Jurong Lake 5K (Sunday 07/10/2011) about ½ of the EAPSI fellows were recruited by Nicole to run the Jurong Lake 5K. My first road race ever, I was very proud of my 33minute finish time.
Botanical Gardens Later in the day on Sunday 07/10/2011, we decided to head to Arab street for lunch. Turkey Kebab is soo delicious J And then head to the Botanic Gardens located across the street from the US Embassy in the Orchard Road area. The gardens are absolutely stunning! Unfortunatley it was already 6pm by the time we got there, so we didn’t have much daylight left in the day to be able to take any really good pictures.
Altitude Bar and Lounge Monday 07/11/2011 a few of the EAPSI fellows decided to go for happy hour at probably the most amazing bar in Singapore, Altitude. Altitude is an upscale rooftop bar at the very top of One Raffles Place (63 Stories high). It boasts the most beautiful views of Singapore and let me tell you it did not disappoint. It’s free to take the elevator up to the bar, but you have to buy a $20 drink. While quite an expensive drink, it’s much better than paying $20 to go up to the top of the Marina Bay Sands just for the view. They had a great lounge band and overall fabulous atmosphere—I would highly recommend doing this if you are ever in Singapore!
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At the Start Line of the Jurong Lake 5K--there were probably close to 500 people running the race |
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Me just before the 5k started |
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Victory Breakfast at Swensen's post 5K |
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Singapore Ice Cream Sandwhich--yes that's ice cream in a regular piece of bread--It's actually not as bad as it sounds. |
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Swan Lake Botanical Gardens |
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Ginger Garden Water Fall, Botanical Gardens |
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Banana Tree Garden, Botanical Gardens |
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Stage at Bontical Gardens, Free concerts here the 1st Sunday of the Month |
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Ominous Red Sky at sunset over the Bontanical Gardens |
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Bonzai Tree Garden, Botanical Gardens |
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Daylight View of Marina Bay Sands from Altitude Rooftop Bar |
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Night Time view of Marina Bay Sands from Altitude--Each night around 8pm there is a laser light show at the Marina Bay Sands. Altitude was a really neat place to watch this. |
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Me at Altitude |
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Night views of Singapore--that's the Singapore flier to the top right of the picture |
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More night views of Singapore |
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And even more night views |