Now that I'm a bit more situated here in the land of Asia I feel as if I have began to experience my first little bit of what the professionals like to call "culture shock". Culture shock is the shocking realization that people on the other side of the world don't in fact do things the exact same way you do them in your own homeland. It's really not a bad thing at all, I simply like to refer to this time as my adjustment period or the "assimilation". I have come...

It has been an unbelievable first week and I think that I am finally starting to feel settled here. Singapore is such an incredible city and the last week has been spent going to various areas of the city and trying to see as much as possible. One of my favorite things that I have done here was going to visit the gardens by the bay, home of the supertrees. I had seen the pictures of the trees but in person they it's as if you are staring at a drawing and they are...

It's been two days since I have arred at PGP and if the last 24 hours set the stage for how the next four months are going to go I think that I am in for a real treat. Sleep over the last two days has become very optional and the majority of my time has been spent meeting people while subsequently trying to figure out my life. We've met some really cool people so far who all seem just as excited as us about traveling and exploring the city. Yesterday was sp...

Twenty some odd hours later and a rough five hours of sleep we finally made it to Singapore. Having a more than eventful flight over its been awesome to spend the day relaxing ( and sweating). Theres nothing like missing your connecting flight and having a secuirty guard go through everyone of your pencils and pens in your pencil case to really get you excited about life. Our hotel (changi village airport hotel) is beautiful and a great example of what no...