Did a lot this weekend — including updating the Flickr — I hope you enjoy. Saturday was a trip down Orchard road — not posting any pictures from that trip, but imagine Rodeo Drive + Madison Avenue + Michigan Avenue ++ … or imagine Coach + Gucci + Prada + Mont Blanc + Burberry + all the other big, ritzy brands … all with their own massive flagship stores. Lovely, though a bit out of my price range. 
Sunday was a tour of Little India. Through an IBM Web page, I found another colleague who also lives in Singapore — she offered me a slot in their tour on Sunday, so off I went. First (surprise, surprise) to the mall for breakfast — tried a local goody called “Kaya Toast” (a sweet mix of coconut + sugar + lime, served with butter and sandwiched between 2 slices of toast) then had to explore buses for the first time, and finally off to Little India as they prepare for their festival of lights. We ended with a great Indian lunch — but other than mango lassi, Samosas, naan, “chicken” and “lentils” I couldn’t tell you what we had as we mostly just pointed at the yummy (and questionable) foods on display. We were joined at our table by a Lufthansa flight attendant here on her layover who also introduced us to Masala Tea — it was quite nice.
To round out the weekend of exploration, I ended with some fabulous Thai food for dinner — apparently quite authentic. We had some fiery hot soup that I’m sure I’ll regret later (I’ll spare those details) — Shelly, this is the one you made for us; a spicy, beef green curry dish (very fragrant, it was quite lovely); seabass (still had the head on!); and pad thai — the pad thai was awesome, but it was served all wrapped up in a fried-egg packet. Very interesting and all quite yummy.
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