Blogs from Singapore, Asia - page 369

Afternoon with Gwen The main mission for this day was to hook up with Sam's friend Gwen and learn all about the city and what-not. The funny part about our arranging to meet was me telling her to look for the "confused-looking white guy, wearing a Boston Red Sox hat". The secondary mission was to do a little selling on Chow's behalf to Gwen. Sam is a bit keen on her, and wanted me to put in a "good word". On the train over to meet her, I pondered my strategy for the sell. Sorry Sam, for spreading your laundry in public. I hope you don't mind. I'll make sure that Gwen doesn't see this site... In any case, if it turns out to be too much, let me know and I'll edit any mention of ... read more

Immigration experience After a couple of hours riding a bus from Melaka to Johor Bahru, finally we arrived at the Malaysian/Singapore Immigration border. The immigration/custom process is simple, if you know what you're doing: (1) getting off the bus at the Malaysian side of Johor Bahru to receive the Malaysian exit stamp, (2) getting back on the bus, just to drive less than a mile across the bridge, (3) getting off again, with all of your belongings at the Singapore side to receive the Singaporean entrance stamp. If you don't know how it is done, the drivers will gladly yell it to you. That was what happened when Beau and I just standing there, as we looked like idiots, tried to follow everybody that was obviously having the process as their daily routine. As we thought ... read more

You have to be in Sinagpore to see the Christmas Light Up in the shopping heart of Singapore, Orchard Road. Here the hundreds of shopping malls compete with one another to put up the best decorations for christmas season to attract the crowd, I was In orchard Road to take a few snapshots and to take in the sight and smell of Orchard Road.... read more

Jen: We had dealt with a lot as we were preparing to say our final goodbye to Korea. Now, moving is always guaranteed to be a great time, but I can tell you for sure that nothing compares to an International Move. This in itself is more than enough to cover several journal entries, from carrying 6 huge boxes several blocks to the post office (where they speak no English) to the continuous episodes with our lame director. However, we feel that it is best to save some of these stories for our return. Jeremy: I was quite a site walking down the street precariously balancing three boxes. There were bruises and backaches and Koreans laughing at me to spare. Our director’s surprise request that we leave early meant we had a little over a ... read more

Just a quick note to let you know we are now in Singapore with 20 hours more travel time to Calgary. Had a super time in Tasmania, but a little damp. Not able to access internet there. See you all shortly with lots to tell. Val and Pat... read more