Friday, June 13, 2008

BBC Asia Postponed




So I'm super late in getting all of this out to everyone. Over last weekend we had our homestays with local Singaporean families, I was feeling a bit under the weather, there's been a lot of birthdays and we have been travelling as a group in Malaysia with no internet the last two days. Overall.... things are incredibly different. To pick up where I last left off: wednesday we were supposed to see the recording of a BBC Asia broadcast but BBC instead decided to cover the US election, thanks to Hilary Clinton's expected withdrawl from the race. Dissappointing, but I went and explored a new part of the city with Patrick. First we walked around the area a bit and then found a small cafe on a corner and tried the SE Asian equivalent to nutella (in popularity, not in use) called Kaya. We also came across a beautiful Buddhist temple that was ornately decorated and contained a holy relic tooth of Buddha! We had to wear sarong type covers because we were both in shorts, which added to the experience. There was also a roof at the top with a rotating meditation wheel in a room with 10,000 Buddhas as well gardens that looked out onto the city. Again it is so amazing to see such traditionalism mixed in with the urbanity.

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