Singapore (& PHOTOS!)

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So, I've had an interesting few days. I haven;t met up with Ashley yet, but I'm supposed to meet her in two hours. Turns out I had the wrong number for her for a little while, then I figured it out.

Yesterday I went to the zoo. It was pretty cool, one of the better ones I've been to. Plus, they specialize in primates, which is always interesting to me.

The previous day I walked around in the financial district. Kind of overwhelming. Clean, though.

Not much else really to say about Singapore, but look at the photos and you'll get an idea.

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Photos

My Bed & Pillow
At Suan Mokkh International Dhamma Hermitage

View over the square reflecting pool
I did a lot of walking meditation around this pool

Tibetan Buddhist Painting
This depicts the 12 steps of dependent origination, two happy levels of existence and three unhappy, and other Buddhist ideas.

One of the Salas
Where people could ask questions of the monks about their meditation in personal interviews on days 3-8.

Progress & Advancement
One of the sculptures in Singapore's financial district. It is supposed to be a Singapore landscape, but it sure looks like it's about to be swallowed up by a tsunami to me.

Cavenagh Bridge
Built in the mid-1860s. Pretty cool bridge that you can walk across.

Buddha with Naga
From the Asian Civilisations Museum that I visited in Singapore. The building the museum is housed in is called the Empress Buidling (or something like that) since it used to be used for her residence.

Japanese Mask
Part of the special exhibit on Japanese masks at the ACM. I think I wasn't allowed to photograph in the special exhibit, but oh well.

Sultan Mosque
View of the mosque and street that my hostel is on. The hostel would be located to the immediate left of the photo.

Orang utan
Orang utan is Malay for "Man of the Forest." This guy shares 98% of our DNA.

Tapir
Cool, huh?

White Tiger
All remaining white tigers are related to each other by inbreeding from the last ancestor who died in the mid-1900s. If you look closely, she has striking blue eyes!

Happy Mr. Turtle
Forget "doggy style", next time try turtle style.

Monkeying around
I think this is one of my coolest photos.