At Changi Airport

UPDATE: Photos added!

So I cannot upload any photos at this moment cause my cable is in my checked luggage...  But a quick summary of what we have been up to is all I'll do at the moment and then I'll add photos later when I get a chance.

Well I tried to sleep in this morning but my sister seems to be a morning person >.<>

We had no real plan for today, except to visit Chinatown at some point ^^  So we just were tossing around ideas and went for a walk.  What we ended up doing was heading to Singapura Shopping Centre (I dont think the names right ...)   And shopping and playing for a few hours, its quiet a cool shopping in places that have intresting shops!  Not that I brought much .. Just a One Piece model of the boat Sunny!!

Afterwards we finaly headed to Chinatown once the hotest part of the day had passed and did some more shopping ...  I really see why Singapore is well known for the shopping its hard not to with some really cute stuff and great bargins ^^

Though we walked around lots its was a pretty chill day, which is good cause we have a night flight to Tokyo now, and tomorrow we are heading to DisneySea!

Well as the gaets are opened and I have to go!  See you all on the flip side!

So far in Singapore

We touched down later then expected into Changi Airport, after a scare or two with our airplane running into the wake of other airplanes! I did not see much of the airport but I am sure I will have time to check it out tonight ^^


The taxi into Singapore was nice and quick and we arrived at our hostel with no problems. If you want some where simple and interesting to stay while in Singapore I recommend Hangout@mtEmily its been good stay and the desk has been really helpful.


After we arrived we were too excited to sleep so we went into Little India to have a long around and found some chicken rice ^^ The chicken rice was cheap and tasty, all that we wanted at that time of night.

The next morning we headed off to the zoo! Aaron tells me he's trying to look ghey in this photo :P


I think everyone says this; THE ZOO IS AWESOME!
We feed the elephants ^^ It took a while for me to convince Brett and Aaron to do this with me but I think they had fun in the end ^^


We managed to catch a lot of the animal feedings ^^ Elephants, Graffs, Lepords, Polar bears!


The baby giant turtles are soo cute! nom nom nom~


Aaron was extremely happy when we saw the white tigers, but sad when we did not stay to see them get feed, and kept offering to throw a small child to them just make them happy lol.


After the zoo we caught a taxi to Orchard Road and headed to Neeg Ann City! It was like being in little Tokyo ^^ We did not do too much shopping ... Next on the list Bugis Junction, my mission was to find the three lastest volumes of Love Attack but I only found 2! Even the other bookshop did not have the volume :( But I got Monkey High instead ^^


After a rest at our hostel, Aaron, Brett and I headed into town to see the city at night ^^ (Carmen and John piked :P) We did a walk around and saw the sights.

Then we went off to the Singapore Flyer which was pretty awesome, and I even managed not to have a panic attack due to the hight ^^

A view down from the top that Aaron took.

A view out, the night lights were very pretty!

Then home again home, bed.

Update on perm

While I dont have a photo I do have an impression of Akiba! Please enjoy ^^

After a thread on Bengal Forum and a chat to my vet it seems that the perm is not an issue or an indication of anything wrong with Akiba! I feel a great relief!

On Bengal forum I learnt that other bengals do get his type of crinkley fur but Akiba seems to have an extreme case of it, mostly it seems to do with water in other Bengals. Since Akiba can have up to three showers a day, not including when I fill the basin with water for him... He gets wet quite a lot! Also living in a extreme tropical climate with humidity that can get up to 70% very easily this time of year prob does not assist with his drying. And I might add that he gets taken outside into the rain so he can play cause he love to try and catch rain drops (hrm maybe I should take the camera out next time!). So it probably more of a suprise to see him dry!

I did try an experiment where I kept him away from water, but this lasted about 30 seconds as he started yowling when he was denied access to water when he is used to it and with other people in the house there was no way I could control the environment.

Finally, a chat with the vet revealed it could be related to anything. But that since he was in perfect health and a juvenile just to let it go and see how it develops over the coming months. He's not due for his yearly injection for another six months so she will take a careful look at it then if its still around.

Akiba has a perm?

Lately Akiba's fur seems to have gotten a perm ...  If you look close at the photo you can see there is a crinkle in his fur ... Is this normal for Bengals?  I cannot find anothing about it on the internet and while its not life threatening it just seems a little odd.  But then Akiba has always been a little odd.

Photo update!

Okay so I am slack .. but its a true Australian tradition of procrastination ... Anyway here are some cute photos from the last couple of months.

Akiba definetly enjoyed Christmas, he found that the Christmas tree was a great place to sleep in about half way up, and now the tree has a slight lean to it.

Also Akiba and Orion found that all that paper covering presents was a waste not to play with, in the end I had to re-wrap a few presents before they were handed out!

Also while I had time off for Christmas Akiba would come and keep me company. He would sneak around the back of my tower and make his way through the mess and cables and then sort of appear behind my monitors. He would never notice me in all this, for I was merely in the way of his exploration and nap. But when I gave him a few pats he never seemed to complain ... too much :P

This one was taken in the new year. And who can resist a big fat kitty tummy, it just needs to be rassberried!

Orion also decided to help me out when my computer was having problems earlier this year. I was using a spare computer for parts and having to take pieces out to do some testing when he could not help himself but had to come and see what I was doing.

He was much help with moving the cables around but a good boy and only wanted to supervise rather then getting a hands on ^^. Though the computer might have needed a can of air after he was done laying on it!

Continuing his love of comptuers, whenever there is a laptop laying around he cannot help himself but to layon it even when its open and on! ^^;

One night I got bored and had my camera in hand. So I got Orion to pose with a few teady bears, its a good indication of just how small he really is. Though I think his lengh really gives him away! He's just soo long, but soo insanly cute as ever ^^.

Akiba's Day out

So yesterday Brett was out the front hosing the car down after some dirty rain, and Akiba was crying at the window ... I decided that he has not been out for a while so I would take him outside to his dad. But since we were at the front of the house and not the back I did not want him to just run around!

Hope you enjoy the photos ^^

Rain

Out of season weather we are having at the moment. It should be hot humid and only a little clouds in the sky as we lead up to the wet season here (monsoon season for other people). But over the last two weeks we have been having storms! Then last night I think we had the biggest one yet at 5.30 across the whole of Darwin. I did not get any photos of the storm, but I did get a cool photo as we were driving home. Looks like a tidal wave, very cool!

Orion does not like the rain, but Akiba keeps trying to break out so he can play in it. I think he's just happy that there is soo much water about at the moment. It will be fun once the real season gets here, and we can take Akiba to play in the puddles. But somehow I cannot see Orion puting his danty paw near it.