Monday, March 04, 2013

Singapore School Visit, Shops and Sightseeing

I do a lot of school visits, like this one about a mile from my house. However, my most recent visit was 8,774 miles away from home . . .

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We had a day to try to adjust to the eighteen hour time difference. So we explored some, and ate some, then ate some more . . .

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During the week we also visited this amazing little street . . .

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(We'll go into more detail about it at the end of this blog.)

For the next three days, I was at the Stamford American International School in Singapore!

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I did two assemblies for grades K - 5 . . .

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At the end of the first day, there was a welcome party for Peepy and it involved cake!

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The workshops were wonderful, and the students were soooooo enthusiastic . . .

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I taught persuasive writing, and Peepy taught rocket science . . .

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We had some yummy meals on campus . . .

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Here are some more students!

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Peepy was always sad when the workshops ended. However, she was cheered by lunch . . .

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Look! It's the library . . .

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As always, Peepy made new friends . . .

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Peepy likes to sightsee and shop, so we took a taxi to Arab Street . . .

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We had a hot and spicy fish dish to fuel us, and kept going . . .

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Haji Lane was just around the corner. If you like indie boutiques, vintage and handmade clothes and jewelry, and one-of-a-kind items, this is the place for you (and me) (and Peepy) . . .

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$2 got is us into the toy museum . . .

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It sort of reminded me of my office. I dunno, what do you think?

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NEXT BLOG: I found the bookstore of my dreams in Singapore . . .

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