More Touristy things

So I've time doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.  When Vera and Lars came back for the tail end of their vaca, the gang met up and we all met up at the Lao Pa Sat for dinner, a famous Hawker center in City Center.

The hawkers bar basically like newsstands in a subway station except these serve food and there all designed to be cafeteria type food courts all over Singapore.  It's the definition of local food, and the great thing about local food in Singapore, is that it can be from anywhere in the world.  And yes there are really venders that sell Pig Organ soup.  I haven't had the guts yet to try it yet. :-) Maybe some day

They're all open air, so as long as you can stay cool with a nice cool beer, or a traditional ice fruit juice, they're a cheap place to grab a bite with a big group of friends.  As you can see from above, we started with 5 or 6 main courses (all 4 SGD each super cheap), and then kept getting more small and large dishes depending on what we liked most.  This is one of the best ways to try a little bit of each type of food to learn what you'll really like.

 After Lao Pa Sat, we ventured over to Ku De Ta, the ultimate tourist attraction.  This is the bar on top of the Marina Bay Sands (the three hotels with the boat on top).  Taking in the view from up there was even better then Singapore flyer.  Its a upscale bar and we almost didn't get in because Dan was wearing a T shirt, good thing it was a Monday, phew.

The views were unbelievable, an amazing way to spend a Monday night.  One unique phenomenon about Singapore is the weather.  You can really see when a storm is coming and you can look the other way and see crystal clear skies.  When we were on top of the Boat, we could see the lighting from a  distance storm on some unknown island not far away.  It made the skies light up like their were fire work.
I can't wait for people to come an experience the crazy changes in the weather.  Ha ha The picture below is definitely taken on a different day but I can definitely testify that the weather can go from beautiful and sunny to torrential down pour, then right back to suny again.