It's only Day 3 - really?

I have been here forever already! I absolutely love it and I feel like we've done so much already. I can't believe I still have over a week left and so many more exciting things to do..

So today - We didn't really do a whole lot but there was a lot of information overload instead. We had a couple lectures at the National University of Singapore. The first was with a very nice gentleman who talked mainly about Singapore's environmental issues and the reserves on the island along with methods they have put in place and are working on to keep preserving certain areas and expand the conservation of natural areas and wildlife. He also took us to the Raffles Natural History Museum, which was part of the university. It was a small room with lots of dead and preserved things. Interesting... The second speaker in the afternoon was an an environmental lawyer and she talked about governance and more policy-oriented things, along with a generl overview of singapore history and laws. It's all very fascinating and I may go into it later...she had very interesting points of view since she was Chinese and Singaporean. We had lenghty discussions on the things she told us later in the evening..

For dinner we had bread, nutella, grapes, cheese, and wine in a nearby park. It was a marvelous picnic and the park is beautiful. there were many other locals have get-togethers and grilling out, despite the heat. It is hot and humid every day..some people were jeans and long sleeves. I don't know how they do it. I suppose I'm slowly getting used to it. After our picnic dinner we went further into the park where the jungle gyms were and we happily became children again. It was quite an exciting and fun adventure. I haven't climbed on things and spun around on contraptions in years. The pictures really do it justice as opposed to attempting an explanation. The playground was really big though, and let's just say some of the equipment definitely would not exist in the US due to safety implications..But we were very careful, of course. :)

Now I've been attempting to catch up on blogging and pictures, which really does take a long time! Maybe eventually I will elaborate more on today's topics and interesting issues/cultural aspects of Singapore. Not at the moment, however.

For now, enjoy the pictures...

Singapore Photos Day Three