Long Flight Home

20th December 2008

I haven’t posted anything these past few days because I’ve been flying & flying. I flew approximately 1 1/2 hours from the Midwest to East Coast (that doesn’t include transit & delay times) + 18 hours from East Coast to a tiny island in Southeast Asia (doesn’t include transit time). Because it is winter in the States, my flights were horribly bumpy. I hate domestic US flights; not only that I have to pay for checked-in luggages, they are always (without a fail) delayed.

The instant I left home for the airport, I already missed my animals. I’ve hired a petsitter to come once every 2 days to check & play with the animals.

Once I arrived in the tiny island in SEA, I went to a couple of petstores. They’ve got so many cute Japanese stuff!! Like the scented dust bath for hamsters (in all sorts of fruit scents) and all the wooden toys. I’m thinking about getting some. I can’t believe they also sell puddings and dried crickets and shrimps for hamsters? I’ve read that Syrians like crickets & worms, but I don’t think I’d dare to touch the food .. let alone see how their poops will look like after eating dried bugs. I went to this one petstore (not saying where) where I saw the storekeeper taking out some baby hamsters out of the community tank. I think the hamsters weren’t sexed in the first place & those babies were the result of inbreeding. The babies were then placed in this tiny tiny plastic container … On a positive note though, I’ve never seen any white-face robos & this store happened to carry a lot of them. Very cute!

Here’s a picture of a cab ride to the airport; I think this was going towards Outram Park. When I was in the tiny island, I was lucky enough that it didn’t rain.

cab by Outram Park

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5 Responses to “Long Flight Home”

  1. Furrybutts Says:
    December 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am

    So that’s why this blog has been quiet hehe How long will you be back at the ‘tiny island’?

    Scented hamster dust baths! My brother’s hamsters are currently bathing in strawberry scented ones :D

    Have a good holiday back home! Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you!!

  2. kisetsu Says:
    December 21st, 2008 at 1:20 am

    Which tiny island in SEA did you go? Muahahaha. Welcome to our lovely Singapore! :) This Dec is not at all like the usual rainy season.

    Did you go to the Pet Safari at Vivo City Harbour Front. It’s one of the large petstore in SIN. :)

  3. admin Says:
    December 21st, 2008 at 9:55 am

    No! I thought the biggest petstore is Pet Safari in East Point Mall.
    My friend went there looking for chinchillas, but there weren’t any.
    I’ve been to Vivo, but didn’t see any petstores; must have missed it.
    SG is becoming more & more of a concrete jungle every day. I don’t like it.

  4. kisetsu Says:
    December 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Well East Point Mall ‘used to be’ the largest but now Vivo City has became the largest. It is hidden at one corner of the mall.

    But you are right, Pet Safari no longer sells chins. I think you need to go to the smaller local petshops.

    I can’t agree more, that is why I am always out of SIN very often. This city though fast-developing is lacking of its own charms. Probably only shopaholics will like it here.

  5. wiffy Says:
    December 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 am

    welcome to Singapore hehe! Hope u have fun, can’t wait to hear about it later. I hate long flights too, but I am sure the holiday is worth it ;p

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