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  • Singapore pt 3

    2007-09-28 2:54AM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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    Here's the view from the Hotel that our conference is in...  as its US$200+ a night I chose to search for more reasonable accommodations, but my former labmate managed to get a room on the 52nd floor.  quite good:



    and here's a video:

    Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o3kSYu3BtA




    We snuck out of the conference yesterday afternoon and took the subway to several of the areas that were listed as tourist attractions - 'Little India' and 'Chinatown'...  hate to say it, but they weren't particularly impressive (maybe because I live in 'Chinatown'...).
     

     
    Little India...  not sure if you can see it, but there's a giant golden cobra or two in this store's display case.  Who exactly buys a giant golden cobra?



    Its quite hot here... like ~32C, and it was quite sunny this day...



    At night my former labmate and I headed over to the Esplanade, which is the performing arts center downtown near the conference hotel:

    Its also known as 'The Durian' because it looks like two Durians halves... 


    One half is a concert hall and the other half is a theater.


    On the back side is the Singapore River. The waterfront view is not bad.


    I think my casio would have taken this better... but not too bad, too bad i didn't have my tripod with me.

    OK, time for bed, tomorrow i have to give my talk.  I just finished my slides. :-P

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  • Etchy
     Etchy
    留言於2007-09-28 10:53AM
    the diuretic effect of a caffeinated beverage is minimal compared to the amount of water contained within them, so the 'coke makes you dehyrdated'  statement is not supported by evidence.
  • Etchy
     Etchy
    留言於2007-09-28 10:46AM
    bob:  i'm leaving tomorrow morning and we have stuff planned all day and all night already. :-(
  • Etchy
     Etchy
    留言於2007-09-28 10:40AM
    andrew: a PhD student from my old lab in Berkeley who is attending the same conference. she got her boss to pay for the conference hotel (US$200+ per night), while I get to stay in a more colorful neighborhood. :-P
  • RenRen
    RenRen
    留言於2007-09-28 10:28AM [举报]
    I miss Singapore!
  • bobbyty
    bobbyty
    留言於2007-09-28 10:27AM [举报]
    If you're in town long enough, I can ask my other sister to take you out for dinner or something.
  • carmellarose
    carmellarose
    留言於2007-09-28 5:59AM [举报]
    Silly, coke will only make yo udehydrated!
  • MindyG
    MindyG
    留言於2007-09-28 3:04AM [举报]
    Hope U are enjoying Singapore ;-)
  • andrew
    藝術家空間  連凱
    留言於2007-09-28 3:03AM [举报]
    hey raff,  who took that picture for you?  I though you went there by yourself?
  • vivo
    vivo
    留言於2007-09-28 3:02AM [举报]
    hoo.. what a view from Swissôtel...
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