Short Trip To Singapore

We are in Singapore for a short trip to run errands. To Singapore's credit, things went very smoothly on all fronts (read: no queue) and we managed to sort out most of our stuff by Saturday morning.

The children are having a lovely time, as usual. Their primary purpose for coming to Singapore is "to play with Faidu". That meant, playing computer games (see left) and a game called "day and night" in Faidu's bedroom. When asked what else would they like to do, it is going swimming and going to the playground at the condominium, in that order. If pressed further, it would be a trip to the Singapore Zoo.

We, the whole family, are creatures of habit and we are not too adventurous about going to new places in Singapore. We like to go to familiar places, like Por Kee Restaurant at Outram and our favourite shopping center, Junction 8. We also like to feel at home and that's why we made a beeline to Best Denki to buy a wireless router for the apartment so that we can all remain connected on-line (we brought 3 laptops from home!). As you can see, I am thus able to continue blogging and surfing.

This morning, we went to Chinatown, a relatively "new" place for the children. We had porridge for breakfast at the Chinatown Complex.

Chinatown has changed quite a bit. We saw the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (above) which was impressive in its gleaming and somewhat modern facade. But I can't help thinking that it would be better if there was less of the synthetic and gimmicky feel to it.

Son No 2 was in his element. Eagerly practising his mandarin, he impressed his grandma by reading almost every signboard in Chinese.

The morning stroll in Chinatown was pleasant. I am sure if we had more time, it would be a truly educational visit.