Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Singapore is hot.
So I am not in Singapore. I arrived here last night. Had an amazing flight into here, mainly because AVATAR WAS ON DEMAND ON THE LITTLE PERSONAL TV SCREEN!!! Yea, it was probably the coolest flight ever. Even though this baby in front of me had a total crush on me and kept throwing his toy car at my face. He was a cute kid but kind of a jerk, he would just stare at me and laugh and then I would entertain him from time to time, but when I didn't the little selfish man would throw his car at me. It seriously happened three times. And I felt obligated to give it back to him every time. There was no justice. Avatar made up for it though. I also watched The Men Who Stare at Goats again, which I really like as well. Once I flew in it was pretty easy, no hassles at all. I left my boards in luggage storage as well so I didn't have to tote them around with me, which was an amazing idea. There's no way my boards would have even fit in the cabs here. Some of them are so freakin dinky. I guess they suit the people here. I feel like an Avatar man here! The people are not very tall. I went on a nice little walk to get breakfast this morning at about 730am and ended up going on a 9 hour excursion. I felt super good after my convenient McGriddle breakfast sandwich and hash brown that I decided to venture out to find this new casino that was recently finished. Supposedly it is the most expensive casino ever built, it went, I think, over to 2 billion over budget to finish. And you can see why. I took a million pictures of the thing. But anyway, After I found that and wandered around for a bit I got very lost and ended up in some weird places and found myself looking over the heads of everyone in these little Asian markets. It was classic. I had a blast though, even though I had no idea where I was I just kept going with my instinct. Which actually led me a couple miles in the wrong direction. I had to learn the train system to find my way back... But it all worked out. I also went on this thing called the Singapore Flyer. It's this giant ferris wheel essentially that is a massive cylinder that is fully air conditioned and whatnot. It goes up ridiculously high and you can see for miles. You would think this would have helped me find my way home, if so, you obviously don't know how bad I am with directions. Anyway, I had some solid adventures today and I am excited to get lost again in a little bit when I try to get dinner. It was classic too, while I was lost I ended up in this really nice mall and wandered into a watch place. I was looking at some intense watches and the little Asian man working there assumed I was loaded or something because he brought me into a room and started showing my watches that were $7,000, $10,000 and $17,000 watches. At first I was awkward, but I snapped into it in a few seconds and got the guy totally into it. So I am sitting there in trunks and tank top with sandals and hat on trying on watches worth more than me. I was waiting for the champagne or caviar to come out. Maybe a hand massage while I decided, I don't know. I started hustling the guy too and I got him to drop the price on this Breitling watch to close to half off, which made it only about $7,000 if I payed in cash... I felt kinda bad after a while and had to leave but I got the guys card just incase I decided to come back... ha. It's pretty intense how the Asian people hand you they're business cards. They hand it to you with both hands holding the corners and they look at it like they are handing you a baby. And you are supposed to take it like you are receiving a baby, and never put it in your back pocket, just like a baby. I remember learning something about that in a business course in college and when the guy handed me the card it all came back and I was amazed. My brain still functions after Australia! Anyway I am done with the computer, it's too hot to type. I'm sweating like a mad man. I am going to go find some where with A/C. I will write again once I get to Bali, or when I am in Bali... I leave tomorrow for Indo. Hugs n kisses.