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M’laysia

Hello hello! I celebrated Singapore’s national day this weekend… By going to Malaysia! So funny thing about Singapore national day – it’s not exactly the fourth of July. In-fact, most people I knew were either going on holiday, or had people visiting them. Apparently, you must get tickets for the national day parade months in advance. I didn’t do that, and I didn’t want to stick around for the fireworks. So, I grabbed two of my friends (two interns from... Read more →

Ending on a High Note

Well, after 8 weeks of delicious food and good friends, I started having to say the first of my goodbyes in Singapore this week. I’d been hoping to catch up on blog posts this week but yikes I fell even further behind. My best friend from fencing, Alvin, is fencing in Taiwan next week, so I won’t get to see him before I leave. And that’s very sad. I’m starting to miss Singapore already, and I’m still here for a... Read more →

The Hunt For Red Chicktober

I finally did the one thing I’d been trying to do for my entire time in Singapore – got the second Michelin starred hawker stall’s food. This might not seem like a huge deal (after all, it was just chicken and rice) but I had been battling with this stall to find its food. This was my THIRD time going – seemingly every time I went it was closed. And so, I suppose it was a fitting beginning of the... Read more →

The I-Couldn’t-Think-of-a-Pun-But- Was-At-a-Conference-This-Week Post

Hello from Suntec City! Well, actually I’m writing this from home, but I was at the Suntec mall/convention center all week for the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society convention. I’ve spent my week going to talks, perusing the poster presentations, enjoying the fine dining of the Suntec for the week. This was much smaller than the AGU conference I went to last winter, but it was very nice. I attended a couple of great talks, learned a lot, and made a... Read more →

Fencing Time!

I hate to say… It’s been a boring week so far in terms of what I’ve been doing outside of work. I discovered a great kebab place that’s right by my apartment (it’s apparently super authentic too), but beyond that, nothing all too wild has happened this week. And why has it been so uneventful? I was resting. Biding in wait. For fencing!! I think I mentioned this a bit offhandedly in another post, but I have been fencing a... Read more →

Illustrator? SURF Part 2

You have to make sure the bands are perpendicular first! It’s time for my second blog post about my Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) this summer. I’ve moved on from the Photoshop phase of my SURF and am now in a new phase: Adobe Illustrator. The general process of everything here is fairly simple. After flattening down the photoshop file from the last post, I ended up with a very nice picture of a coral. A very large one. But... Read more →

Cann-ed Jokes

Ok. The title is again an anecdote. I went to Fort Canning Park. I have a bit of confession; I went to Fort Canning park to. Well. Play Pokémon Go. I mean, I went twice actually. The first time was to visit and explore. The second was to take pictures and catch Pokémon. Mostly for my dad, funny enough. He needed the extra support this weekend. So, what is a “Fort Canning Park”? It’s a former place of a palace.... Read more →

Man, I Really Hate Work!

Hey hey! This post is a bit delayed because I’ve been busy catching up on life (and sleep. Mostly sleep.) after possibly the best day of my entire summer! FIELDWORK DAY. So, by some small miracle, I just happened to end up in Singapore over the period where our group replaces tidal sensors on the island of Nikoi. This is a small resort island in the northeast(?) part of Indonesia. We got there by a ferry to Bintan, where we... Read more →

Food Fe$t

Well. Here it is. The long-promised food update. Actually, it’s not really a full food update. I’ll give the two second update on everything and then into the big story. So, two second update: I ate carrot cake (not the pastry – actually a weird savory turnip dish that was delicious), hand-pulled noodles (from the SCHOOL CAFETERIA, Y’ALL I CAN’T EVEN), some Korean food, lots of curry, boba, putu piring, more boba, a burger on the Fourth of July (legitimately... Read more →

(Bird)Park it Like It’s Hot

I’m finally home. Not in the USA. Not back in Singapore from my trip to Indonesia (more to come on that next week!). But home. With the birds. Little known fact about me, I used to work at the Denver Zoo. For 5 years. I specifically worked in the bird department, and I got to care for everything from a Northern Helmeted Curassow (and the love of my life, Peggy), a pacific brant goose, flamingos, vultures, and every type of... Read more →