Well, here it is. My last real night in Singapore. I took my last exam this afternoon and tomorrow I'll fly to Macau to kick off a two-week tour of Macau, Hong Kong, and Cambodia. It's always a bit difficult to pack everything up at the end of the semester, but this is particularly challenging, because I need to pack for my tour, but also pack ( Read more... )

Singapore is pretty awesome, but there's something odd about the marketing. Contests for abstinence cartoons, "underground" radio sponsored by the government... sometimes they just try way to hard to be "hip." I think this video pretty much sums up the awkward side of Singaporean marketing:


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Hey kids,

Well, I finally got around to posting the pictures from my trip to Bangkok, Thailand at the end of September. It took a long time because I had over 420 pictures that needed to be cut down to something reasonable. I think I did ok. :-)

Life in general is going pretty well. I'm busier with school than I was before, but it's not bad. I'm ( Read more... )

I did! I can now stand on a windsurfer, fumble, move forward 6 inches, and re-enter the water. It's fabulous. :-P In all seriousness, the lesson was a lot of fun, other than all the jellyfish stings. Afterwards I walked around Singapore's East Coast park and took photos, which was also a lot of fun. Check out a slide show behind the cut.



If those of ( Read more... )

This weekend has been pretty slow. I spent most of Saturday doing music with EML, and most of today sleeping and doing menial chores. woOT. (not really) I'm still pretty bummed that I didn't get to go to Indonesia yesterday, but I did enjoy EML, and it's probably good to just take a quiet weekend ( Read more... )

Hey kids.

I don't consider myself much of an optimist, but today has knocked my faith in humanity down a couple of notches. Maybe 4. Yeah, about four notches of faith were lost today.

You see, Singapore is a very little country in the middle of a very large and interesting region of the world. Getting off the island and visiting places like Malaysia ( Read more... )

When faced with making new friends at a new university, my first instict is to look at student organizations. Clubs & activities are a big part of life at W&M, and I figured it would be the same here at the National University of Singapore. It turns out that it's pretty easy to make friends with other exchange students, but organizations are one of ( Read more... )

Hullo LJ land. / People who see this as a Facebook Feed.

I've just wrapped up my first full week of classes at the National University of Singapore, and I'm celebrating in a fashion befitting Singapore's British past: a cup of Earl Grey with milk and a raisin scone. Bitchin. Overall, I've been pretty happy with the Academic side of things here. They ( Read more... )