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A week in Philippines (Part I)
I will try to make this short and sweet. Arrived in Manila, Philippines on Saturday (Feb 23rd). After figuring out our bus route to Pasay, south part of Manila, and taking the ride there, we got our ticket to Legaspi (13hrs bus ride away) and left with a couple of hours on our hands we…
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Spring break (recess week)
I am on spring-break now at the National University of Singapore, so I, Gabi, Loic and Rahel took a flight to Philippines for a week and now we are in Legaspi. The end of monsoon season is not very travel-friendly so instead of the expected sun we are flooded with ton of rain. Last Saturday…
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Batam Island (Chinese New Year Weekend)
So the weekend started early 🙂 – Wednesday night. Went to city for Chinese new year and checked out the scene in Chinatown. Sat around a huge screen watching a concert that was happening live right behind us but because the streets were closed off we were too lazy to make a big circle around…
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Article about Malacca/Melaka
I simply have to share this… Today while surfing net for our recess week travels I found this article on National Geographic. I wish I would have read this before the weekend trip to Melaka. I believe it would have given me a different feel for Melaka. Author writes about Malacca Straights and Batam (the…
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Bike Quest Update
So the race went very well. We have completed two areas West and Central that included about 16 checkpoints spread around Singapore, at which we had to solve puzzles and play games to complete the area checkpoints and receive clues about the next area. The race attracted a total of 58 teams (4 members each)…
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Gimtadienis = Birthday
Bega metai, bega dienos:) Stai ir dar vienas gimtadienis. Sis sutiktas su naujais draugais Singapure. Vakar (30d) sventeme klube o siandien bare buvom. So today (the day that ended 3 hours ago) was my 23rd b-day. Even though I am far away from my close friends and family, I had a great day today. It…
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BikeQuest 2008 – Cycledelic
In about half an hour I am meeting my teammates Manas, Toby and Rahel to make our trip to the East Coast Park (Haven’t been there yet) and at 9:30PM tonight, Saturday, the 2nd of February 2008 we will compete in a night bike competition/event Bike Quest 2008 – Cycledelic. The race will take place…
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Where I live
I took this picture a couple of days ago. Its where I live. Its a huge residence housing about 3,000 students. Highly sophisticated infrastructure makes living here very comfortable and smooth. Although locks on everyfloor, which can be unlocked only with the key to your floor, make this place a bit like a prison, it’s…
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Melaka Jan 18-20
1st weekend at NUS I talk to my French bud Thomas and we agree on going to Melaka. After some last minute considerations and decisions we are heading to the bus stations by taxi. We barely make it to the 5pm bus and I, Thomas, Karim, and UIUC students Heidi and Michelle, along with their…
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Arrival to Singapore
I begin my blog exactly 1 week after my arrival to Singapore. 1 week is a short period of time but I already had a chance to experience some of what Singapore has to offer. In fact, I already took a weekend-trip to Malaysia (next blog entry). So arriving to Singapore was an exhausting experience.…