Over our stay in Singapore, on top of the relocation people, we've also been welcome by our future colleagues.
Ben, who's been in Singapore for five weeks now in extended business trip, took us on Thursday night to Nuoc, a Vietnamese restaurant on the roof top of Orchard Central. The food was good, however service was extremely slow, which is very unusual for Asia. The big wow was to sit there, outside, with a view on Orchard road. I can imagine spending more time up there.
Vinay, who relocated from Kobe, Japan, to Singapore eight months ago, took us to Dempsey Hill. The former British barracks have been converted into shops and restaurants. On Friday night the area was packed with people and luxury cars. Given how much it costs to buy a standard car, I can't imagine how much a Audi A8 or a Ferrari would cost over here. It's even more crazy as the speed limit is 90km/h. What's the point of getting a Ferrari if you can't really drive it? It's called show off. Singapore has the highest concentration of millionaires in Asia, and they spend their money, obviously. Vinay took us to Margarita's, a Mexican restaurant, where we enjoyed some very good Quesadillas and Fajitas (with shrimps). Vinay gave us plenty of advice regarding places to go for dinner or drinks. And he claims to have only explored 5% of what's out there!
Both of them shared with us their experience of moving to Singapore. So far we've heard almost only good things. The few negatives, like the size of apartments, are compensating by huge positive, like having a pool. Clearly they wouldn't go anywhere else.
With all this great food available it will be hard to stay fit, which the "Living in Singapore" guide mentioned as well. Clearly we will have to make the best used of the pool and gym facility to balance the food intake.
Thus a quote that will become legendary from Wolfram:
Ben, who's been in Singapore for five weeks now in extended business trip, took us on Thursday night to Nuoc, a Vietnamese restaurant on the roof top of Orchard Central. The food was good, however service was extremely slow, which is very unusual for Asia. The big wow was to sit there, outside, with a view on Orchard road. I can imagine spending more time up there.
Vinay, who relocated from Kobe, Japan, to Singapore eight months ago, took us to Dempsey Hill. The former British barracks have been converted into shops and restaurants. On Friday night the area was packed with people and luxury cars. Given how much it costs to buy a standard car, I can't imagine how much a Audi A8 or a Ferrari would cost over here. It's even more crazy as the speed limit is 90km/h. What's the point of getting a Ferrari if you can't really drive it? It's called show off. Singapore has the highest concentration of millionaires in Asia, and they spend their money, obviously. Vinay took us to Margarita's, a Mexican restaurant, where we enjoyed some very good Quesadillas and Fajitas (with shrimps). Vinay gave us plenty of advice regarding places to go for dinner or drinks. And he claims to have only explored 5% of what's out there!
Both of them shared with us their experience of moving to Singapore. So far we've heard almost only good things. The few negatives, like the size of apartments, are compensating by huge positive, like having a pool. Clearly they wouldn't go anywhere else.
With all this great food available it will be hard to stay fit, which the "Living in Singapore" guide mentioned as well. Clearly we will have to make the best used of the pool and gym facility to balance the food intake.
Thus a quote that will become legendary from Wolfram:
"Tomorrow I need to go running...
... at least 10min"
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