Alas...

Finally made it to the food stand across the road from my place. Wasnt with any locals so I didn't get anything too dramatic (Thai noodles with prawns and fresh dragonfruit/pineapple juice) It was good....there are loads of options and it's all cheap so I will continue to explore and enjoy. Meal was under $5 total....

Another Japanese-style dinner...

Had a really good dinner at a place called The Pines last night. Was another Japanese dinner, but this time was real-deal Teppanyaki. Good thing about the phone cam is no one knows you are taking photos....this thing also has a HDR app that lets you get pretty unique shots that you could never get with regular hand held camera...Friday nights are insane here. Everyone goes out so traffic (and getting a taxi) is a nightmare. Drove back home thru a psuedo red-light district that I hadn't seen before...that was a real scene...no plans for the weekend

Rain storm over downtown...

Pretty cool scene from my office right now

some photos...

Here are a bunch of photos from the last week or so from around town...things that "caught my eye" mostly when I was in transit (train, taxi, etc).

Exit/entrance at the MRT station I go thru pretty often

Baby on the train playing with an iPod touch 

Desmond at dinner

the scene back behind the rigging shop

test bed control unit

work boots in action

Same MRT station escalator down to trains...much bigger scene that it seems like it should be....



Finally got a Singapore based cell #...so this is the test...

Workin'

Well, things are getting under way now. Lots of work this week to keep me plenty busy. I pick up my Employment Pass (i.e. Visa) tomorrow so that is one more step to make things feel even more "real". Movers come on Nov 12th and the following week I likely head to Australia for a long week before a trip to Taiwan and back to Singapore for a tradeshow (where I will be playing pseudo-host)...then another trip to Perth for different efforts. Going to be an insane 3-4 week stretch. After that I will be focusing in on actually getting fully settled in and working more here in Singapore.

Challenge growing...

Also, I will try my best to post a ironic/funny sign or photo of some sort every so often. There are plenty of those around here.

day one (not that there will be a post every day)...

VERY surreal drive over from the airport to the hotel after a 2am arrival. Very few cars out, checking into the hotel made it seem like just any other business trip but it was pretty obvious that it wasn't. Going to have a typical dominating breakfast buffet this morning before going to meet the real estate agent to get the keys to my apartment. Will be pretty busy the next couple days (movers come Wed, biometric testing Thur, internet and TV hookup Thur/Fri, shopping for a bed, tables, dresser, phone, etc etc etc)...

Will do my best by end of the week to post some photos/videos of my new setup so everyone can see what I've gotten myself into....

babies in pouches

A 'roo carrying a Joey...