A little walk with a lot of sweat ...

This morning we started with a walk of the area near the Asian Civilizations Museum and ending at one of the significant monuments in Singapore. As we were walking we learned some history about the development of the area with the older building and new skyscrapers developing together. Halfway through the walk we stopped by the Merlion statues. From there you can also see the view of the construction of The Sands, the Singapore Flyer, and the Escalade. The Escalade is the theater space used for traveling shows that pass through Singapore. It's external structure is interesting resembling the spikiness of the durian fruit.


For lunch today we tried a local Singaporean dish called Hainanese Chicken Rice. It's apparently the Hainanese dish that you can't find in Hainan. This is one of the dishes created by the immigrants a while back. This simple looking dish of chicken and light sauce accompanied by a rice cooked with chicken and ginger flavors is fantastic. For having walked through the heavy humidity and being very dehydrated I was afraid I wouldn't be able to stomach any food once lunch came around. Somehow I did ... must be because of the great food. :)


After lunch we ventured to one of the Hawkers stations to sample an array of foods. We got to taste some rice cakes with oniony-garlicky flavor added, shrimp with noodles, conch noodles, and a couple of desserts. One of the desserts is topped with durian paste. This is a fruit that tastes good and is also known for it's foul stench once you open it.


We then went around different areas of Singapore and checking out the different housing developments. The way how the housing is built by the government and is acquired by home seekers is an interesting thing.

Our first industry visit was the last thing on the agenda. We checked out Sunwoo, which is a local studio out of Korea. We kind of caught them in the process of moving to a new office, but we were able to get a glimpse of work in action.

When the program was over for the day a group of us went out together for dinner. We ended up at Mulligan's, an Irish pub in Clarke Quay. Then ended the evening browsing some of the shops in the area. I was really tempted to buy a couple of things at one clothing store cause it had a really good sale going on, but I was feeling too icky from the day's activities to try on any clothes. Maybe next time I'll get something nice.