean house today. It was strange but the house felt almost lighter today. By 12:30 or so, I figured I should start getting ready to go out. And I was trying to confirm he time but it turned out that Marissa wasn't feeling all that well so we moved the time for meeting up to later in the evening. In the meantime, I figured that I could be at least partially productive. As expected though, all I did for productivity sake was open the file Becky sent me, message Angie about something, and partially fill out the TA app for fall. On the other hand though, I also managed to watch 2 episodes of Game of Thrones. Lots of feelings about the multiple instances of causing women pain in these episodes. I definitely had a moment where I was questioning if I should still be watching this series. That feeling went away though when I started to surf the GOT and ASOFAI wikis. I'm definitely still obsessed with this but a little critical of the plot devices. After this, Lucky and I decided to meet up at Bayfront to grab dinner. Dressed on the nicer side just in case Marissa still wanted to go to the Marina Bay Sands bar but dressing up took more time and I was late as usual to meet Lucky. Sorry girl! Still improving this ability. She said she only waited 10 minutes so hopefully she wasn't too annoyed. We went back to the Rasapura food court at the Bayfront mall for dinner. I got jajjangmyeon and it was good. The initial taste wasn't as good but it was a flavor that I didn't get sick of which was different from the one I've had from Zion market. After this, we met up with everyone else and Lucky' s housemates- twins who were really cool and friendly with this even though they were younger than us and were meeting us for the first time. On a side note, I really like how here, it's not so much part of the culture to have terms of respect between the youth. It's a lot easier to be friends that way I think rather than worrying about accidentally insulting someone with something you say. So, after dinner, we went over to Gardens by the Bay and we managed to catch some fireworks too. Apparently, there's also a building on the way that has streamers that move with the wind and show structures. I wanted to see it but we'll just save it for the next time I'm here. Anyway, we finally got to gardens by the bay and it was super nice. Basically it's like a nature walkway with big man made tree structures that light up and are covered with plants and flowers. And some of trees have bridges that connect them. And it's all set in this huge park. If you want to pay, you can also go to flower domes but it's definitely pricey- about 30 per person per dome. One of the twins said that the two domes look like a bra lying on the ground when you look at it and even I started thinking of it as bras XD. We knew that there was ice cream at the end of the helical bridge so we headed there next. At this cart, they sold ice cream sandwiches but instead of putting it between cookies, they put it between wafers. They normally use bread but today, they had run out already. I got the flavor Ripple which was raspberry and vanilla and it was good. Definitely spilled some but for 1.20, it was pretty worth it. Since Marissa had not been to the Merlion, we walked towards there and this time, the area near the field was opened so we got to see it as we walked by. We were thinking that it had been closed last time to prepare for SG50. We were just gonna go straight to the Merlion but we stopped on the way at the night market that was open there( also not there last time). And we got some snacks/drinks. I had sugarcane juice for the first time and it was good but I have to say that I prefer coconut juice more and I think there was a good deal more ice in there than there needed to be. After a well- needed break, we finally reached the Merlion and after everyone had gotten their fill of the sea lion, we all decided to go home via Raffles. I know it was my second time at Bayfront but each time, I can't help but think how nice the place is. I would definitely love to stay there and I think Dad would be ecstatic with the place. If they could come visit me, I would love to take them all around. They would have so much fun here and it's a pity we have never really traveled Singapore. I can see how you could live your whole life here. There is just so much to do and when you're working, there's just so little time too. Especially with Singapore's work ethic. Back to the actual day, I got home around 11:30 and weirdly enough, everyone had already gone to bed. It's strange coming home to that but at least, no one was worried for scolding me. Took a nice shower and then started looking up deals for Thailand to travel with Lucky. Saw a bunch of deals but we wanted to get something that was safe and nice but also cheap. And wifi was a must. We saw a lot but by 1, we were both getting pretty tired so we decided to call it a day. Have work to do for tomorrow but hopefully, being at work will help me get stuff done.
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