15 no more
2007-06-03 10:05 p.m.
though i am still newly sixteen i feel sixty years of age.
having slept at 3 and been (rudely) woken up at 9, after having once gotten up at 6 to remove some forbidden stuff drying on the balcony, i am now literally dawn of the dead.
so yesterday was my birthday eve celebration with yz.
we had decided it would be a good time to go to sentosa, as did half the population of singapore.
the morning was spent mostly on standing in lines.
but first for the interesting part: the clothes.
*warning: mild camwhoring ahead*
this is what i wore when i left the house.
note the flowery hem sticking out from under my top. this is called the mom radar shield, as said mom does not nag about skimpiness and simply resigns herself to the fact that fashion nowadays is un-understandable to her.
i have boutiques like this fashion to thank for this.
this is what i really wore.
and yes it came from this fashion.
so anyway. we went to underwater world (after queuing eons for admission tickets) and visited the touch pools! as the name suggests, thats where you get to touch the fishes without security swooping down on you and escorting you out.
i actually found it a little weird because afterall fishes exist to be seen and not touched, which is probably why they developed such disgusting slimy skin, but oh well im not complaining.
so here are a few random shots of the first touch pool.
just imagine sticking your hand in there.
creepy eh?
but i still did it, as did everyone else.
we proceeded on to the next touch pool the ray pool. the rays, which are essentially just flat pieces of muscle drifting creepily around, had skin like damp mushroom which was really gross to the touch; but of course everyone still clamored to put their hands on them.
i went a little overboard taking pictures of the rays because they actually moved in different ways instead of just flapping their fins and glaring with beady eyes.
after that we saw a couple of exhibitions but this 10-legged freak particularly stood out.
it says a lot about my mom that the first thing she said when she saw the picture was 'it'd make excellent chilli crab.'
there was also this cute little creature called the sea angel which was no bigger than my dog's nose.
then we went to the highlight of the place, the conveyor belt! a picture speaks a thousand words so i shall proceed to speak thousands and thousands of words.
this is a very Jaws shot.
you can cue the scary music.
this is a random shot of an unpleasant-looking creature shrouded in fog that looks like something out of frankenfish.
i know you've always wanted to know what the underside of a swordfish looks like.
when we finally deigned to walk out of underwater world, we wasted a lot of time deciding where to go next, finding out how to get there, gaping at the long queues for the bus, deciding to make the trip on foot, walking a short distance, breaking a shoe, doubling back to buy another pair, continuing on the same route, finding out it was wrong, doubling back AGAIN and finally resigned ourselves to queuing for the bus.
zhen shi de.
another decade was wasted when we got there as we had to queue up AGAIN, now for admission into 4d magix.
its amazing how time, like you, stands still when you're in a line.
when we finally entered it was with white hair and wrinkles.
the show wasnt fabulous, that's all i have to say.
we then made our way to the beach, at 5pm when the sun has set and respectable beach-goers are packing up.
but it had its advantages, no need for sunblock being one of them.
the only one, in fact.
anyway we shall make a quick trip back to clothesthiopia!
BEACHWEAR.
there're actually a couple of shots of our swimwear but i dont have them and wouldnt post them even if i did.
moving on.
at the beach we did what all self-respecting beachgoers do: buried ourselves.
yz ended up sporting a mermaid tail that moi sand-sculpted. the effect was so awesome but unfortunately i once again do not have the pictures.
i refused to be buried in return so in the end we targetted this little french girl who had been laughing when yz got her tail done.
she soon had 5 fins sticking out around her in all directions.
she was a starfish, duuuh.
unfortunately it was a breach of trust. despite her cutesy innocent look that sneaky little brat teamed up with yz and we ended up in a sand fight with the 2 of them against me.
totally unfair, i say.
after that we left sentosa and went to xenbar. it was kinda awkward, but we lived.
i put my total food intake that day to a pack of potato chips and 1/3 a bowl of noodles.
thus ends my fifteen year old life.
and this entry.
the ray says bye.
