The radiation trip
It's 5 am Singapore time, and I am awake for the day. My body thinks it's 3 pm. Also, I went to bed at 8 pm last night.
When it gets a little lighter out, I will stare longingly out my window at the large pool a couple of floors beneath me. At lunch time, I'm heading out of the conference to go check out Singapore, and that pool is high on the list.
I'm 85 miles north of the equator. Swimming and getting a tan is one of the things to do here.
My flight over was very long and very delayed, but considering I sat my ass in an airplane seat for 20 hours, it wasn't too bad. I slept most of the time. The pharmaceuticals industry is really onto something with that Ambien stuff.
In exciting flying news, we had to fly lower than normal due to solar flares, which cause radiation! Since we were flying lower than normal, there was more wind resistance, which meant we used fuel faster and we had to make a quick pit stop in Anchorage for gas. At midnight we landed in Hong Hong. At 3:15 am Saturday, I landed in Singapore.
At 11:30 am Saturday (yesterday my time for those trying to keep track), I did my talk at the conference. It was the best presentation I've given. I was really proud of myself. I was not nervous at all. I broke out into dance midway through when some random music appeared suddenly from somewhere. I am going to incorporate the feelings of extreme jetlag and confusion into all future presentations.
The tiny bit of Singapore I've seen is decidely not Asian. All signs are English only. It is overrun with Europeans. There are wide streets with orderly traffic, high end shopping, Christmas lights, and palm trees. It's like the nice part of LA, but cleaner and, well, nicer. I feel more comfortable about traveling alone here than I did in Spain.
I'll head out of the shopping district, where I am now, today and go to the more ethnic parts of town, aptly named Little India and Chinatown.
Singapore has a fascinating history, and in my research, I've discovered my new travel companion - wikitravel.org. It's run by the fine, fine folks at Wikipedia.
On my to do list for this afternoon and tomorrow are the aforementioned pool, Little India and Chinatown. There is also
- the famously delicious and messy Chili crabs for dinner
- lunch and snacks at a hawker center
- Standard Singaporese breakfast of kaya toast and kopi coffee
- Arab Street
- the Japanese shopping mall on Orchard Street
- A wander around Boat Quay
- Maybe the zoo or night safari
Notice, I plan to eat a lot, since that is the national pastime. Well it comes in second to shopping, but there are only so many 7-story Asian malls a girl can hit before the mall sickness of indecision and crabbiness comes on.
When it gets a little lighter out, I will stare longingly out my window at the large pool a couple of floors beneath me. At lunch time, I'm heading out of the conference to go check out Singapore, and that pool is high on the list.
I'm 85 miles north of the equator. Swimming and getting a tan is one of the things to do here.
My flight over was very long and very delayed, but considering I sat my ass in an airplane seat for 20 hours, it wasn't too bad. I slept most of the time. The pharmaceuticals industry is really onto something with that Ambien stuff.
In exciting flying news, we had to fly lower than normal due to solar flares, which cause radiation! Since we were flying lower than normal, there was more wind resistance, which meant we used fuel faster and we had to make a quick pit stop in Anchorage for gas. At midnight we landed in Hong Hong. At 3:15 am Saturday, I landed in Singapore.
At 11:30 am Saturday (yesterday my time for those trying to keep track), I did my talk at the conference. It was the best presentation I've given. I was really proud of myself. I was not nervous at all. I broke out into dance midway through when some random music appeared suddenly from somewhere. I am going to incorporate the feelings of extreme jetlag and confusion into all future presentations.
The tiny bit of Singapore I've seen is decidely not Asian. All signs are English only. It is overrun with Europeans. There are wide streets with orderly traffic, high end shopping, Christmas lights, and palm trees. It's like the nice part of LA, but cleaner and, well, nicer. I feel more comfortable about traveling alone here than I did in Spain.
I'll head out of the shopping district, where I am now, today and go to the more ethnic parts of town, aptly named Little India and Chinatown.
Singapore has a fascinating history, and in my research, I've discovered my new travel companion - wikitravel.org. It's run by the fine, fine folks at Wikipedia.
On my to do list for this afternoon and tomorrow are the aforementioned pool, Little India and Chinatown. There is also
- the famously delicious and messy Chili crabs for dinner
- lunch and snacks at a hawker center
- Standard Singaporese breakfast of kaya toast and kopi coffee
- Arab Street
- the Japanese shopping mall on Orchard Street
- A wander around Boat Quay
- Maybe the zoo or night safari
Notice, I plan to eat a lot, since that is the national pastime. Well it comes in second to shopping, but there are only so many 7-story Asian malls a girl can hit before the mall sickness of indecision and crabbiness comes on.
posted by Kristine at
1:18 PM
3 Comments:
Congrats on a good talk! Did you see Caryl at the conf? Do you know Caryl?
By
Lulu, At
10:21 PM
I didn't see Caryl, nor do I know who that is. Surprising I didn't meet her (?) since there were only about 200 people there.
By
Kristine, At
10:39 PM
She's a producer on Spore and a friend of Brian/me/Robin. I think she gave a talk on cross-pollinated content.
By
Lulu, At
9:46 AM
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