Singapore Sling

Contrary to the company's recent cut backs on travel, I recently headed to Singapore for work. I learned a lot on that trip, like: I'm allergic to MSG and having McDonald's and Subway in every city on earth is good for this reason alone; that there are actually competent cab drivers in the world; and Singapore is the only place hotter and more humid year round than Houston is in August.

Singapore is a great centrally located "hub" for Asia Pacific, which makes it a good stopping point before heading to places like Thailand, China, Malaysia, India, etc. More importantly, hands down, it has the best airport shopping I've come across to date.

The highlight of my trip was getting to catch up with my friend Erin, who moved to Singapore last year with her husband Francis. It was so nice to see a familiar face so far away and share the highs and lows of being an expat. This is us at the restaurant and me in Singapore's central shopping area, Orchard Road.





The highlight of my trip home was that I got to ride on the new Singapore Airlines A380. It's like a flying city block. I really appreciated this airplane - it was quiet, it was spacious with lots of room to roam, and it had curved staircases in a very 1970s-esque airplane porn kinda way. Fortunately, Movember was over and to my knowledge, there was no one named "Dirk" on the airplane.