inspired by abe's questions about what i've actually done in Singapore, i took the opportunity to sample a bit of the island this weekend.

friday claire (a girl from mcgill) and i went to the orchestra... we decided to take a cab which normally is not a problem at all - - except it turns out that when you need one, they are not available, in fact, it turns out that when you need them, they may not even bother to stop!! even my hike up the skirt trick didnt work... it doesnt help that nearly everything is illegal here- which makes even legal things feel illegal, if you know what i mean... for instance, walking on a side of a street that didnt have a sidewalk (which turned out to be forbidden, as we learned from the sign about 20 metres into that adventure).... we ended up walking to the hospital and waiting in this ridiculously long line (above) and missed the first half of what was a really great show!! at least in the end, our attempt to be 'cultured' prevailed

yesterday i met up with elva (who we met on our tour of Kakadu in darwin) and we walked around singapore --- i've uploaded some of our pictures on flickr --- most notable was sentosa island-- singapore's man made retreat-- we took the cable car there and delighted in its cheesy trails (see the dragon bones pics), gravelly beaches, and senic views of ships and ship yards (yep, you can swim while watching singapore's shipping industry in action) -- we went to chinatown too, but had limited fun sampling the many 'delights' because it began to rain, and quite frankly, i think the marvel of sentosa had zapped our remaining energy!