Chiang Mai Times: Time in Singapore

Welcome to PlaaPlaaPlaa!

So you may be wondering why PlaaPlaaPlaa? What are those strange fish symbols above? What is ปลา and what does it mean? In short, this is a blog site, so surely there's going to be plenty of rambling. Unfortunately BlahBlahBlah was already taken, so I had to settle for the 'Plaa'. But there's actually more to it then just ramblings. The first fish symbol is actually a Christian symbol meaning ICTHUS - a greek acronymn which means "Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour". The other strange letters you see in the last fish is actually the thai word for fish which funnily enough is pronounced "Plaa". So when you put it all together, this site is going to be my ramblings in telling people about how Jesus Christ is God's Son, the Saviour in Thailand (with plenty of good stories about food in between). Happy reading.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Time in Singapore

Despite a bit of an uncertain start to the trip to singapore, praise God that i got there safely, had a great time with everyone over there. Thankfully i've been to singapore a few times before, so i wasn't too fussed whether or not we did all the touristy things or whether we just stayed at home and chilled out. We ended up chilling out at home quite a lot, spending time at the pool, eating lots of crab (gotta love singapore chilli crab!!) and playing Wii Fit (to burn off all the crab we ate.....not). We also made it to the zoo one morning as well, where we discovered another major benefit of me having an asian face. As my friends were members of the zoo, they were able to get 2 adults and the kids in for free, but it meant that i would have to buy an extra adult ticket. Kris had a brilliant idea, thinking that if i played a nanny/maid for the day, i would also be able to get in for free (seeing as nanny/maids are really common over there - especially for westerners). So off we went to the zoo, i made sure that i was pushing the pram and had all the bags, and without a question asked, i got my zoo stamp and was in the gate. Matty and Tans were working hard to make sure i earned my keep that day, and apart from not having to change any nappies, i thought i'd make a great nanny/maid - although not sure i'd want to do it full time, but who knows the future :)

All up, it was a great time catching up with friends, being able to help celebrate Ellie's 3rd birthday, meeting Annika, swimming lots, getting some time out and some even some 'exercise' (thanks Wii). Thankfully all the protests in Thailand had calmed down by the time i got back, so i was able to get back to Chiang Mai with no drama's at all.

Here are a few photos of my time over there. Sorry there are no shots of 'singapore', didn't actually end up doing any touristy stuff at all apart from the zoo and about an 1hr on Orchard Rd to buy some souvenirs. But all up, a great few days away :)