TnT's Workout Blog

About the pictures: in the first one you see our master bathroom after the mirror has been taken away for replacement (it had some icorrigible defects), the second one pictures the world's largest container harbor next to the West Coast Park some twenty-minute walk away from our home --- a container "full" of our household goods is somewhere there waiting for customs clearance and delivery. Then there is another picture of the harbor and the fishing boats, and the final one is from Pandan Reservoir: it makes an awesome running route, since the trail around is unpaved and there is a nice "cool" breeze coming from the ocean.

Here is a picture of the building I go to work, Fusionopolis. My employer IHPC inhabits several floors in the building, and we are on the 16th floor in the North tower. There is a three-floor gym with an olympic-size pool on the top. The building is brand new, and so far the gym is the only service in the building: there is supposed to be a food court, several cafeterias, restaurants, a bar, cold storage, bakery, hair dresser, and optics & frames shop. For the time being, we have to take a shuttle to Holland V at the lunchtime, which is not a bad option, since there are zillions of places to eat there.

From the Villa we walked through an expat residential area to The HortPark(*), Singapore's horticultural national park, and from there to Anchor point at the Alexandra Road for lunch. We did some shopping, too. Tei bought her first ever office outlook. On our way back we took the Canopy walk in the Kent Ridge Park. We met some agressive monkeys on the walk.

(*)I should probably mention that both of these attractions are very near to our place; Haw Par Villa is just a 10-minute walk away, and the HortPark within another 10 to 15 minutes.

The first picture is actually from the NUS campus, and the second one across the street from the bus stop I take the bus to the office at. The brand new building is an apartment complex neighboring ours, and next to it there is a very idyllic old "Chinese" house that is in need of some serious renovation work.

Then you'll have the Jurong East MRT station, Singapore's business center, the Boat Quay by the Singapore river, and some Chinese astrological figures by the river, erected for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Here are finally some pictures from within our apartment, as well as the balcony and the yard of Murano. The first picture is from our very first day here in Singapore, and the very first downpour we experienced, viewed from the patio of an Irish pub.

Ther curtains are provided by the landlord: for some reason blackouts are very important here even if the daylight extends only from 7am. to 7pm. Note the lamp on the balcony (also courtesy of the landlord): it creates some awesome impressions to the balcony when dark.

We have a security guard, althought the guy has not taken his position yet. In order to get in, we have a remote control for the main gate, and the pin for the walk-in gate. However, it took us some time to figure out how to get out of the complex.