Weekend Adventure

This weekend we drove to Sentosa, which is a small island off the coast of mainland Singapore. It was a short 20min drive across a bridge. There we visited Underwater World, which is a small aquarium. We got to watch a dolphin show, with pink dolphins. Apparently pink dolphins live off the coast of East Africa and Asia. We also took a cable car ride from Sentosa to the mainland and back.







So we tried our hand at making some homemade local cuisine, Chicken Fried Rice and Crab Rangoon. I know, we didn't branch out too much, but it sure was good! I'm becoming a little braver with some of the local food, while Adam will still eat anything you put in front of him.



After dinner, we got our Nintendo Wii set up and played a few songs on Guitar Hero III.

Ice Cream Sandwich...Literally!

So it's ice cream wrapped in bread...literally an ice cream sandwich. We didn't try one today, but definitely want to. The bread looks colored like maybe it is sweet or something. Pretty cool.
Below are some pictures of jets that fly above our apartment on a regular basis. There are usually 6 of them and they make shapes in the sky, fly straight up, then straight down. My favorite is when they make a heart:) The first time I heard them, I was sure we were being bombed! We've now come to appreciate them.

Raffles Hotel

Friday night we went to Raffles Hotel for an Engine Start celebration. The engines on the rig were started up by the target deadline, so Transocean rented out part of a very nice hotel. We enjoyed drinks and all kinds of food. It was a great experience. There is such a diversity of people that Adam works with. At our dinner table there were Americans (us), a man from Australia and a man from England. It was so neat to hear their experiences with living in Singapore (and their cool accents!). You can see me enjoying the well-known drink, the Singapore Sling:) YUM!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! We tried a restaurant called Chicago's Steakhouse yesterday. All of their beef is flown in from New Zealand. I got the Fireball Steak, which they lit on fire at the table. As you can tell from my expression it was a little scary. That thing put off a lot of heat! It was a neat experience, but New Zealand needs a little help raising their beef. The US definitely knows how to cook a steak!

Friday the 13th!

Well it is Friday the 13th here in Singapore and other than Adam accidentally sleeping in for work, nothing too strange has happened. It is another hot and humid day and I enjoyed it a bit by the pool:)
We had a shocking experience earlier this week. We received our household items that we had shipped over here, so I decided to set up our desktop computer. We had gotten the outlet adapters, so our American plugs would fit in the outlet. Silly me forgot that Singapore uses 220V while the US only uses 110V. As I plugged in the surge protector, it made a huge POP and smoke blew out onto my hand. I was so shocked and couldn't believe I wasn't electrocuted! It did knock out the power in our entire apartment, so I had to wait for Adam to get home from work to get that fixed. Luckily, the gate guard came and flipped the main breaker and all power was back. Needless to say, we headed to an electronic shop for some education on how to make our things work here! We've had a few other mishaps, but nothing too serious. Just learning how they do it in other parts of the world.
Hope everyone has a safe and happy Friday the 13th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!!!

Yesterday we spent a few hours at the East Coast. There were lots of restaurants, a walking/biking trail and a camping area. As we walked through, the hosts/hostesses of the restaurants came up to us to invite us to dine at their restaurant. We ate at a place called the No Signboard Restaurant. Adam had the chilli crab, which is famous in Singapore. It is a soft-shelled crab that is cooked in a chilli sauce. I had Thai chicken. Very good. Our only option for utensils were chopstix, so I had to learn fast!
I also tried driving yesterday. It is so tricky with the steering wheel on the right side of the vehicle and being on the left side of the road. We made it there and back safely!
We have hooked up our webcam and been able to talk with my parents a couple of times. It is so neat!

The Famous Chilli Crab

East Coast Shoreline

Adam driving on the left side of the road!

Adam and I outside our front door

Walking at Clark Quay on the river

View from the living room

View of our living room

Well, we have safely made it to Singapore. We have settled into our new apartment and are learning the area. People are very friendly, weather is super muggy and hot, and the cars are expensive! Adam has experienced driving on the left side of the road, but I'm gonna wait a little before I brave it. He did very well, other than a few accidental times of turning on the windshield wipers instead of the turn signal! But, it was something to laugh about:)

We have pretty much adjusted to the time difference. We have been out shopping for groceries and household goods and tried some of the local restaurants. The grocery stores have a lot of the same name brands as back home, but taste a little different. We have decided that everything is a little more bland and not quite as flavorful as it is at home in the States. It is still good though. We managed to find a Hooters restaurant last night! The menu was very similar, but the food just a little different tasting. A mug of beer was more expensive than the meal!

Adam has been in to work several times and seems to be getting caught up on some of his work. Today we are expecting our things to be delivered that we shipped over here a couple of weeks ago. More unpacking and settling in:)

Here are some pictures to enjoy!