Day 8

So I was trying to blog only on the prime numbered days, but I guess this is where that ends. In Singapore it is Tuesday, January 12th at 1:05 in the afternoon. It's my second day of classes and I only have one class today at 4 pm (Business Law--which transfers to UConn for some reason even though this class is obviously based on Singaporean law and UConn's is American B-law). Yesterday I had two three-hour finance lectures in a row, first was Portfolio and Investment Analysis followed by Financial Markets (which I'm not sure if it will transfer and was a little bit rough..). Six hours of class isn't really for me (is it for anyone?) but at least they only meet once a week.

Onto more exciting happenings - yesterday after class some of us went into Little India to explore. It was pretty cool, the streets were all decorated and we saw a hindu temple (there are four in Singapore and I don't remember which one it was...sorry) -- I had never seen one before so that was cool. After taking what felt like an hour to decide on a resturaunt we had some delicious indian food ---although next time we've decided we're going to have to look up a good resturaunt before we head somewhere to save time and frustrations. The last place we stopped in Little India was Mustafa, a 24-hour shopping mart which literally has everything that you would ever need spread over at least 5 floors. I even saw an 'aqua massager' that looked like a tanning bed--I was confused. After seeing all that Mustafa had to offer we were thoroughly exhausted and decided to call it a night.

Here is a picture of the decorated main street in Little India.

I'm sure many of you are wondering how my friends and I are faring trying to navigate the public transportation system in Singapore. I'd like to take this opportunity to say that we are having an easy time thanks to the website http://gothere.sg/, which gives directions to and from anywhere in Singapore and is the most helpful and easy thing ever. All you have to do is type in where you are and where you want to go and it comes up with public transportation directions, estimated time of travel, and exact cost of the trip. I can even type in my dorm (Prince George Park Residence) as the starting point and my class as the ending point (Business School) and it will tell me which school shuttle bus to take. Check it out - it's awesome.

While I'm not having a hard time with public transportation, I am having a hell of a time with my unruly hair. It is so thick and it dries in gross, unmanageable waves (not like the cool waves that I can sometimes do at home). I had planned on diffusing my hair but I plugged in my diffuser and tripped the electricity in my room so that's a no-go for the time being. If anyone has any tips please let me know because I'm considering shaving my head at this point (not seriously although it would be an improvement).

Last note -- Laura (my friend who has been at virtually every family function since we were around 8 years old) is studying abroad in Ecuador and also has a blog, you can find it at http://lauralaexploradora.blogspot.com/. She actually likes taking pictures so she has some cool ones up -- check it out.

I guess that's all for now, I love you all!