Last night we went with a small group of friends (a couple and a single because groups are limited to 5) to axe throwing. At first it was super scary because of the loud bang and things bouncing back. The axes couldn’t really bounce back further than the wood chips but if they hit the wood chips with force those did fly back a lot further. Triston managed to get some to hit his foot, closed toed shoes though so he was fine. Both of the boys managed to axe their axe. I don’t know how they did it but they got one on the board and then their next throw was one of the little axes and it stuck into the wooden handle not the board. We didn’t take score but if we had, I don’t know how those would have scored. Is it more points, no points, less? We all landed some decent shots, everyone got a bullseye at some point. It was fun for a unique activity to do as a group. …

Today Andaz (and Grand Hyatt) Singapore launched a sale, hotel rooms, dining and spa. One of the best value deals was the high tea. I booked two dates and sent a message out to see if anyone wanted to join me. So many people wanted to join that I ended up with more then 5 tables worth of people looking to join. We can’t have more than 5 people in any one booking due to covidsafe rules so rather than cancel all the extra tables I booked different dates for everyone. The special makes the high tea almost half price $34 a person including fees and taxes. High tea is always a little pricier than I would like but it is probably for good reason, if it was really affordable I would eat it far too often. My first booking is for Sunday. This was the day I really wanted to go as people who live near me are attending but a sixth person asked if they could join so I said they could have …

Once again we headed to Universal, on a Thursday. This time I took some photos of the listed wait time on rides and the actual queue size where I could. After high tea on Saturday where I said I would pay attention because two ladies have younger daughters so they wanted more info on the kids rides. So, here we go. We didn’t arrive until 6:30pm. No free popcorn this time. It was a lovely evening, not as hot as last time we were here. Initially, we went to the left, via Madagascar because the rides for shorter people seem to be more on this side of the park. The wait time said 15 minutes, not one person in the line. Characters were out – that was the biggest line and most people we had seen to that point. Over to Shrek, the rollercoaster there did have a bit more of a wait and there were certainly people in the queue. Wait time said 25 minutes but with lines needed to social distance it is …

I felt like a Black Tap Baja grilled chicken sandwich but I couldn’t be bothered going to Black Tap so we made our own. It was a lot of effort but also a lot cheaper and we have enough salsa now for a few days. Last nights dinner: I added mango salsa on mine, Triston didn’t want any because he doesn’t like mango. It was so super tasty!

Covid19 safety precautions are in place. Bookings are required, hours are shortened, capacity is limited to a maximum of 25%. Rides are cleaned each and every time, lines have markings for safe distancing waiting. On entry we were given a voucher for a free popcorn from another guest. They didn’t want it, we were confused but Triston took it. We headed over to the roller coasters and waited in line for one. The line wasn’t super long, less than the hour wait it suggested. After the coaster, we did a lap of the park, got the popcorn and left. There really wasn’t a whole lot of people around but it was a bit hot and humid and we hadn’t had dinner so we headed home. The popcorn was tasty. Thank you to the person who gave it to us.

Today is Singapore’s National day. I was going to order a cake for it, a unicorn cake with a mask on. I couldn’t decide on the flavours so I didn’t end up ordering. Things have been a lot different this year, I didn’t look up the program because last year it was sold out months in advance and I think for citizens only but I am not sure on that. We were up and out early today but it was starting to heat up too much so we headed home. Just as we got home, the tanks rolled down the street. Oh well. We did see them slightly and it was literally 1 minute after we got home so we could have been on the street if we knew. No big deal, we saw a lot of the practices last year. We weren’t here for it on the day because we were in New York watching Bare Naked Ladies and Hootie and the Blowfish but we had a lot of viewings. This year there wasn’t …

Sometimes, you just need to use up cucumber that is starting to age. Having tomato helped. Bruschetta with cucumber, simple, easy and we had everything in the fridge.

Last night Triston told me that on Sunday he complained to the government body in Singapore about noise. When we looked at moving to this apartment we could hear the generator for the office/workers quarters now on the building site behind us. He complained about the noise of the generator because it is all night long and it is over a certain level of decibels with two sets of windows closed, one set is double glazed. Today, a little house was built. It wasn’t finished completely but they built the frame and put on a sound shield roof. I watched them build it, thinking it was a great idea. Not knowing it was from Mr Complains-a-lot. They were probably looking up at me, looking down at them, thinking I was the complainer. I didn’t even know a complaint was lodged. They managed to get just one side sheet of paneling on before knock off, but it did make a decent difference. The sound wall is not complete just yet. They tried to get that done …