Parents Visit - Singapore

It's been a busy (yet relaxing) past 2 weeks.  Mom and Dad arrived Jan.12 and Dad quickly found my favorite spot on the balcony and Mom and I immediately started our Scrabble games.  Day 1 they quickly learned my bus #77 route to downtown!  On the weekend, we did a hop-on-and-off tour bus of the city stopping at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel to ride the elevator to floor 57 for a cocktail at the top and a great view of the city.  On Sunday afternoon we had a lovely time walking around in the orchid gardens. We had cocktails on the lawn in the Botanic Gardens as we listened to the Chinese Symphony Orchestra perform.  And then we had a lovely dinner at Helia in the Garden.

lawn of Botanic Gardens

While I worked, Mom and Dad did some more sightseeing, fixed some things in my apartment, discovered the wet market and therefore did some grocery shopping and found some new restaurants to try out.  We went to Chinatown a few days before Chinese New Year and tried about 10 different dishes of dim sum at a restaurant called Yum Cha Restaurant.  We had about 20 dim sum choices for dinner but at lunchtime, one can choose from 60 choices!

We also went to the Night Safari which was a perfect evening to go and we saw some really interesting animals!

As I had 3 days plus 2 days for the weekend off for Chinese New Year, Mom, Dad and I went to Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.  See next blog entry!