Countin' all his diamonds.

Let's see, this week was no Taman Negara but regardless you still get to hear about it! 

I will start with the boring stuff, aka "education." So I didn't get into the language course that I was raving about last day, but I did manage to squeeze into an air pollution management elective despite it not being available for exchange students originally. Good news is that it will most likely count towards a credit with Waterloo, but bad news is that it is an extra 3 hours a week of listening to a heavily accented Asian man attempt to speak english fluently. Seriously, ohhhh my God! I thought Waterloo had prepared me well, but alas, it did not. 

Number 2 on the discussion list, money aka funds aka loonies. I've laid out my budget and it has come down to this realization, I'm going to be in debt after this trip. Haha no seriously, on an average Wednesday night we do the club scene because Wed is Ladies night everywhere and I guess that is motivation enough. Between cheap beers at the Staff Club beforehand, two cab rides, cover/line skipping charges, drinks or bottles and the occasional late night snack I drop between 60-100 SGD. Should be simple right? Don't go out, save some money. It's not that easy Mom! How else am I going to get my dance on and meet cute girls on a regular basis? 

Speaking of cute girls, I guess that would bring us to number 3. During our trip to Taman Negara you may recall our bus breaking down outside of Kuala Lumpur? Well while waiting on the side of the road we met two English girls, Sophie and Stacey. Their trip around Southeast Asia ended in Singapore this week, so Alisa and I met up with them for dinner and drinks down at Clarke Quay Thursday night. 

We did dinner at a Caribbean themed restaurant, went for a walk around Clarke Quay, got some Turkish ice cream (which was bizarre! Imagine ice cream that is so thick you have to chew it), and then decided to either call it a night or grab some drinks somewhere. Thanks to Stacey's energetic dancing, we decided on the latter. I had spotted a rooftop bar earlier and convinced the girls to try it out. Talk about ballin, this place was sick. First of all, a fake elevator/door to get in with a velvet rope that was opened for us? What!? Inside, we were told to grab drinks if we wanted to go to the rooftop because it was self service up there. 2 bottles of wine and 100+ dollars later we made our way up to the heli-pad, (I think that was the name of the bar as well). Pictures are attached, I can't really do it justice with my words. 

Hmm, what else? Chilled at the pool on Thursday to shake off the hangover from Ladies night. We went to the Gotham Penthouse, which makes you think you might run into Batman, and ordered bottle service since that was the only deal on for us guys. A 40 of Bacardi and a 40 of Tequila later, my memory blanks me...but I'm pretty sure I behaved! However, Ashley apparently got cut off at the bar and had a discussion with the manager on how to become one of his dancers. Hahahaha, oh too good. Here's the pool. 

So I'm off to Padang, Indonesia (West Sumatra) tomorrow until Tuesday. I'll put up a nice post after that. Wish me luck, I have to worry about: theft, diseases, earthquakes, tsunamis AND volcanoes. What up! p.s. Go Canada!

Todays Spin : Prince of Spades - Dispatch

(If you haven't been paying attention to the song's I've been posting, do start. These things are gold! "Always to a beat".)