Sha Villa Singapore

... Everything was in English, spotless, technologically advanced, efficient and incredibly easy to find your way around. We got onto the MRT line to get into the city where we it was spotless as there are fines posted on the walls to prevent smoking, eating/drinking and flammable products. Everything is laid out from where to stand in the subway station to board, to what door will be opening when you are exiting the subway. There are caution ...

... to the rest of Singapore, the street and crowded markets were rather chaotic, but in comparison to India it was quite orderly. We wandered the streets, passing vendors selling fruits, flower garlands and other festival favorites. Deepti found some sandals and wasted no time bargaining 25% off the original price. It was too bad we weren't going to be in town tomorrow when the festival is taking place, but we had a great time and Deepti ...

... bestilt en flybillet fra Cebu til Singapore, saa efter cruiset havde vi 8 dage at goere godt med, til at komme ned gennem Visayas, fra Mindoro til Cebu. Vi kunne selvfoelgelig have brugt mere end 8 dage, da der var masser af potentielle dykkeromraader vi ikke naaede og diverse byer vi kun naaede at overnatte i. Men vi synes, at vi har faaet set en masse af Filippinerne og har oplevet mange af de typiske saarheder eller ...

... you were in Asia. The place is really clean and clinical with excellent service wherever you go, even in McDonald's a waiter ushers you to your seat and gets your order so its difficult to feel like your immersed in another culture. The only reminder i tended to get was the oceans of sweat that drowned the various t-shirts I wore throughout the day.... its a ...

9th July
Singapore City Sightseeing
Fine 32 Degrees

After Jayden and Taylor went to preschool, we went by taxi into the city to see the sights. We started at Chijmes(pronounced Chimes), a historic Catholic Convent complex with a Gothic Church, a real contrast to the new skyscrapers. Next we stopped at the famous Raffles Hotel a colonial style hotel built in 1887. We also went to ...

... day. That, along with a 30 hour flight plus 12 hour jet-lag plus long conferences each day really wore me out.

But, it was worth it!


Here is the write up on the conference I sent to my school:


Conference Highlights



Introduction to Singapore and the
conferences:



I wanted to write up some of the
conference highlights from my two conferences in Singapore, the
themes being: "Redesigning Pedagogy ...

... around in circles all day) My first impression of Singapore? It's HOT!!! (if you've talked to me on MSN while I've been here, I've no doubt complained to you about this). Also, it rains EVERYDAY!! (again, I've probably complained). I really hate it when it rains. I don't know why. I like the smell of rain, I like the concept of rain, but somehow, I don't like actual rain. And when it rains here, it POURS! The people here ...

... ice cream with corn or black beans (photos available at many of the hawker stands) sends my appetite into a fairly dramatic tailspin. Shannon took us into a dark and crowded shop in an alley right in the very heart of Chinatown and ordered a serving of pumpkin cake. Now it should be said that I hate boiled or baked pumpkin as a vegetable, likewise pumpkin soup. Pumpkin scones and the American Thanksgiving staple pumpkin pie get the thumbs up only because they don’t ...

... was off the bus again on the Singapore side with all your gear, this time to go through a far more modern immigration hall and customs, then back on the bus again -- each time with less people.


Deposited unceremoniously a bit out of town, and took the MRT to Changi airport, then called the local hotel courtesy bus which picked us up on its next circuit. Checked in at the hotel and had two minutes to run to the room and threw our ...