day two! singapore.
We got locked out of the room after breakfast.
We waited for a bit.
The lobby.
My face. D:
Brother, Mother, Father.
some flowers.
Raffles hotel!
Family picture! Minus me. :(
chandelier.
pretty things.
a bit of cultural significance.
doorman in turban.
LOL MY SISTER.
:)
She's pretty expressive.
some plants being all fan-like.
next stop. tour guide said it was where the night life was.
i didn't get to check because my night life is non-existent,
whether or not i am in a foreign country.
LOL SOME TOURISTS!
I think this is Raffles? I tried to make it so his head was all plume-y. Failed, for sure.
boats.
shadows.
Singapore has lots of lovely buildings.
THIS ONE HAS A GARDEN IN THE MIDDLE.
Ugh, it was so sunny. I'm not a big fan of shades, hence the hideous expression.
I should probably start wearing them on a regular basis.
a group on a trip.
s'more tourists.
boat in action.
I guess these are colonists?
such a pretty fluted umbrella!
on the way to merlion park.
so sunnyyy.
check out my brother's face on the right side.
palisades, i think? looks like a hedgehog :3
some more sunny-ness.
Again, family picture lacking me :(
tallest carousel in the world! or so they keep on telling us.
the merlion. apparently, it's not a real myth :(
the symbol of singapore was the lion, but then they had an awesome fishing industry,
so they made a hybrid character! it's a longer story, but that's the gist.
my sister is so cute :3
tried that ol' shoot-from-the-hip technique.
:)
lol matching shorts.
super sunny sunny sunny.
check out the umbrella!
stupid face + me & my dad.
singapore is a lovely city.
cathay pacific sticker on some stairs.
improper segue: there's a library in the hotel we stayed in. they put the books people leave there.
you're also allowed to leave books. and you're also allowed to take them. :)
lots of novels in foreign languages! i took that john grisham one.
not cos i like him... i took it cos it was in french :)
mama's hands + a ring she really likes.
we went to a temple. it hasn't been renovated at all.
i guess they just took care of it really well.
you can put offerings and stuff. it's weird, this "scene" had an ashtray.
this little girl kept twirling her dress :)
loads of pretty detail, yes? :)
napped for a little while when we got to the hotel.
then we went out! for lunch. hainanese chicken <3
obligatory elevator picture.
picture does not do it justice. perhaps the best meal i had in singapore.
thai coconut! it was good but i prefer the ones that grow here.
some chickens have met their doom, i see.
my dad searched online to find this haha.
birds!
>
sky reflection + a man's bag.
i saw them being sold later that night, in the streets.
wish i bought one :(
some houses.
end!
That was heftier, but funner, like I promised. Funner is a word now, I realize because my LJ's spell check recognizes it.
...Aaaand I'm gone.
BUT NOT BEFORE I SAY THAT THE WORLD IS SO HOT HERE. 31°!!! THAT IS IN CELSIUS, PEOPLE. Yahoo says it "feels like" 107° F which translates to 41° C. I don't mean to whine. Since I have a house and all and it's not like. Prison or the streets or the slums or whatever, but dear goodness, it's freaking hot. I guess that's summer for you.