12/08/09 (Singaporean time)
Today marks one week since I left Vancouver for Asia – it feels like some much longer! My time here has felt like a sweet dream – obviously filled with its fair share of bumps and notably hilarious experiences.
Funny story (If you already haven’t heard from our dear friend Ale)...
I arrived in Singapore at 1am (after a 12 hr flight to Korea, 3 hr layover, and 6 hr flight to Singapore) and decided that I was okay with being “that guy” who shows up at the hostel at 3am wanting to check in. Unfortunately the MRT (subway) was closed until morning and the taxis only took Sing dollars. I had no Sing dollars. Stressful.
As an alternative, I decided to create and makeshift bed with my bags and pack it in for the night. Before hitting the sack, however, I needed to use the washroom so I headed for the men’s room with my bag-stacked bugee. In signature Thomas fashion, I proceeded to get locked in (because of a broken door handle) and waited 10min until I heard someone wheeling my luggage away. Quickly, I pushed the emergency button and the whole airport’s alarm system started sounding. I was bombarded by security. Embarrassing.
Now for some good news – I have an apartment! Together with Braydon, Jay (Victoria), Sam (New York), Danny (Chicago), Chelsea (Atlanta), and Mary (Paris) we found a cozy three bedroom apartment a couple minutes away from the MRT system, shopping centre, grocery store, and bus stops. On Sunday night we threw a housewarming party and had 29 of our fellow exchange students over as guests. For some reason “Who has the hat?” doesn’t seem to translate that well...
That’s all for now!
Thomas
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
The Introduction
31/07/09
Dear World,
My name is Thomas and this is my blog. In a few short days I will be leaving Vancouver, headed to Singapore for a five month International Study exchange.
I'd like to take what little time I have right now (which realistically should be spent on packing, organizing my backpack, or setting up my itinerary), to introduce "The Singa Experiment".
During my Fall semester in Asia, I'm going to update "The Singa Experiment" with pictures, posts, entries, and submissions which will hopefully give you all a bit of an idea of what I'm up to. Feel free to comment on any of my posts - I definitely want to hear from each and every one of you.
I hope that this blog will become a great way for me to document my experience abroad. I also hope that all of you can use it as a tool, much in the same way as you use facebook or youtube. Let "The Singa Experience" become a great new asset to your daily regiment of homework distraction and mindless web surfing! I can't promise that it will provide the same amount of satisfaction as your regular facebook updates, but I will certainly do my best.
How's that for an introduction?
Thomas
Dear World,
My name is Thomas and this is my blog. In a few short days I will be leaving Vancouver, headed to Singapore for a five month International Study exchange.
I'd like to take what little time I have right now (which realistically should be spent on packing, organizing my backpack, or setting up my itinerary), to introduce "The Singa Experiment".
During my Fall semester in Asia, I'm going to update "The Singa Experiment" with pictures, posts, entries, and submissions which will hopefully give you all a bit of an idea of what I'm up to. Feel free to comment on any of my posts - I definitely want to hear from each and every one of you.
I hope that this blog will become a great way for me to document my experience abroad. I also hope that all of you can use it as a tool, much in the same way as you use facebook or youtube. Let "The Singa Experience" become a great new asset to your daily regiment of homework distraction and mindless web surfing! I can't promise that it will provide the same amount of satisfaction as your regular facebook updates, but I will certainly do my best.
How's that for an introduction?
Thomas
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