We ventured out today onto the SMRT the Singapore equivalent of the tube. It was awesome not least because it was air-conditioned. Destination botanical gardens. We had begun to think it was a terrible idea since it was sweltering again and about 30 mins after we got in Jenni felt very wobbly. The gardens were fabulourps though and showcased everything the tropics has to offer in terms of flora. We saw lobster claw, bananas, Bougainvillia and dozens of other plants in he healing garden and sensory gardens. The food court had re-opened and so we ate duck and rice, wanton noodles and ….
For adventurous types we gave up after lunch and headed back to swim (cool down) once more. I had been testing the diving commuter I bought in anticipation of the opportunities in North Eastern Malaysia.
The kids managed to find a praying mantis hanging onto the bin and also a red dragon fly so we have stuck this up as they will likely write about something very peculiar again on their journal tomorrow.
I found out from Tony that to own a car here you need a Certificate of Entitelment to drive before you are allowed to purchase one. This certificate costing £20-30k and the exorbitant price of cars means you have to be very privileged to own your own.
The papers are full of a court hearing going on where a church has funnelled donations into shell accounts to boost a pop singers career and Luke is outraged! :). How could they?
I was hoping we would get a thunderstorm but it looks like my bug toe was wrong. Probably still acclimatising!
