Singapore Recap

My legs hurt, my right arm is sort of swollen and in pain, my throat hurts, and the left side of my tummy hurts. Lets see how all this happened.

The plane ride was fun. Baby T had a bassinet for himself, so we had some room. I managed to watch "Mithya" on the very cool personal screen. There were lots of films, but this was the only one I really wanted to watch, and was short enough to squeeze in between all the Baby T interruptions. The food was okay, the red wine was nicer, but not enough :(

My aunt and cousin had come to the airport to pick us up. The cousin looked taller than before - she is 13 - and aunt looked just the same. Though they all go to Delhi very often, I saw them after almost a year, since I have been away. The food at home was awesome, though vegetarian.

Since then we have been eating out, shopping, eating out, shopping, eating out...oh, and did I mention eating out???

My aunt and uncle took us to really nice places - we had Mediterranean, Thai, Mexican, Italian, Indian coastal with the family. I tried some local sea food which was really good. Basically since we came here we (Baby T, sis, and I) have been over-eating our every meal! And Singapore is the place to be if you love food. They have a food festival coming up in July, but that's just a sham. In Singapore, all twelve months are a food festival! There are a million places to eat out - on the river side, at the beach, in quaint little village towns, open cafes outside the big malls, Chinatown, Arab Street, and the list never ends. This is the reason my tummy hurts.

Yesterday morning we headed for the beach. My cousin, who by now had become really annoying due to her obsessive attention crave, forced me to try roller skating. Now very few people know that I have SAD (severe alignment disorder), which means that I have never in my life been able to cycle, skate, dance, draw a straight line, or swim amongst many other activities. So obviously I fell down - very badly - twice - and took my aunt down with me. Poor thing - she already had a back problem! So this is why my arm is swollen.

My sister loves to shop. I have held it against her many a times, and in return received accusations of being a hypocrite. First day of shopping without Baby T (we left him home with the aunt and the cousin - all of us very happy with this arrangement), I realized that I like shopping when I am involved in it myself! What a revelation, right? So then today, we truly shopped till we dropped! My biggest buy was a very cool tripod that I desperately needed! It's really small and very handy. Then I also got a small camera bag for my poor handycam and my SLR - both have been without a bag since they arrived. So this is why my legs hurt.

My throat hurts because I decided to sleep on the floor directly under the AC without a blanket, after two horrible nights on the bed. The bed's mattress didn't suit me, which meant that it gave me back pain, and really, really horrible nightmares.

Now tomorrow is our last day here. We're going to do very little shopping, and spend more time at home with uncle and aunt. Then we arrive in Delhi around 2am Saturday night, and I leave for Nepal 8pm Sunday night. In between there are lots of things to do, which includes my first bloggers' meet! Yes, I'm sort of invited to MM's house for a meet Sunday evening at 6 - god knows how I'll make it, or if at all I will, but I'm really excited! Any Delhi bloggers lurking around here?
Then there is the temple visit early morning to satisfy my mother. And this, which I will probably end up missing! But I'm really excited that it's actually going to happen in Delhi!

I should sleep now - this might be my last full night's sleep in many days to come. With all this body ache, I'm going back to the horrible bed to sleep next to my Baby T. Wish me nicer than nightmare dreams :)