Asian Civilizations museum, Chinatown, Clark Quay

The whole weekend must be broken up by day, so here's Friday:

In the morning there was an awesomely interesting lab meeting, where I got to learn what half of my research group here does (my new labmates for the summer are pretty awesome and very multicultural) - lots of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering optimization for biofuel production as well as biosensing (with cells). I also got to present my preliminary data and plan for the summer. The equipment I shipped from the US got here nice and sound after tons of paperwork - so I'll be able to start right away!

In the afternoon several of us EAPSI participants went downtown to get our Work Holiday Passes from MoM (Ministry of Manpower, which we all call the Ministry of Magic). That was a quick process, after which we wondered around downtown a bit and came across an Asian Civilizations Museum. It was free and SPECTACULAR. I'm going to put only a few pictures here, as there were SO many awesome things there..

At the museum

Afterwards we headed to Chinatown for dinner and walking around - found some grilled stingray and a delicious seafood omelet. Hau also got the famous Chili Crab - yum! We were starving!

Barebeque sting ray!

Famous Chili Crab

We were thirsty!

Temple on the edge of Chinatown

Chinatown street

After Chinatown some of us decided to grab a Tiger beer and chill. We then went to the Clark Quay district - which is just a beautiful area by the water full of bars, clubs, and restaurants. It's also fun to just walk around and people-watch. We met up with some other EAPSI students at a local brewery and I had some delicious raspberry beer which was not sweet at all (unlike a lambic). Afterwards we headed home because we were going to wake up early the next day for hiking and monkey-watching!

Clark Quay - very pretty waterfron!

Group at CQ