What's New in Singapore...

Tuesday night (June 12) we took Ash out for her birthday at Blooies, a restaurant within walking distance of PGP. Although it was a bit expensive it was very good! The waitresses worked with me to plan a surprise for Ash. And this is what it resulted in:

a HUGE ice cream float...

which we helped her eat/drink of course!

and a cake...

Overall, it was a lot of fun!!

Wednesday (June 13) was a somewhat normal day, if that is possible to say in Singapore. We attended classes and hung around PGP in the afternoon. For dinner a group of us went to a prata place in Dover (the same one Ash and I had been to previously). I tried the banana prata. It was amazing!

When we returned to PGP a group of us decided to go out and check out the club scene in Singapore. Wednesday night is ladies' night and is free for all girls (my favorite price :) ). Singapore is known internationally as having an excellent night life. I found out just how true that was!

We decided to go to Ministry of Sound at Clark Quay.

Here is a group of us waiting in line to get in...

The next day we visited the Malay part of Singapore. It is called Kampong Glam. While there we visited Ft. Canning. Ft. Canning is home to many interesting historical sites.

Our tour guide was our Malaysian history teacher, Dr. Emmanuel.

We first visited Keramat Iskandar Syah. Keramat is the Malay word for sacred place. It is thought to be the final resting place of Iskandar Syah, a ruler of Tamesak (early Singapore). Many Muslims visit the site daily to pay their respects to this site.

We then visited an archaeological site where researchers are looking for remains of colonial houses. You know I enjoyed this part!

Later we visited the Malay Heritage Centre.

Finally, we ended our tour at the Sultan's Mosque. Unfortunately we couldn't go inside, but I did get some pictures!

This morning we visited the Changi side of the island. Unfortunately, it rained all day and instead of going to Pulau Ubin we visited the Changi Prison Chapel and Museum.

This is a replica of the chapel at the POW camp in Changi...

The original cross...

Making 1000 paper cranes was considered good luck...

Visitors to the Chapel are allowed to post messages in memory of those who died...

More to come soon!!

Lots of Love,

Sarah :)