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Star Fruit In Singapore

February 27, 2010

Yes, that is right folks….I am back in Singapore – taking a yoga teachers training course with a good friend for the next 21 days – GULP…

Anyway, it was nice to start my first morning off in this very hot and steamy city with a refreshing bowl of exotic fruits – Dragon Fruit (white with black seeds), Star Fruit and a bit of humble (but super sweet) Watermelon. YUMMY!

It was especially nice since this same bowl of fruit here costs pennies compared to the crazy amount it would at home in the states.

(A side thought…..I think I am back to having a food porn blog again…..)

Singapore Breakfast

Broken Computer Perks

February 26, 2010

So for those of you who haven't heard me whining, my Mac hard drive bit the dust….taking with it (bear the dramatics for the moment) 8 months of photos and 2 weeks of my life.

I say weeks of my life as I had to spend it at one of two locations:

– my home cursing, crying and trying to coax an inanimate thing to work

OR

- at the mac store where they insisted on first spending a day (yeah that is right folks, an ENTIRE DAY) trying to reinstall the operating system, ignoring the clicking sound coming from my rapidly dying computer.

Finally, after insisting the following day that the hard drive be replaced, the next week was spent sans a computer….and wow was I surprised at how utterly stupid I was without one….no comments please…..

On the upside, it meant that I was spending copious amounts of time at a upper crust shopping center (where the mac store was) in the intervening week they had my computer. The upside wasn't really the mall (it's pretty pretentious) but the glorious french cafe and indian restaurant that is there…most of these were shared – REALLY.

Day 1 – "Freak Out Abatement" Strawberry Shortcake Perk

Day 10 – "Psych, You Thought You Were Done" Banoffee Pie Perk

Day 15 "Computer Back Celebration" Apres Meal Pan

Night At Sai Baba

February 13, 2010

There is a temple on the way home. I thought it might be a good place to stop and take pictures…turned out it was a great place. I love the strings of lights and the flowers there.

Driving Around This Time

February 12, 2010

Walking around my hood has yielded some pretty nice shots. A bit quicker in a car but I am pleased with a couple of the shots I was able to capture near MG Road.

Trio

Evidence Of A Cleaning

Fruit Vendor

Corner Deal

Gun Shot And…

Flower Ladies of Bangalore

February 10, 2010

I love to take pictures of these ladies – each day they create beauty – making garlands of flowers for blessing people and things.

Here are a few I have taken over the last month.

Flower Garlands

Treading Jasmine

Lady in Yellow

Walking Around Today….

February 7, 2010

There is this great street that I have been wanting to walk down with my camera….lots of fruit and vegetable vendors, small shops selling everything and alleys to wander around. I had the perfect reason today.

A friend from home is here for work so we went on a little walk (between eating) around a bit of my hood…here is a little slice of life today from near 80 foot road.

Goven-ator Doppelgänger?

February 4, 2010

You be the judge….

(I love all the movie posted pasted up on pretty much any available wall space…I thought this one was particularly funny)

Arnold plus Mustache and Sideburns….

Singapore Weekend

January 25, 2010

Singapore + Great Friends = FANTASTIC LONG WEEKEND

Apart from eating super well (mandatory in Singapore) we all had a great time….. setting up furniture (actually, I took pictures and Anne supervised…the boys put it together…)

His Head Is Stuck

My Hand Is Stuck!!

Happy Ale

and visiting museums…..

and wandering around town and through markets……and looking at all the pretty views…..

Buckets of Blossoms

Pomelo!

View From Yahoo Office

Chinatown View

New Year Lights

Walking In CTown

and of course…. having a beer or a few…..It WAS HOT and HUMID folks…!

ABC Refresher

Paulaner Yum!

Food Porn?

January 23, 2010

So, you may think that there is a running theme (obsession, addition, fixation … pick a term) of ice cream (and you may be right) but on our way to Singapore, I saw this in a menu and had to post it because it was simultaneously so funny and slightly gross ….

Not Sure This Is Enticing…

Treating Myself….

January 22, 2010

for doing something I have needed to for a while…..good news is that there is a gelato place (interrupting thought…can you call it gelato if it is 98% fat free) right around the corner….hummm, maybe that is bad news.

Mint and Chocolate

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