Singaparty

Ok, I hereby declare Singapore as the city of partying.

This is the second night out we had so far at a nightclub. It was a favourite rerun to the club Insomnia which is a pretty small place, but it has good live bands.

The name of the place where Insomnia is located is Chijmes.
Chijmes is basically a cathedral rebuilt to house loads of pubs, restaurants and clubs, with two entire stories in an area about the size of a small city block.
Skotten doesn't remember but we think that Insomnia closed at about 6am or something like that.

Earlier in the day we went to Brewerkz and had lunch. This is a local brewery where they make like 12 different kinds of beer that they serve directly to hungry lunch guests.
Really good beer, and nice burgers too :P
We were there with a client of Martin from Germany who lives and works from Bejing, China. A really funny guy. :)


I don't know why the drinks tastes better here, but Martin tells me that the bars don't dilute the booze with water. They don't measure the booze either... they just
make the drinks and they taste great. I learned my lesson tho, so no more Long Island Ice teas for me, at least not for some time. :D

I think Singapore is a great place to party just because the people who live and work here really don't have much else to do. They seem to get very easily bored, just like some people when we go raiding in WoW ;)
Anyway, I think that's the reason why there is an insane amount of entertainment establishments here. It's very tempting to get a job here tho, with a nice salary, but then again... maybe you get as bored as the locals do. I guess there is only one way to find out.

Now me and Skotten need to go on a quest to get some epic food. We are really hungry and Skotten need to replenish his energy from sleeping on the floor in the hall after the party yesterday.

Til next time...
/Nymi

The Travel Plan

On request I've put my Travel Plan on the blog with dates for arrival and departures:

26th October 2006 - 16.40 (local time gmt+1)
Flying from Gothenburg to Singapore

27th October 2006 - 19.55 (local time gmt+7)
Arriving in Singapore

17th November 2006 - 19.55 (local time gmt+7)
Flying from Singapore to Auckland, New Zealand

18th November 2006 - 12.25 (local time gmt+12)
Arriving in Auckland, New Zealand

17th February 2007 - 6.45 (local time gmt+12)
Flying from Christchurch, New Zealand to Hong Kong

17th February 2007 - 17.45 (local time gmt+7)
Arriving in Hong Kong

11th March 2007 - 08.00 (local time gmt+7)
Flying from Hong Kong to Gothenburg

11th March 2007 - 21.40 (local time gmt+1)
Arriving in Gothenburg

Which marks the end of this travel plan.
/Nymi

Arrived in Singapore, land of opportunity

well... I wouldn't exactly call Singapore a land. To be honest it's more like a huuge city with it's 4.5 million inhabitants. The place is like Bornholm in size, and takes about 45 minutes to cross by car.
Or if your name is Darksideon and you are riding his 1000 cc motorcycle, it will probably take you less than 30 minutes :P

By the way, if you are planning to go to London, or transfer via London airport, there are now "enchanced security measures". This basically means you are not allowed to bring any kind of fluids in your hand luggage.
I brought some toothpaste, deo and a tiny bottle of soap... none of it was allowed. And they thouroghly searched every persons' luggage. In the end I just checked in my hand luggage as well and just took the flight with only a book in my hand.

Singapore
Tall buildings, lot of modern architecture, lots of shops and shopping malls, that basically sums up Singapores appearance. Oh... I forgot the harbours :P
According to Darksideon and Aryn, Singapore is really just a big big port for trade.
We will probably go and visit a a multi purpose heavy lifter ship when it arrives the 9th of November.

To be honest, Darksideon and Aryn are awesome hosts and they are like spawning ideas on what to do here constantly :D

Speaking of which, yesterday we had the honour of having dinner at her parent's place.
Aryn comes from a Malaysian family who are living by the muslim ways.
So that means that I had to remember not to use my left hand for eating. Left hand is for wiping your ass really, according to ancient arabic traditions.
Anyway, we had some awesome food and enjoyed their hospitality, even though Skotten was scared shitless of making any mistakes that would offend the family :P

I got some pics that I will upload as soon as I can... and also, this is just the beginning.
There is nuch more to tell, but now I'm going to the swimming pool in a minute or two :P

Will post more soon... love u all!
/Nymi