Blogs from Jurong West, Singapore, Asia - page 2

So, here it is...my very first blog post...EVER!!! :) Yesssssss, just one week to go for the much anticipated Thailand trip. All the planning is almost over. The flights, the hotels, the tours and everything else in between is booked. The visas are ready and the INR is being converted to SGD and THB. Here's to an EPIC trip with some of the awesome-est people I have ever met. Our friendship started 8 years back in a small classroom in Chennai, and today, we are awaiting a badass trip to the Asian Party Capital - Thailand! Though only five, among the ten of us are going, we are gonna have a blast, miss the bitches who dint come and hope that they do come the next time around! Life is short, enjoy it while it lasts, ... read more

A nice day at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. Our first trip here that it did not rain while we were visiting (4 prior visits = rain each time!) Just photos; no captions...... read more

NATIONAL DAY: Last Sunday, August 9th of 2009, was Singapore's 44th National Day. Singapore was originally a British colony (along w/ the rest of those islands in southeast Asia) until 1963 when it, along with it's neighboring countries were able to acheive independance from Britain and merged together to form the federation of Malaysia. However this ended up being an unsuitable arrangement for Singapore; so in less than two years they seceded and became an independant Republic on August 9th 1965 (they were recognised in the UN before that year was over). So, being that it is still a very small nation, the celebration of their national day was no small matter. I imagine that the 4th of July is celebrated in a big way down in D.C. every year, but I have never gone so ... read more

Photos from Jurong Bird Park - 2009... read more

This park was a first one I wasn't so interested to go beforehand. However we had bought so called ' Park Hopper tickets' which allowed us to go to Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park during one months time, so of course we need to go there, no matter what :D The following text is taken straight from Newsasia Singapore's website: 'Jurong Bird Park is a 20.2 hectare open-concept park. It is the largest in the Asia Pacific and one of the finest bird parks in the world. Jurong Bird Park, collection of more than 8,000 birds from 600 species, offers visitors an experience that is entertaining as well as educational.' Oh well, there were the birds, more than enough and actually whole the park was much more nicer and bigger than I had ... read more