Friday was really great. I woke up and had fun on skype for a bit. In the afternoon, I went to the gym and did some cardio. I couldn't find my headphones before I left, so that wasn't a good sign. I ended up only jogging for 15 minutes and walking for 15. It's not that great, but it's something. After, I watched a bunch of my shows and enjoyed them.
Friday night, I went to synagogue and it was lovely. The kosher restaurant offers a Shabbos dinner, so I went to that. It was a lot of fun. The food was very good, but really the energy in the room was the best part. One of the Chabad boys, Meir, led the prayers and also the songs. After everyone was about done with dinner, we started singing songs. I don't know most of them, but I'm able to follow along in Hebrew. Meir just has such an endless amount of energy. It's so hard to describe him. He's got the loudness of a Max Hyman (a compliment), but the non-stop motor of well, that's what makes this so hard, I've never met anyone like him. He had a rap song about the Torah portion, he was schmoozing like a pro and all of it was non-stop. It really was a lot of fun. I met some of the Israeli's that come to the synagogue as well.
Saturday, I got to synagogue just a bit late. I got there pretty much right before the end-basically, enough time to read the pamphlet. Afterwards, everyone went upstairs for lunch. A lot of the food at the synagogue is Sephardi style, which I particularly like-lots of spices and therefore lots of flavor. It was good seeing everyone and the songs were nice as well.
That afternoon, I ended up watching Sherlock Holmes. I really enjoyed the movie, even though I've never read any of the books. It was an enjoyable plot and Robert Downey Jr. seems perfect for the role. For my good buddy Steve's review, just click here.
Sunday, I woke up and had a great Skype call with Sheri and Jimmy. It was so nice to talk with both of them. Jimmy is my weird work hours brother haha.
Today was the day I was going to finally find the Merlion. I had tried a couple of times, but it just hadn't worked out. This time though, I got directions and followed some tourists and hello Merlion!
The Merlion is well, half fish, half lion. It's the symbol of the city and I finally found it. Walking down in that area, it really hit me how lucky I am to be living here for a little while. That area is so beautiful and so big city. I mean, Dallas is a big city, but I never hang around downtown. The river just adds such a nice touch.Afterwards, I met Paul Koch for lunch at Takashimaya. I love the food there. I just got chicken rice, but it was definitely the best I've had so far. I cleaned the plate. Absolutely delicious. Paul is home alone as Raye and her friend have all the fun in Phuket, Thailand (yeah, I'm a tad jealous). We had a nice time and I think he was a bit proud that I was using chili sauce with my dish.
From there, I headed to the techno heaven of Sim Lim Square. I was looking for an adapter for the magic jack phone. One of the phone stores hooked me up with a new charger for it (just a generic Vtech charger, but it works). Now, the only problem is that magic jack doesn't work with my Mac. Mine is from 2005, when I started school. The magic jack only works with Intel based macs...but, I've got a feeling I may need a new computer soon as mine is creaking along (performing admirably though). Who knows, but I'll figure something out with the phone so I can make my US calls.
Anyways, this next week at work looks to be fun - Australian Open, lots of good BPL, NFL playoffs and of course NBA games. I'm very lucky.
Michael
Nice, Michael, very, very nice. Mazel Tov on finding the Merlion...now we know what you were talking about!
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