Suddenly Singapore...To Suddenly South Carolina: Happy Halloween!

Debby and Pam, 1978

Happy Halloween everyone! This is one of my most favorite pictures, and I'm pretty sure it was my favorite halloween. We were so cute, we got a TON of candy!! What was your favorite costume?

I just got to video chat with Maddy, and Sarah Burke, and they were super excited about halloween. Their sweet little faces were very close to the camera, and I could almost smell the pumpkin seeds they were chomping on! October here is kinda different, as there are no seasons, it's just another pretty, hot month. Hope you all have a fun, safe, time trick or treating!

This past weekend Larry switched from 3rd shift to days, so we had thursday-sunday to do stuff. We went to the Jurong Bird Park, which is about a 25 min subway ride from us. It was soooo cool! it was a nice, sunny day, and of course, super hot. Lar took tons of great shots, and I was able to get a few good ones with the point and shoot. The birds were amazing...so many beautiful colors. We went through an exhibt that was suppose to mimic the rainforest (not hard to do in Sing) and I said to Lar " Hon, don't you think it's weird we haven't seen any snakes or anything in Sing yet?" We did have a run in with a tiny geko that almost caused me to pack my bags, but I was pretty much over that. Not 5 minutes after saying that, I was walking on the path, a few steps behind Larry, who was stopped, shooting pictures. I turned my head and FROZE. I said, well screamed really " Lar, did you see that???" He had walked by a HUGE Lizard...HUGE. I think it was a kimono dragon (sp?) possibly an iguna, either way, it was HUGE, ugly, and staring at us with his beady lizard eyes. It was directly in the path, and I don't know how Lar missed it walking by. Well, in typical Larry fashion, he hunkered down and started taking pictures of it, like an inch away from his face. I was seriously scared. You all know how I love animals, and I'm not easily frightened, but I was frozen from fear. Frozen. I could not move, and I even cried a little. My gallant husband did his best not to laugh at me, and escorted me away from the MONSTER, then went back and took more pictures. Ugh. I'll attach one, so you can see it.
Other highlights were feeding the Lorries....these funny, friendly birds that come right up to you, sit on you, and seem to have elborate conversations with you, and each other. Such a blast. There was even a bride and groom there having a photo shoot, they were sweet, and let me take a picture.
After the bird park, we were pretty whipped, from all the walking, and the heat, so we came back home, had a little nap and some dinner, then I dragged Lar back out to take some night shots he's been wanting. First we went to the Merlion, which is a park, situated on the water ( I finally saw the water in Sing!! woohoo!) It is a huge fountain of....you guessed it, a merlion, half merman, half Lion. Really beautiful, and the park was full of people, walking around, dining, and taking pictures. On friday nights there is also line dancing next to the fountain, so that was fun to watch. Line dancing is huge here, and it's the same kinds of stuff we do in the states, but the steps seem more intricate. They take it very seriously, and some of the dancers were down right good. So, it was a nice night by the water. Then we went to Little India to take pictures of the lights that are all over the streets for Deepavali, which is happening now (Not sure what it is exactly, but it seems to be a big, happy holiday)

Saturday we were pretty whipped from our all day tour of Sing, so we laid low, and did chores and stuff. We decided to go out on saturday night, and do what everyone must do at least once while in Singapore. Go to the Raffles Hotel for Singapore Slings at the Long Bar. It's a pretty, old hotel, in the old tropical, british style. Waving palm frond fans, lots of wicker...it was cool. And there is an unlimited supply pf peanuts, and you throw the shells on the floor. (Lar was in Heaven) The Slings are good....and they get ya on the price cuz it's a touristy thing to do, but it was worth it at least once. Come visit, and we'll go!

Sundays Lar spends on the phone with his family, so I got some stuff done around the house, and went to Ikea (again). I really need to do a whole post just on ikea, and I will do that soon.

So, that's what we've been doing...Lar is going back to Seattle next week for 10 days for work, so I will be winging it on my own. I have plans this Sunday to go to a Tai Chi class with a woman Lar works with, then breakfast and shopping at a wet market ( fruits and veggies), so I'm sure I'll have fun stuff to tell you.

Hope you are all doing good! miss you and love you!
Oh, and congrats to Kate, Amanda, and Chelsea from school, they graduate this week! yay!

Happy, safe Halloween!!
xoxoxo
Pam