Singapore - Day 2

For day two I was on my own during the day because Chappy had classes, but I had contacted the Singapore YSA so I could join them for FHE that night. 

First stop: Haw Par Villa

It's free, it's crazy, and I think it would be a really great place to play hide and seek. 

So apparently if you get a photo together with your wife in front of these 9 dragons then you will definitely have a son. I'm not married, but I know I will want a son, so I posed in a way that I can edit her in later. : D

The guy who created this place was also one of the creators of Tiger Balm, that great stuff that everyone uses on their mosquito bites in Taiwan. 

One of his clever advertising methods was to drive around in this car that looks like a tiger. 

Hell, yeah, I guess I should go check it out. 

As I was looking at this depiction of the first court of hell, I thought it was kind of funny that they were missing the bridge for all the sinners that I guess they slip off and fall into a river of hot oil or something crazy like that. 

As I was walking later along a fragile bridge, I realized that they had conveniently given the bridge to us in a life-size model so we could all experience it. 

The merlion! Every city needs something to help your friends on facebook recognize where you've been, and the merlion is the most recognizable symbol of Singapore. 

So this was pretty cool. First I see all these kids photos and think to myself, why do they have these on display outside? That's funny... I guess I'll take a photo. 

Next thing I know I turn around and see this::

They totally brought the kids drawing to life!!

....if only I had grown up in Singapore. 

Trying to capture how big the open area of the mall here..you kind of have to be there. 

Gardens by the bay. Singapore spent a ton of money to build these weird trees. 

These leaves would make for some nice umbrellas. 

I love this: A photo of a guy taking a photo of a girl taking a selfie. 

The missionaries gave a great FHE lesson about Christ. 

This is the group! I had a really fun time in Singapore but I knew there wouldn't be much going on during the week anyway so I was excited to go on to Malaysia the next day. 

Singapore - Day 1

Singapore is one of those four Asian tigers that has seen a lot of economic success. One of my reasons for visiting Singapore was actually because I wanted to check out if it was somewhere I'd like to live someday since I know there are a lot of job opportunities there. 

Of course, I had literally just finished my finals at school so I definitely came here to have a good time.

Everyone told me to make sure I try the chicken rice while in Singapore. It was great! I actually prefer the chicken rice in Thailand, but they had that here too! One of the nice things about Singapore is that you get a great culinary experience of the whole region in one city. 

Me and Chappy, my host in Singapore. He grew up in Singapore but his parents are originally from Hong Kong. He definitely likes people to see more of the realities of Singapore, so even though we saw all this street art and other cool stuff, we also went through some back alleys and some of the red light district type stuff in Singapore too. 

I love the building numbers. 

Hahaha, I thought this sign was great. "temporary inconvenience" yeah, just until 2017. haha. 

So after dinner I decided to have some carrot cake. 

no, not that carrot cake! 

This carrot cake...yeah...not exactly what I was expecting. It was edible, but definitely not a dessert. !!

If you want to see the video of my time in Singapore, click on the link below::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJxRX6rF0A&feature=youtu.be

The Price is Right!

Although this happened on Jan. 2, and by now it's old news, of course I have to have it in my blog!

So here's the story behind it all: 

Waaaaaay back in September (the 10th to be exact), a group of us got together to go watch The Price is Right to try and get on the show. Actually, just my grandpa and I were trying to get on the show because it was grandparent's day at TPIR. My dad had noticed it awhile before and knew that with me and Grandpa's same names, birthdays, and extroverted personalities we would be a shoe-in. 

We were!! We were actually the first ones down and we big on the price of an iPad and iPad mini. 

Here were our bids. Grandpa and I were the last to bid, and we won!! 

Meeting Drew. 

Our game. Playing for trip for two to London. 

We got it!!!

(I did a lot of jumping that day)

Next was spinning the wheel. 

I don't have any more screenshots I can get of the video, but now I have photos from TPIR viewing party we had in Kaysville (at Duane and Kirsten's house) which was a total blast! Lots of great food and great times with great people!

So the wheel spin was great. We got an .85!! During the shout outs I got my mom, all the people who came with us, and to Ikaika Kim out in Hawaii!!

That meant we went on to the Showcase Showdown!!

Here were our bids: 

1. Quality Time

Trip to Palm Springs, CA (limo, 6n, Riviera Palm Springs; RR) Dinner 1 night 1 90min massage each Round of golf Bettinardi his & hers golf clubs & accessories (RR) 2013 Chrysler 200 Touring convertible (2.4L, 6AT, 18×7" alum wheels, UConnect w/Bluetooth; LSV)

Ray & Ray pass; Bonnie & Michael bid $27,000.

2. Capture the Memories

Canon SX500 IS & waterproof point-and-shoot digital cameras (RR, DC) Trip to Honolulu, HI (6n, Waikiki Parc Hotel; LSV) 4hr catamaran cruise Mediterranean cruise (7n; LSV) Sailing from Rome Ports of call: Naples, Barcelona, Nice

Ray & Ray bid $20,550.

And we WON!!!! WOOHOO!!

Here's a table of our bids and total winnings: 

So it was AMAZING! We completely won the whole entire thing.

Here's a link to the full episode: 

http://video.tvguide.com/The+Price+Is+Right/The+Price+Is+Right++122014/21373208/tvo-194480-season-42-episode-6525?autoplay=true&partnerid=tvguide&primary=shows&show=The+Price+Is+Right

Just our first bid: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtkeXhny3c0

And a link to an episode recap someone made (and who I got the tables from): 

http://tpirrecap.blogspot.com/2014/01/tpirecap-2-january-2014-grandparents.html