Habitual Behavior

I tried to quit. I only lasted 4 months before I relapsed.
Now I am going where I can get it good and cheap- South East Asia.


Tuesday at 3:50 am I was picked up by the shuttle service.  Riding in a blue 15 passenger van, driven by a seemingly drunk and or tired (I'd like to think the driver was simply driving by Braille) African man, I began to wonder if I would make it to DFW airport, let alone half way around the world to Singapore.  From DFW to SIN, things went rather smoothly, as smoothly as a flight with two layovers, 25 hours of flight time, spouts of turbulence, and several crying babies can be.  I arrived two days later at 12:20am Thursday December 10th.  Eyes blood shot, breath stale, I breezed my way through immigration and customs, grabbed a taxi, and made my way to the Park Avenue Suites.  There I was greeted by a man dressed in khakis and an orange crew neck tee named Randy, he showed me to my room, I took a shower, and then slept for a glorious 7 straight hours.

I set off with our family friend Francis, who is also visiting my Father here is Singapore, to see the city.  We walked through Robertson and Clark Quay (pronounced Key by the locals) to get to the nearest metro stop, hopped on the rail, and emerged at Raffles Place.  We soon came upon the Victorian Style Hawker center, Lau Pa Sat, where we ate some lunch. I had chicken and rice. This dish is just chicken and rice, but its not just chicken and rice. It is delicious. The most tender, juicy magnificent chicken and rice. I will be eating this dish again--soon. After lunch we walked down to Fullerton Place, towards the Esplanade theaters, and around the Colonial District. We saw the old Parliment, Cricket Club, Raffles Hotel, and more.

Having been here less than 18 hours, I have already grown quite fond of Singapore.  It is exquisitely laid out, wondrously clean, lusciously green, and is truly a place where east meets west. Its like Tokyo and Vienna had a child, and that child grew up and met the offspring of Paris and Madrid...or something contorted like that.

I wonder what sort of delightful food I will have for dinner tonight....