Skip to main content

In Singapore You'll Be Happy Forevermore

On Sunday morning we took the 8:45am ferry from Batam to Singapore and spent the rest of the day Sunday and all of Monday exploring the amazing city / country that is Singapore.

We shopped on Haji Lane

Got "selfie coffees"

Made a wish at the Fountain of Weath

Swam in the rooftop infinity pool at our hotel

Enjoyed an AMAZING bike tour of Singapore with the greatest tour guide, Rene

Enjoyed some dumplings, noodles & chicken rice from the hawkers in Chinatown

Tried chili crab from La Pau Sat

Watched the light show at Gardens by the Bay

Checked out the famous Raffles Hotel

& enjoyed a relaxing mini-vacation together after a hard week of work.

What an amazing experience.
We are beyond blessed!



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Planes, trains & ...a ferry!

We made it! After flying, training & ferrying, it's been a long day! We'll update you more tomorrow, but for now: We arrived in Singapore at 6:15am on Sunday, August 6th. Together we figured out how to navigate the train & made it to our destination  with plenty of time to eat "lunch" (at 9am) before taking the 10:45am ferry to Batam, Indonesia. We spent the day exploring Batam, getting to know the area, and gearing up for the week ahead of us. Tomorrow, we build! Tonight, we sleep! 
1 comment
Read more

Noodles are yummy.

Thursday, Habitat Build Day 3 After an awesome day of fun & relaxation yesterday, it seemed a few of us were having a rough time adjusting back to work mode-- even the chickens were laughing at us this morning. But, after some quick stretches, a little prayer & a whole lot of music, we were able to get ourselves in gear. :) Today we wired some more rebar, passed some bricks, dug tunnels for the septic pipes, and dug the septic tank. As Rachel would say, "Gotta make room for the poop!"  It has been so neat to see the homeowners (Saepuloh and Sandra) really get their hands dirty and help with the build in any way they can. Today the two of them were working hard digging the septic tank. When we were passing the bricks from their pile by the side of the road up to where the house is (or will be) we made an assembly line. Iman (one of the Indonesian laborers) was at the end of the line stacking the bricks that I would hand to Griffin and Griffin would hand ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Aku cinta kamu, Batam.

Saturday, Final Habitat Build Day Today was our last day on the work site and our last full day in Batam; I'm so sad it's over! We couldn't start working until about 10:45 because it was raining so hard. I LOVE the thunder and lighting! (Not because it prevented us from working-- that was a bummer-- but because it's so neat!) I forgot to mention yesterday, we had to leave the site a bit earlier than usual because of the lighting, and then when we pulled onto the first main dirt road, lightning struck right in front of our van. Crazy!  We were practicing our Indonesian words today (unglar like singular means slacker / maaf means sorry / terima kasih means thank you (or "makasi" less formal, like saying "thanks") / suka means like / cinta like chin-tah means love) etc & I told Jeremi (one of the Indonesian laborers who actually received his own Habitat home last year & now works for Habitat) "Aku cinta Jeremi." He laughed...
Post a Comment
Read more