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Singapore, the last

Evamaria — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:08:28 +0000

In about 24 hours I’ll be home in Switzerland after about 11 months. How weird is that?

I’ve had a lovely time here in Singapore despite my nasty cold, doing shopping and eating yummy food with Amy. Also, again I managed to be here for the Lantern Festival in the Chinese Garden – this year’s topic was (oh dear…) “Hello Kitty”. Still, it was very pretty!

Singapore

Evamaria — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:49:31 +0000

Arrived in Singapore and was met by Amy last night. Unfortunately I now have a proper cold/flu and am coughing and running a temperature, in addition to some inexplainable stomach problems. Despite this I’m enjoying spending time with Amy again and we had fun shopping in the city today. Monsoon is early this year, so currently it’s raining outside.

Also, a photo of Nancy’s lovely parents and brother in front of their house in Claremont (suburb of Perth):

It’s official

Evamaria — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:02:48 +0000

I’ve paid the first half of my plane ticket, so I now have a schedule for leaving New Zealand. Needless to say I’m not happy about it.

But here are the dates:
June 19: last exam
visit Denise, pack and ship all my stuff
June 28: Meredith moves into my room
travel the South Island, spend a couple of days saying goodbye to Wellington
July 25: Wellington – Melbourne
travel Melbourne – Adelaide – Alice Springs – Uluru – Perth
Sept 2: Perth – Singapore
break up the long flight by visiting Amy
Sept 5: Singapore – London – Zurich

I’ll arrive in Zurich on Sept 6 at noon. It’s a Saturday, so hopefully my whole family can come and pick me up.

Singapore/Japan photos

Evamaria — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:59:00 +0000

I took almost 400 photos over the course of the five weeks – visit my photo album to see all of them!

Singapore airport

Evamaria — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:54:00 +0000

So now I'm on my way home and Japan is really behind me. Had a lovely day yesterday, though – karaoke in those little karaoke 'boxes' really is a lot of fun, and the National Museum was very interesting, too. I even managed to fit all the books and souvenirs I'd bought into my suitcase, yay! *g*

The first leg of the flight was uneventful, except that once more I had special requests – in this case that I wanted to cancel my special request: The nut-free/vegetarian meal they served me last time wats so flavorless that I decided to just risk it and eat the regular meal. There's always a choice of two meals, after all, so I shouldn't have a problem avoiding peanuts…

Now I'll hang around the airport for five hours or so. They have a lot of stuff here for passengers in transit, some of them even free – I might check out the movie theatre and grab a bite to eat, as luckily I kept 10 Singapore dollars. And my mobile is working again, how exciting!

Well, enough for now, maybe I'll get bored later. If not, my next post will be from my laptop at home…

ETA: Ha, I found a TV where an episode of my beloved Gilmore Girls was showing – and fifth season, too!

In transit – Singapore/Osaka

Evamaria — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:44:00 +0000

Amy here updating for Eva! She should have reached Osaka by now, and on her way to Fukuoka by train. Internet accessibility might be intermittent, and she's probably out of contact by phone, seeing that the telcom system is different in Japan. Let's hope we can still hear from her soon though

Health update

Evamaria — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:55:00 +0000

Just quickly, because I mentioned it to some people without going into details: The day before yesterday I was bitten by something, and since then developed an allergic reaction of some sort, which caused my right ankle to swell and turn red.

After I could hardly walk anymore yesterday (btw, a wonderful day on the recreational island of Sentosa, including real tropical beach time!) I went to see a doctor this morning. He gave me antibiotic and anti-inflammatory pills and a cream, which are already starting to work. I can move much more easily now, which was very nice today at the Singapore Zoo, although the ankle still looks quite bad. I keep it bandaged most of the time, to stabilize, and will try not to walk too much on my last day here tomorrow… Promise!

Singapore live!

Evamaria — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:37:00 +0000

Amy's been showing me the Singapore lifestyle, together with some friends of hers. The heat and humidity are still getting to me, but luckily a lot of things happen in air-conditioned environments here.

In one of the malls (in Bugis, which is cheaper than the city center malls) I even found the first two 'Serenity' comics, which excited me to no end! Now I've a question: Could one of you lovely American people buy me the third issue (with River, if possible, else Wash) and mail it to me? That'd be fantastic – and I'd of course pay you back…

Singapore is a bit like I read on the websites beforehand – the main things to do here are shopping and eating. But it's all an experience, with so many different impressions, sounds, smells and tastes to take in. I'm proving to be a bit of a fussy eater, but I'm trying my best, although I'm an utter failure with chopsticks. *g* I was actually quite exhausted from all the new things I'd seen yesterday when we left Chinatown with its many lanterns – but today I'm rested and looking forward to some more. *smile*

In Singapore

Evamaria — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:33:00 +0000

The plane ride went quite well, despite some turbulences and hardly any sleep. In Singapore airport Amy and her father picked me up. On first glance, things didn't seem so very different, but looking a bit closer it is clear that I'm not in Europe anymore…

We didn't do much yesterday, because I'm not used to the humid heat and was feeling the lack of sleep, but Amy showed me around the neighbourhood a bit. Food definitely is a big thing here, and I'm looking forward to trying new things while I'm here.

Today, after 12 hours sleep (or rather, 12 hours in bed – I kept waking up), we'll go visit the Botanical Gardens and have a look around the city. If the heat doesn't kill me, that is – we'll just have to make many airconditioned stops during the day… *g*

Off to see the world again

Evamaria — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:03:00 +0000

Tomorrow morning I'll be off to Zurich airport with my parents, who'll see me off. First one week in Singapore, visit my friend Amy (), then on to Japan, where I'll meet Denise () and Sabine () as well as travel around the country by train. I've been very excited all week – and incredibly busy. But now I'm mostly ready and can't wait to get started!

My mobile won't work in Japan, so don't text or call me after the first week. But you can also always reach me via email, as I'll try to check it at least semi-regularly. As always, this travel log will be the place to keep up to date with what I'm doing as well as see my photos, once I'm back home.