Friday, December 14, 2012

WARM Christmas Wishes from the Equator

Singapore is like Clark Griswold for Christmas (click here)...and I love it! Sing, I wholeheartedly appreciate your enthusiasm for holidays! Double-confirm. 


Orchard Road (at the heart of the city) is famous for its Christmas lights and this year is no exception. Some of these pictures are mine and some I borrowed but please know, these are only a few snapshots, the Christmas mega-decoration goes further beyond your wildest Christmas decorated dreams. 


I.LOVE.CHRISTMAS!...and better yet, I will be hugging on some Comers this Christmas! Making the trip home to South Carolina TOMORROW to a shocking below 80 degree climate. (yesssss!) My hair is already singing the hallelujah chorus. 


But before I go, here are some highlights:


The Singapore Flyer (officially the tallest Ferris Wheel in the world) converted into the tallest Christmas tree. Genius.

Orchard Road                           

Lights over Orchard Road

Tangs department store front on Orchard

                                    

Raffles Hotel

Ion Mall on Orchard Road 

Just couldn't get enough Christmas lights?? (Can never have enough Christmas lights, right?) 

See more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UnSC4e_lsQ


Singing: "I'll be Home for Christmas" -She & Him

Friday, December 7, 2012

The National University of Singapore

On my way in to work today, I was reminded how BEAUTIFUL my campus is! Want to have a look around? I'll take you through my normal commute into campus from my MRT stop:


Click here: NUS Campus 


 These are pretty common on campus and are HUGE covers for walkways. There are two reasons I love this. As a Ging, it takes T-minus 10 minutes for me to get a "summer glow" so now with these bad boys in place, I can prance around campus with abandon. #win. Also, we have just entered monsoon season (see picture below) so thank you NUS for fighting the elements on our behalf!

 Speaking of common, it rains pretty frequently...as in I can't remember a day where it didn't rain a little bit at some point. I kind of like it! :) It makes everything look so green and lush but it does get a bit confusing when everything is so green during Christmastime! 

This is right underneath where my office is and is probably one of my favorite views on campus. There are bazarres (markets) here sometimes and the campus "co-op" (aka bookstore) is out of the picture to the left. Seems like there is always something going on!

Palm trees everywhere! This is on my way to my office and you can always tell when it is about to rain from this view!

 This is from the 3rd floor of our department's main building. It's a jungle out there...literally. This also sort of reminds me of Dharmaville #LostLivesOn


Then, my commute to work ends at this door, the CARE lab! It's sort of like the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, when you go through this door, you enter a whole new world haha with so many different cultures that make up our team! #magical

The National University of Singapore

CARE

Dept. of Communication and New Media








And finally, this is my desk in the CARE lab. I wish you could see but out the window in the harbor area on the West Coast.  









Singing: "Lost in My Mind" -The Head and the Heart