Life Adventures

So, I left Changchun around 3 p.m. and arrived in Singapore at 5 a.m. the next day. I was just a bit tired. My friends met me at the airport, and our adventure began! I’m staying with my friend’s brother who’s been great and just bent over backwards to make sure I feel welcome. Sunday involved going to church, me taking a long nap and going out to eat for dinner at Jumbo Seafood where I had some awesome Chili Crab and Black Pepper Crab which is apparentely Singapore’s unofficial “national dish.” We then sauntered over to The Coffee Bean and drank some really great coffee and just sat back and enjoyed the beautiful weather! I got home around midnight ready to sleep.

Monday: Got up at 8 or so, piddled around and finally left the house at 10 a.m., on my own and ready to visit Little India. I was armed with my walking guide and ready for it all. Little India was great! Very much what I’d anticipated. I bought some really pretty clothes for really nice prices and just enjoyed all the culture there. I wandered up and down all of the stalls selling more bangle bracelets than I could possibly even begin to shake a stick at! I stop for about 3 minutes and got a henna tattoo on my wrist and kept wandering. I ate lunch there at a popular restaurant called Komalas–I don’t remember the name of what I ate, but it was good, and in Indian style, I ate it all with my fingers. After lunch, I wandered around a bit more and finally bought some gulam jamun–cream cheese balls in a honey syrup–YUMMMM!

Then I headed to Chinatown–it was almost like coming home. Everyone’s revving up for the New Year celebration, and I pleased several of the salespeople when I broke out my Chinese! By this time, my feet were getting a bit tired–I hadn’t worn the right shoes for walking, and I was ready to head back.

I met my friends at the MRT station–a very nice transit system–and we then went to eat. We sampled pretty much all of the hokker (street vendor-type) delicacies. I was determined that if I’m going to wear flip flops every day, I must have pretty toes, so we found a place, sat back and got our pedicures! Now I’ve uploaded my photos and am ready for bed. See ya’ll tomorrow!

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