Singapore, Week 2

It is early in my second week in Singapore and what news do I have????? Not much.

I was told it would be hot and humid here. I lived outside of DC for 14 years - I know hot and humid....or so I thought. I think it can be said of Singapore "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." When I woke up this am, it was 29 and 78% humidity. I don't think we had humidity like that in DC.

This past weekend, I found some salsa clubs. I went out Friday and Saturday nights. At one of the clubs, there was a 3 piece band from Colombia. I met and hung out with the latino friends of the band. It is not too tough to pick out the latinos in a club full of Singaporeans.

There are some good dancers among the locals. I think they have a little different style than in DC - they seem to dance and move in a very small area of space - but they have some good moves.

Sean and I got a bit of exercise in last week, which was fall break for the kids. He lifts 3X per week and hits the track for some jogging. I hope to build up a few of my muscles while I'm here.

No news on the job front but I do have a local resume and I have some people to whom I can send it.

Connor's high school soccer team had a game against a local club team last week. I was told that the guys on the other team were probably out of high school. It turned out that some were out of work because they were near retirement age. The player/coach on the other team is in his 50's. Most on the team looked to be in their late 20's or early 30's. Connor's team was up 4-0 when the game was called with :50 to go after 2 guys on the club team starting fighting with each other.

That's the news for now.

BJM 10-14-08