Day 15 - Rainy Day

Queenie and I were supposed to go for a walk around the reservoir this morning at 6:45 (before the sun came up), but she wasn't awake yet. By the time she woke, a thunderstorm seemed imminent and there had been a bright flash followed immediately by this very loud crack of thunder. But then nothing.

Queenie, Brian, and I drove over to the market area to eat breakfast (toast with this yummy jam that I bought some of) and to run some errands. As we left, it started to rain and has pretty much rained the rest of the day. There is a very nice breeze and all the windows are open. I have laundry hanging to dry - she didn't want me to bring dirty clothes home........and she has a dryer for what is still wet at the end of the day.

So the rain finally stopped - just in time for our shopping trip. Brian is playing in a concert next Saturday and needed a new white shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes. So off to Orchard Road we went. He looks quite handsome in his new clothes. And like all 12 year old boys, he hated having to try on all the clothes. He'd much rather wear his old t-shirts and shorts.

We had some extra time before our dinner reservations, so we stopped in Marks & Spencer for tea. It was nice to be able to relax and not rush rush rush from one thing to another. Queenie and Brian just got back from visiting her in-laws in Canada (her husband went with them, but he lives/works in Hong Kong), so they were happy to have some downtime as well.

Then it was off to East Coast - literally the east coast of Singapore - for dinner. We ate at a seafood restaurant called Jumbo and had satay, sliced fish, broccoli, and pepper crab. It was all quite yummy and the conversation and company was good. There was Queenie, Brian, Frank, and Sarah. Frank and Sarah were both running late, so we watched the water skiers for a while. There's a cable that goes all the way around a lagoon and the ski rope is attached to it and you can water ski.....without a boat! It's called Ski360 and is quite an ingenious idea. You don't even need your own equipment! The weather this evening was absolutely perfect and Frank said that in the 8 years he's been in Singapore, tonight was the first time he actually felt a little bit cold! There was a nice breeze off the water.

I can't believe that this trip is almost at an end. My flight leaves in about 6 hours and no, I haven't packed yet. My plan is to stay up all night so I'll sleep on the plane. I've had quite a bit of caffeine throughout today, so hopefully I'll be ok.

Is Singapore a place I'd come back to? Most definitely. But more as a jumping point....plus of course visiting Frank. I'd love to go back to Bangkok, plus Bali and Vietnam are apparently "must sees." Though there's no way you'll get me in the tunnels the Vietcong used - you can't stand up, so you need to mostly crawl, plus the door is shut and it is darker than dark and you can't see anything. With my claustrophobia, that just is not going to happen.

I encourage everyone to come to Southeast Asia at least once. Yeah, the flight is miserable, but if you have more vacation time than I do and can therefore spend more time here than I did, all the better. I feel like I've just finally adjusted to the time zone and I'm leaving.

So this ends the trip portion of my blog. Will I continue posting........we'll see. And I leave you with: Last Night in Singapore.