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Published: January 8th 2010
Riverside Point
Not even a 5 minute walk from the hotel, this is Riverside Point in Clarke Quay by day.Who would have thought that I would one day travel to Singapore on my own?!?! Last year if someone would have said I would get on a plan for 16 hours and then get in a cab by myself in a foreign country, I would have thought they were crazy, but I did it!!! and, I could get used to it too!!!! I got to Singapore around 9 pm monday and unfortunately Greg couldn't come to pick me up, he had a meeting to go to at the hotel so I had to grab a cab and make my way to the hotel. It wasn't a long ride but after spend 16 hours flying, it felt like forever! The weather was great - hot and humid, just how I like it!!! not necesarily great for the hair but who cares! It was a strange week, seeing as the race was a night race, they decided to work evings instead of days. So my days consisted of waking up at 1pm, when Greg went to work at around 2:30pm, I would go sight seeing until midnight (sometimes until 2 am!) get back to the hotel, shower and change then wait until Greg
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restuarants by the water got back. He would shower and change and then we would go out to have some supper and drinks until 4 - 5 am then start over again...... Singapore was not exactly what I expected, I thought the architecture would be more oriental but the streets were filled with contemporary architechture filled with shopping malls - and loads of them!!!! I thought I was in heaven - being able to buy lots of stuff and take advantage of the exchange rate: 1 GBP = 2.30 Singapore Dollar!!!! But unfortunately, I wasn't able to do any damage because despite the exchange being good, everything was so expensive!!!!!!! the same shoes that cost 80£ here, cost 155$ Singapore !!! So much for shopping.... Nonetheless, I did have fun going into Chinatown, Little India, and I actually went on a night safari - by myself!!!!!!It was fantastic, something I will never forget. Finally, the week came to an end, and what an end it was. I got to go to the F1 race!! Greg managed to get my a paddock pass so I got to sit outside the Renault motorhome and watch all the driver & celebs go by!!! I was in such
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An government building, I was expecting to see more building with oriental achitechture or at least something like this building, but there weren't many around... awe that I forgot to take pictures of them!!! The highlight of the week waqs finishing in 3rd place for Alonso. I got to drink champagne from the podium champagne bottle. The atmosphere in the garage was insane . They desvered the win after a very difficult week, losing 2 major sponsors after the race fixing scandal. Everyone was relieved and thrilled. Even Will-I-Am from the Black Eyed Peas gave me the thumbs up when he walked by me in front of the garage!!!! It felt so natural that when reality hit, I could have kicked myself for not asking him to take a picture!!! oh well, maybe next time... I hope you enjoy the pictures I did take!
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