Sing-gah-poh

First of all, a thousand apologies to all you dedicated readers out there.  We've had hell trying to get internet at our house and getting our shit together to update this thing.  We're gonna write a few entries in the next couple of days and then we hope to get back to a semi-regular schedule.

First, a few funny stories from our trip to Singapore.  First of all, it is a country where chewing gum is illegal and bringing in drugs can get you the death penalty, in case you didn't know.  A good indication of how rigid their society is: they were building a new terminal at their airport for cheap airlines and had a competition to name it, with the first prize being 5000 bucks.  After tough deliberation, they settled on Budget Terminal.  Somebody won money for coming up with that name (credit to Kelly for the story).

There are high Chinese and Indian populations on the island and they don't seem to get along very well.  The first Chinese cab driver we got in Little India said that Indian guys are like animals and to never let a girl walk around alone in that area of town.  They will grope her and molest her and all sorts of good stuff like that.  The next day, we had an Indian cab driver who told us that all the Chinese people care about is money.  'Money, money, money.  A Chinese man will kill you for money,'  he told us excitedly.  Good to see people living together harmoniously...

Also the Singaporean accent might be the silliest English accent on the planet (for a country where it's an official language).  I'll try and find a youtube video with good examples, but the title of this entry is a pretty good approximation of how they say their own nation's name.  Even Kelly agrees.

That's all for now, more updates soon...