Perth....Hallowe'en....and a whole lot in between

Hi All,

While it’s been snowing back home, it’s been a pretty eventful couple of weeks in Asia.

The Northern Irishmen himself, Jamie Black came to stay for a few days before shooting off for a month traveling Asia – I’m meeting back up with him at the end of Nov for a few days partying and chilling on the beach. Had a couple of good nights out and showed Jamie some of the more “interesting” parts of Singapore!

Then a group of 8 of us headed off to Perth and Margaret River for 5 days of gluttony! Was basically a food and wine frenzy – couple of those “loosen your belts” moments! Stayed the first and last night in Perth – felt a bit like Cardiff – small City on the coast, easy to get around. Rest of the time we picked up a car (see my advert for Audi!) and drove down the coast to the southwest point of Oz – Margaret River. Gorgeous valleys and vineyards set against the beach and coast – really nice place to get away from it all and relax. Got some good pics on FB

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=46487&l=30082&id=512991087

Friday night was of course Hallowe’en. Singaporeans sure make a big effort. A group of 12 of us headed to a comedy night under the theme “Golf Pros and Tennis Hos”! Some cracking costumes and a good boozy night all round. Not sure if it was because the first person was a guy and was British….or the fact that the “headline” was female and Australian, but it was one extreme to the other with the British fella having us in hysterics and the Aussie woman had us throwing plastic golf balls. Defining moment of the evening was our friend Jared getting up on stage in front of the 200 people for his dance interpretation of YMCA. Again, pics (and more importantly video!!) on FB

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=46485&l=1be13&id=512991087

On Saturday, Anna “Preston” Preston arrived for 24 hours on her way to Sydney. Had a good night out at Supper Club and did some shopping and eating etc. Went to the famous Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel for lunch and can only describe my “Spring country chicken with frites” as KFC chicken and chips in a bucket – really frustrates me how these institutions trade on their name. That’s a problem with Singaporeans in general – they have no idea about good service.

Back to my old ways this week – seeing a Canadian comedian called Russell Peters. I’ve never heard of him, but he sold out his 3 shows in hours so I thought why not. And Friday we’re watching Avenue Q which I’m very excited about!! Next week, Nicole and Paul are in Bangkok so going to shoot up and see them for a couple of days.

Hope all is well wherever you are. Please write back and lemme know what’s going on, J x