Okay, we left off right before New Year's Eve. After showering and getting ready for the night, we went down to the hawker center Matt and Mel took me to. Jordan had really wanted to try chili crab. Well, he got exactly what he wanted. Watching him eat this thing, the sweat from how spicy it was, and also the smile, because he was really enjoying it. I have absolutely no desire for that kind of stuff, but good for him. I ended up going to the same Malay place and the food was pretty good.
After dinner, we went to Chijmes and hung out at these two expat bars downstairs. We had a nice time...I especially enjoyed my dessert, brownies plus ice cream-perfect. At about 11:55, we went upstairs, where there was a stage and a band playing in the courtyard. We did the countdown and high fived at midnight. It was fun! We saw a little glimpse of the fireworks, but we weren't down by the river close enough to really see them. At work the next day, I watched Mizzou football, it wasn't too much fun of a bowl game as they lost to Navy. Yay America!
After work on Friday, we relaxed for a while and then went to the Asian Civilizations Museum. We were only there for an hour, but it was very cool. I definitely need to go again and spend more time there. From the ACM, we headed over to the synagogue for Friday night services. Afterwards, we started with a guy named Jonathan, and he very nicely invited us to Shabbos dinner at his house. We walked over with about six other people for dinner...their house was not to far from shul. Jonathan and his wife Margaret came here form Canada about three and a half, four years ago. This was my first invite to Shabbat dinner in Singapore (apart from the Koch's) from someone at Chabad. Let me just say, the food was outstanding (if you sense a trend here, it'd be that home cooked meals here have been stellar). There was fresh challah, a great coleslaw type dish, hummus, soup, but the best parts for the meats. First, I had the beef steak. The meat was so tender and had great flavor. However, I was taken away by the chicken. The meat was perfectly crisp on the outside and moist on the in. It had been baked to perfection and the flavor was awesome. I hope your mouth is watering a little bit haha. Of course, I don't want to forget about a delicious peaches and ice cream dessert (peaches can be quite tasty when they are soaked in wonderful ice cream - definitely the best pareve ice cream I've ever had). Bottom line, the food was great and I really enjoyed meeting a group of great people. A big thanks to Margaret and Jonathan as well, what a wonderful night.
Saturday, we went to Little India for lunch and then walked up toward some temples in the Arab Quarter. I'm not sure if we were in the right places, but we saw some very nice temples. The art that is put into religion is really incredible. I put pictures up in Singapore Photos 4 on Facebook. We had a nice time and I found some new sandels which I really wanted. I'm telling you, it's not easy finding anything over a size 10 here.
Saturday night, I took Jordan to the airport and he was off back to South Korea. It was great having him in town. It's just a crazy experience, because I never could have imagined us doing this. Four and half years ago when we met, we were Freshmen just trying to figure out how to get from AEPi to Middlebush Auditorium. We had some great trips together in college, going to the dirtiest,grossest city in kansas together three times, Lake of the Ozarks and of course Chicago, these were great. But, even if you had told me a year ago at the start of second semester, this is what we would be doing, I wouldn't have believed you. He's teaching in South Korea-how awesome is that? I have so much respect for him, because I really believe his culture adjustment is much tougher than mine. He has a language barrier that I rarely have to deal with. In typical Jordan fashion though, he just surprises at every corner and how he is able to tackle challenges.
Sunday, I mostly just relaxed after work. Felix is back in town from holiday and we talked for a little while. I watched the movie Adventureland-pretty good, but not awesome. I went to sleep at 9 PM and woke up at 9:30 this morning. I skyped with Amanda and then my parents and now I'm just relaxing. I will probably go workout or at least I should.
I hope everyone's New Year is starting off well. I wish everyone the best.
Michael
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