Dear 婆婆, it's still such a shock... you left us on Monday morning... I don't know what to make of it. And in such a time when travel is almost impossible, we couldn't go and bid you farewell for the very last time. It is so frustrating to be stuck here with no chance to say goodbye to you at all.
In 2 hours' time, September will come to an end. Another month will pass. This month I turned 39. Yay... happy birthday, you're a year older, bla.. bla... bla... I've gotten numb to it somehow.
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| Courtesy of Osia - Galaxy Note 9 |
Last Saturday I had a jalan jalan chance at Chinatown and enjoyed the sights of mid-autumn lanterns from the blue hour till about 8 plus. The lantern installations this year.... are not as good as last year's. I'm hoping I can still make a visit to Gardens by The Bay to catch their lantern installations, but Lincoln's oral exams are coming next week, so those will have to take first priority for now.
My itinerary started from block 5 Banda Street from where I planned to capture the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple from the 10th floor. Prior to going up the block, I stumbled upon this mural of Samsui Ladies by the side of a pedestrian's bridge.
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| Samsui Ladies of Banda Street - Galaxy Note 9 |
This hasn't been a good month. Sometime in the middle of the month, I learnt that my brother, my aunt and a daily helper at home finally became part of the statistics of COVID-19 patients in Surabaya. I'm not too worried about them, I'm more worried about my mom. At first I thought of getting my mom to move out to avoid staying too close to them. Yes, there's no quarantine in dedicated facilities or hospitals... that's $💀#💢*!💣! crazy rite... Even my brother had to drive himself to the hospital to get tested again. But then again, moving out does not guarantee my mom will be any safer since she'll be exposed to more strangers. In the end I thought it would be much safer for her to just stay home and make sure she doesn't get near my brother and my aunt, and in case she had to go near them, to make sure she puts on all necessary protective equipment. At least the daily helper is not coming in for the next 3 weeks. The daily helper already has antibody in his system, which means that he had contracted the virus way earlier and somehow recovered without even noticing it. This episode really got me worried sick here. There's really nothing much I can do but hope for the best. I really, really hope my mom's luck won't run out on her just yet.
On a much lighter note, we paid a visit to Marina Bay Sands earlier in the month. It was an unusual sight to see a mostly empty The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands.
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| An Uncharacteristically Quiet Rain Oculus - Galaxy Note 9 |
On Sunday we visited The Cat Cafe in Bugis. The pricing is $16 for 2 hours with a free soft drink per person. That is quite reasonable actually, when compared to other cat cafes in Singapore. Linc & Lind were excited from the start, the thought of getting up close to furry felines, petting and playing with the furballs got them somewhat impatient throughout the morning. After a quick breakfast in Bugis, we climbed up 3 storeys in an old shophouse outside Bugis Street.
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| Here We Are - RX100 Mk3 |
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Along Alexandra Road - Galaxy Note 9 |
