During my last weekend in Singapore, I took a trip to an island called Santosa. It seems like a party place mostly with resorts, theme parks, beaches, and other tourist attractions. My goal was to visit the Aquarium. I think I really lucked out and got to visit at a time when it was only moderately busy. Aquariums always seem to relax me (which is rather...
F O O D! Singapore is a foodie’s dream. You have access to an abundance of Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Thai, Indian, Australian, American, British, Japanese, Korean…many types of food. Here are a few of my favorites on this trip. First, there is a concept here of “Hawker Stands”. It is basically an open air food court with a variety of...
I took a long run. It is only 4 weeks until I have the Orange County Half Marathon so I am trying to stay on top of my workouts and training (mainly because running untrained hurts). I got up about 4:30 am local time. For those of you on the US east coast ending your Friday workday, this is my start of a Saturday. For the first half of my run it was dark… Then...
“Welcome to Singapore” – Sao Feng Ok, maybe that is a little over the top…but I really liked the Pirates movies… I am in Singapore for the next month of my life on a work project. It is a constant 80-90 degrees F (25-33C) and stays around 80% humidity. Reminds me of last year’s time spent in Guam around this same time. The first...