When I last wrote I was on my way out to see some more of the city. I will spare the complicated details but my host dad need to drop family member off all over then pick them up 4 hours later (they only have one car and so there was a lot of planning that went into it) so between the drop and pick up he showed me around the city. We went down Orchid road and stopped at Raffles Hotel (famous place from the colonial days named after the British explorer that first claimed Singapore for Britain). In the Raffles, we went to the Long Bar and had a Singapore Sling (as that is the location of its invention). After that we walked around and went to Little India and Arab Street.
After that it was a quite evening at the house (minus a small incident with an ant infestation of the shower) and watched Nancy Drew. That was a good movie...I never knew.
Yesterday, Valentines day, I slept in got organized and went down town to Boat Quay. It was really interesting. We went on a boat tour, walked around and ate at a restaurant named Dallas. The restaurants were the best part. They are all outdoor and as you walk down the narrow street the hostess tries to get you to pick theirs over the others. There was one point when two were fighting over us.
That was really fun. It is also Lunar New Year(Chinese New Year) and so there are decorations everywhere. The first day (yesterday) everyone goes to visit family so everything was basically shut down. Today was much more exciting though with a Lion dance right outside the house. Ok, I should publish this as it has taken me like 3 hours to get to this point and I am loosing concentration fast.
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