Week 1

Day 1 Thursday/Friday
June 4, 2009
Travelling from Calgary to Singapore, approximately 14000 km and 33 hours. Upon arrival at the airport in Singapore at 2 am in the morning, we where welcomed by Alex, Chris and other ITE employees.

Day 2 Saturday
June 6, 2009
Since we travelled for 33 hours we lost a whole day. Alex met us at 11 am and gave us the three week itinerary.
After breakfast Alex showed us the college vicinity at east point mall. Next was the tour around city hall followed by touring some interesting points along the river.

Day 3 Sunday
June 7, 2009
Today our journey took us to a very fancy shopping district it called Orchid street. Mostly high end designer label clothing, it is amazing how expensive some of the stores are. Most of the stores do not even display any price tags. Steven, Ryan and myself ventured into the Hard Rock Café to buy some shirts. Since it was such a hot day and all we usually drink is water, we treaded ourselves to a small beer. After paying $14.00 Singapore money (about $12.00 CDN) we came to the conclusion to stick to water…LOL
After meeting our group again, we decided to have sushi. It didn’t take us too long to find a cool little place by the river. After consuming six small pieces of sushi worth about $30.00 and one order of maki rolls for $12.00 I came to realize that even in Singapore eating sushi is a treat.
After our dining experience we ventured into China town and found some really good bargains for shopping.
The last stop for me was the grocery store, buying bottles of water, fresh fruit and other little food items. When entering the mall, there where a lot of activities, camera’s, video production companies and a lot of spectators. I guess I walked into the final stages of the Miss Singapore pageant.
Again, we had an awesome day and it was great to witness a special Singapore culture event.