A Day Out...and In

Every ex-pat here must be sponsored by someone...John gets his employment pass from work and I get a dependent's pass.  You can't just come to live in Singapore because you want to.  :)  The company sent a driver to walk me through the process at the Ministry of Manpower, Work Pass Division.  After I got my photo done (like a driver's license), I took a photo of my guide:

His picture turned out a lot better that mine!                           The process was quick and efficient, as it always is in Singapore.  But then the driver said Good-bye and I was left to find my way home.

I stopped for coffee and enjoyed a bit of home with a twist:

Singapore has the best public transportation so I easily found the MRT station and enjoyed this scene in the Dhouby Ghout station:

My fingers are itching to start breaking china....

Got to the apartment by noon with plans to go food shopping, but  the computer connection wasn't working... I called to get it fixed and spent the whole afternoon sitting with IT guys trying to get things fixed in the apartment and on my computer...and I mean all afternoon....and much of the evening.  Went to dinner at a Thai-German Micrbrewery.  How is that for ethnic?  It was good but crazy expensive, but on Monday nights the live band offers a deal:  come up and sing just one song with the band and you get 30% discount. And when did I ever pass up a discount?  So I sang Desperado with the quite-good local band and got $30 off the bill.  Am I a professional singer now?? :}