A few pictures of the faces of multicultural Singapore. Apologies for the blurriness of some of the photos — I was running out of light and shooting handheld. Turns out I can’t handhold steadily at 1/15 of a second!

Rice parcels

A very satisfied Gina!

Orchard Road

After a relatively leisurely start to the day, sitting by the pool, Gina declared that it was time to go shopping on the Orchard Road. Clearly confronted with a professional shopper, I was in no position to argue.

We started off in the food court. Gina is on a mission to eat all of the foods that she misses from when she was growing up here in Singapore, and seems to be determined to eat them all within the first week. While I sensibly bought myself a plate of yaki udon, she managed to buy dinner for three – and then we hit the main food hall, where she proceeded to stock up with more goodies to bring back to the hotel.

I must admit, many of the foods that she raves over are a bit lost on me. More on that in another post…

Another excuse to take my new lens out for a test drive — a walk around Canterbury to take photos of some of the buildings around here. At least it will give everyone a feel for where I live, if you haven’t been here yourself.