I've uploaded a few pictures from Day 2 in Singapore. I forgot to bring a camera on day 1, so I made up for it by taking about 150 today, lol. I set off with the lovely Miss Jaclyn Toh:

Singapore is a big, bustling, modern city in most respects. It is a world hub of finance, which is why almost all of the buildings in this picture of the CBD are banks. CNBC was playing on the entrance to the subway!

After picking up Jaclyn's passport and student visa from the US embassy (what an ugly building!), we headed to Singapore's most famous street. Orchard Road is where Singaporeans engage in their two national pastimes, eating and shopping. Most US cities will have one or two malls around the outside of town, right? Not here. It is a 3 km long strip of malls that are 5 to 8 stories each. Tang's, Ngee Ann City, Tanglin, Wisma Centre and Takashimaya are each huge, and they are all next door!

At the Wisma Centre, we went to a place called Food Republic. I had a bit of fun ordering, mostly because the Auntie really preferred to speak Chinese. I got us Char Siew (pr. Char-Shoe) with noodles and a beef brisket claypot. The Char-Siew is a form of BBQ Pork, and it's easily one of my favorite dishes. It's really simple, just noodles and pork, but the BBQ sauce is sweet and the color is gorgeous. The Beef Claypot was just like a western beef stew.

BTW - those carrots are almost impossible with sticks!