Singapore Zoo Night Safari

The Safari ~ by Tejas

One night in Singapore we went to a Night Safari Zoo.  We did this scary and exciting tram ride and saw two funny shows.  The night safari zoo opens 7:15 and closes at 11:30. On the

 tram we saw animals like the Indian Rhino, Indian Elephant, White Lion, Bearded Pig (My personal favourite), and more also, there was this guy who was talking about the night safari and its animals.  The long tram ride took you through the full land animal area.  One of the Elephants was saved by the night safari zoo, they said that the elephants in that area were being hunted for their strong tusks.  After the large elephant was saved, a few years later she had a small child.  Most of the animals are not caged so they could just run at you also most of the animals are highly endangered species which means there are very few left.  A lot of animals are hunted for their meat, tusks, and horns. The tram also had to make frequent and short stops so that you could take pictures of different animals.  At the end there were a lot of things to do after the tram ride you could explore the fish and cat trail, check out the animal show, and/or check out the fire show. 

Creatures of the Night Show ~ by Jovan

This safari is called the night safari because the safari opens from 7pm-11:30pm only. We

purchased the tickets and got on the bus. We got on two buses first a small one then a big

one that looked double decker but it wasn’t, it had steps to get to the seats.  A safari is when you get to observe animals in their natural habitat. We had a tour guide who told us a little about the safari on the bus. At the night safari we saw two shows: the first was the fire show, the second was a creature night show. The creatures at the night show were: a fishing cat, a raccoon, two otters, two owls, a really high jumping cat, and a huge snake. This is a whole recap of the show, we sat down and got settled in then the man came up and listed a few rules, one of them was please stay seated because the creatures only recognize the trainers face, so if they see some one moving, well we’ll have a dead body coming out. Then the show started. He put his hand in a trash can and pulled out raccoon food. A white raccoon came out and started to eat, this type was an endangered species. Then they brought out three recycling cans then the two otters came out, from the recycling bins came recycling things and the otters sorted the things. There were ten things one of the otters got two in and the other came out with eight. After the otters left from the forest behind a cat came out it was the fishing cat. He quickly put his head in the water and walked away with a fish in its mouth. Then a trainer came out, and took something out of the wood behind it was a stick with a dead fish on it. A cat came out and jumped high enough that it got the fish, that was the jumping cat. From the sides came two trainers on both sides with owls two of them and one owl scooped across the stage and landed on a branch. Then another trainer came out and said that there was a missing animal. He told every one not to move from their seats, while another trainer came out from back stage and said we found it but they needed two more helpers from the audience . They came out with a humongous snake in hand and that was the end of the show.  At the end the picked us up at 10:15 and went home and went to bed.

The Jain Restaurant ~ by Nix

We went to little India in Singapore. Little India is an area of restaurants and shops. We ate roti (also known as naan in Singapore), yellow daal, brown daal, and a chocolate milkshake. The food was spicy but the roti wasn’t spicy. ”oh” I forgot to mention, why we were at little India, well because we had to go to dinner. The dinner cost $30.00. But when we were coming in he said do you want any Jain food I said we are Jain’s. Jain food is no root vegetables, no meat, only vegetarian. Jain’s don’t eat root vegetables because your killing the plants.       

All About My Birthday!

About My Birthday ~ by Nix

On December 22, Saturday, it was a snowy day, I’m just kidding it was very sunny! The day was 100000/10, what I’m trying to say is that it was amazing. The first activity we did was play Magic (a card game), then we went to a waffle breakfast restaurant and I had gummy bear ice cream on my waffle.  Our friend we made at the hotel, Rose, gave me a piece birthday cake! We showered and I got a new pair of underwear, it was a gift and I put it on. I opened my gifts and I got; a sequin flippy shirt that changes from Avengers logo to Spider-man logo, a Marvel sketch kit, a Marvel pencil case, and sketchbook. We swam at the hotel for a long time and played shark in the pool. My favourite part was going to the  DC Superhero Café, I loved the drink because my iced tea had a big Superman pink ice. We ate pizza and had cake, it was mint chocolate cake, that is my favourite.

Happy Birthday Nix!

A Special Birthday Wish ~ by Mom and Dad

Happy Birthday to our final draft, our Encore next to the Original (Tejas), and the Remix (Jovan), our now 7 year old Boss Baby! You are the funniest, most cuddly, sweetest, loving, cool kid, with hands down the most to say out of everyone in our family! We wish you the happiest birthday here in beautiful Singapore! We love you to the moon and back! 

Sentosa Island

Siloso Point Mega Fun ~ by Tejas

We took a cable car to Siloso Point, which is part of Sentosa Island.  At Siloso Point there are three beaches Tanjong, Palawan, and Siloso.  While we were there we decided to go to Mega Adventure.  There were three things you could do the Mega Bounce, Mega Climb, and Mega Zip. Jovan and I did the Mega Climb and my Dad did the Mega Zip while Nix and Mom played at Siloso Beach, because Nix sadly didn’t weigh enough to do Mega anything. The Mega Climb is a small zip line track that has three levels. Jovan and I did the second and the third levels. Also, we weren’t allowed to go on the zip line without socks but when we went to Australia Air Canada gave us these small pouches with a pair of socks, a toothbrush, and toothpaste. Jovan and I accidentally left it in our bag after the flight and realized that we still had them in our bag. Air Canada to the rescue!  The Mega Zip is 450m long, you start at the climb area and go over the forest and over Siloso Beach. You are attached in a harness and hook and unhook the more you want to climb up. It was a bit scary because there were a lot of wood planks to walk over, even one that was side ways and I actually fell off and had to pull myself back up.

Sentosa Station 4D Adventure ~ by Nix

After getting off the cable car to Sentosa Island the first thing we did was the 4D Log Ride Adventure. We had to line up and get tickets and we went into a dark room it had a screen that had a video. The video taught us the rules. Two doors opened and we went into the doors where there was a giant screen and there was 60 seats  grouped in 3.  My brothers and me sat together. The 4D part was we were all logs that went to the shredding company and got lost in the waterfall with crocodiles in the water. It was very bumpy, moving side to side, and up and down. We had to wear 4D glasses. It was fun! 

Merlion Station VR ~ by Jovan

After the Mega Climb that Tejas and I went to, since we did what we wanted to do we were

going to do what Nixy wanted to do. He said and he found a Virtual Reality place at Merlion

Plaza, another place to go on the cable car on the island. When we got to the VR place we used the VR goggles and chose to go on the Extreme Train Ride. In the virtual roller coaster it was a slow roller coaster up, very steep, and then down really fast. It was scary, like really, really scary because there were VR dinosaurs and nearly bit my butt off. It felt really real as if I was on a real roller coaster!  I can’t wait to do it again! 

Hello Singapore!

Singapore ~ by Tejas

Singapore is a place off the coast of Malaysia.  It has 5.6 Million people, and it is home to

the Biggest Glass Greenhouse, Sentosa Island, Changi Airport, the Marina Bay, the Singapore Zoo, and more. The airport has been voted the worlds nicest airport for many years. There is a waterfall inside the airport that we had to see as soon as our plane landed. The official languages are English, Tamil, Malay, and Mandarin. Singapore is one of the smallest countries in the world, America is 15,000 times bigger. Singapore's original name was Temasek, and then changed to Singa Pura, a Malay name from Sanskrit meaning Lion City.  People who are born in Singapore are said to be the fastest walkers, and have the worlds longest life expectancy. I look forward to exploring Singapore.

Hunger Games (Book Review) ~ by Jovan

In this article I will talk about our whole family (even Nix, (sigh) who listened to the audio book until chapter 20 then started to read), reading Hunger Games. There are three parts to it: The first was “The Tributes”, the second “The Games”and the last “The Victor”. There are 27  chapters (now do you see why I am mad that Nix started on chapter 21!).  There are nine chapters in each part. A quick synopsis of the book is you are looking at the main characters  perspective of the Hunger Games. Her name is Katniss and she is involved in the Hunger Games which is held in the arena. The arena is the place where the Tributes fight to death for the Hunger Games so their district can get an award of good food and wealth. The whole country is watching the Games on television, including the Capitol to watch all the Tributes plan to kill each other to be the winner. Once we all finished the book we are watching the movie, it is completely different of what I thought of the book, so after you read the book watch the movie. (My dad said that you should read the book before you watch the movie because the book has more detail).

Cable Car to Sentosa Island ~ by Nix

On December 16 we went to Sentosa Island and we went in a special thing called a cable car. A cable car is a moving container that has seats and you sit in there. The container has a handle that is attached to the cable that took us over the river, the buildings, and trees. We were really high up in the sky and we saw a cruise ship, trees, a beach, and the ocean. When we went there is was daytime, but when we came home it was night time so we saw all the Christmas lights when we were coming back. There was a major thunder storm so we had to wait a long time to get on the cable car to come home. 

Tournaments and a Tooth!

My Toooooooooth! ~by Nix

Hello this is the No Woman No Fly news blog. I’m Nix, as you might know I wrote some news on the

news blog. So, on Friday 6 of December it was like 5:08pm and my front tooth was a little loose. We made 2 groups for dinner we we’re going out for dinner, the first group was Tejas, Arsh, (Nix)me, last group Jovan, and Roxanne. My group went to a burger place we all got burgers and I  was taking a bite and once my tooth touched the patty it got as  loose as  it could! So, fast forward I only ate the patty. We went for ice cream in a bowl and I was taking a bite and my tooth leaned on the spoon and it broke off I! I spit it out, my tooooooooooooooooooooooooottttthh!                              

Pokémon and Magic! ~ by Jovan

This will be my favourite post because I will writing about the two tournaments we went to. The 1^st one was a Pokémon tournament and the second was a Magic tournament!  How we found about the tournament is my mom went online and found it at the City Hall in Brisbane. We went there and checked it out there were a lot of people and a lot of kids my age. There were three groups: The Junior Group (kids) gaming group (electronics) senior group (grown ups). The people that went there with me were Tejas (big brother) and dad. Tejas’ opinion was “ah it was okay”.  Dads said “ I thought it was big until I saw the magic tournament! and I am surprised how many people want to play Pokémon”!

It all started in the elevator when we saw some one with a Pokémon shirt and asked do you play Pokémon. They said no we used to but now we play Magic. So we followed them to the performance hall (Tejas and me pretended to act like we were ninjas because we were following them) we followed them to a huge place that was where the Magic tournament took place. There were so many people and gaming companies like Good Games. We watched two battles. At the end when we were about to leave we saw a judge and he gave us twelve (12) judge tokens that you use with some of your cards. It was so awesome to go to a tournament!

My First Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament! ~ by Tejas

This week I went to a Yu-gi-oh tournament.  When my dad told me that we are going to be Australia for four months, so why not go to a Yu-gi-oh tournament, and I thought oh that’s not actually a bad idea.  I started by searching about Yu-gi-oh in Brisbane, but it wasn’t to big, then I searched for local and popular stores that sell cards since a lot of the big Yu-gi-oh stores that sell cards also hold small tournaments.  After two days of tough searching later we only found adult tournaments. Randomly, in the elevator of our apartment we found two guys that were going to a Magic tournament. Magic is a more complex card game where you can battle other players. We followed them to the Magic tournament and found out there is going to be a Yu-gi-oh tournament on the same day from 2:00 to 6:00 pm!

We quickly rushed back to the apartment, ate lunch, packed some snacks, and got my Yu-gi-oh deck.  Then we took an Uber to a gaming shop called Good Games Brisbane. When we got there, we looked around and got super excited. We signed up with the other 21 people on the list.  My parents and brothers were there supporting me.  We got in and sat down at table 29 and warmed up.  Just a few minutes before everything started, I met this guy and he was a great Yu-gi-oh player.  Once they put the list up, I was facing this guy named Jay, he was nice and let me borrow his duel mat and gave me one amazing card and 40 white cases.  There are four rounds in one set.   There are three games in each round so.  I played six games even though there are three games most rounds, usually people only get to play two games, but I had a “bye” which is a free win.  I lost three rounds and won one round.  I didn’t make it to the second round.  At the end I came out with a bunch of card cases, some new cards, and 2 new packs.  In the end I learned lots and had fun!  Everyone one I played taught me something.

Exploring Brisbane

A Music Lesson ~ by Tejas

At the Queensland Museum we went to the music exhibit and saw Didgeridoos.  Here are some facts that we learned.  The didgeridoo is made from Eucalyptus tree or bamboo.  The British named the didgeridoo because of the low sound it made.  The original name of the didgeridoo is Yidaki, this name was given by the aboriginals.  In my research some sites say the didgeridoo is about 40,000 years old.  It’s Australia’s national Aboriginal instrument.  The didgeridoo

helps with snoring and asthma because of the way you have to breath, using a special method of breathing called circular breathing.  It is a wooden brass instrument and can be used in almost all genres of music.  The Eucalyptus tree is hollowed out by termites, then cut down and hollowed out a little bit more, then painted.  Most didgeridoos average to about 1.3 meters.  Another thing that I learned at the museum is how to paint a didgeridoo.  The first step is to cut a dingo’s fur and attach it to a stick to make a brush, then take the brush to paint on the didgeridoo.   

The Enchanted Garden ~ by Jovan


This week we went to the Enchanted Gardens. The garden is a place where they light up a beautiful pathway and park with lights with colour. Since it was a garden there had to be nature so there were trees, rivers, and plants. It is open at Christmas time. To be exact it is open from November 29 to December 13. It is one of the world’s biggest light show. If you want to look it up look up Enchanted Gardens Brisbane Australia.

 Now I will ask my two brothers, mom ,and dad what they thought this is what mom thought:

 “I have never seen anything like it. Mom said

“I really like walking with my family on the pathway” Dad Said

Nix said “I liked my fries.”

Tejas said “I really liked my gelato.”

Dad and I saw a bat and it swooped down on us, dad and Tejas were scared and well if you know me I totally did not duck my head and freak out. I didn’t like the garden as much as my mom and dad, but I really liked gelato of course. If they had made the lights more flashy then I would have liked it. 

Things We Miss ~ By Nix 

I asked my family what they miss from home in Canada, but not family and our friends because we all miss them.

Jovan	His bed	Blanket/sheet	Pillow
Tejas	Saxophone	Piano	Xbox
Roxanne	Electric toothbrush	School	Shower
Arsh	Electric toothbrush	His bed	Bathroom
Nix	The house	Everything in it	Having a schedule

...Our Adventure Begins

Introduction ~by Jovan

Welcome to our family newsletter. In this newsletter we will talk about all the things we do while we are away and going on an adventure. It was hard to leave because our friends threw a party for Tejas and I at school. They put balloons and streamers in our cubbies, they gave us presents, and they wrote a nice card. They are my best friends ever! My family came to the see us before we left and gave us travel games and had a sign that said we will miss you. They are the best family ever! 

The Before ~by Mom

The adventure started before we even left home. The week of our departure our bathroom sink pipe just broke; no leaking, no funny sounds, no warning, just water on the bathroom floor. This same week Nix had the most awesome runny nose and cough, including missing his last day of school. Finally, the night before our departure, literally 12 hours before we left, OUR FURNACE QUIT! I planned for it by having both the furnace and water heater checked two weeks before we left with a perfect report card, but the furnace thought Arsh and I would need an anxiety induced panic attack married with chest pains and deep rooted forehead wrinkles as a send off for leaving it home alone to brave the cold winter. Almost willing to trade a kidney for a working furnace with the repair man, we left our on-life-support-furnace to our neighbors and parents, and we let go. ~ Mom

List of Movies Everyone Watched on the 2 plane rides ~by Nix

Nix	Spiderman Far From Home Angry Birds 2 Wimpy Kid Long Haul Detective Pikachu Infinity War
Jovan	Spiderman Far From Home 2x Holes Lion King
Daddy	Ad Astra Joker Holes
Mom	Rocket Man Where Did You Go Bernadette? The Post
Tejas	Spider-man Far From Home Infinity war Thor Ragnarok Detective Pikachu Ready Player 1

Food and Feasts ~by Tejas

While we are in Australia we want to try new foods.  Here are some of the new foods we tried and what we thought. 

1. Vegemite: Vegemite is a slimy jelly like substance.  It tastes like Rotten Honey.  Everybody thought it was gross. 

2.Tim Tam Donuts: Tim Tam donuts are small donuts that taste like Tim Tams.  Everybody thought that it was very good.   

3. Milk Buns: Milk Buns are small burger buns.  It tastes soft and sweet. Three of us thought it was okay the rest of us thought it was very good.   

"We don't have to finish it, but try it we must"   Arsh Jain, December 2, 2019

The Adventure Begins ~by Dad

We were very worried about the door to door time...33 hours. 20 hours of flight time; 27 hours in the airport/flying/travelling and a 6 hour wait to get to our place after our arrival. We were so worried about entertaining and sedating the kids. We packed gaming systems, iPads, laptops, books, cards, games, the whole shebang! We considered packing Gravol, thought about Benadryl, there’s always adult juice on these flights, right? Did I mention that on the flight to Vancouver we were seated next to the lavatory? Or that my water bottle opened when I was putting our luggage in the overhead and mine as well as the seat in front of me were soaked in water? In the end what did we need...just each other. The kids were angels, Rox didn’t get phased by anything, I have the best family in the world!