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Expat Life at Treetops
By jeni | July 7, 2008
With John gone at work all day today, I’m starting to settle in to life at Treetops. It’s so nice that they serve breakfast in the Sunbird Cafe every morning – John and I are able to go down and have a nice brekkie with coffee before he leaves for work. I’ve been sticking to the muesli for the most part, but of course John likes to be all experimental and eat the weird things they have. This morning I believe he had some pineapple and watermelon, some baked beans and a few potatoes that were basically french fries. Delicious. Anyway, here’s a far off shot of the cafe so you can get an idea:
I know John posted a picture of the view from our balcony, but I thought I’d include a few other shots just to give you an idea of what we’re dealing with here. When we walk out the door – after a short walk down the hall and down the lift (elevator) – we are immediately greeted with the heat and humidity. Today in fact, it poured rain for about an hour. All the heat and rain make this a truly tropical environment though, even in the midst of such a big city. Here’s another shot of the view from our balcony, and of course the beautiful swimming pool (which we haven’t gone too yet, mostly because the sun is actually only out early in the morning or later in the evening and it just hasn’t worked out. Don’t worry though, I’m sure I’ll have plenty of time to lounge about.*wink*)
Our room (well two rooms I guess) is just as nice as the outside. We’ve got a living area and a bedroom, a total of about 500 sq. feet. It is small, but so far we’ve been able to manage quite well. Since John and I both tend to live in some sort of organized chaos or another, we’re so lucky to have the housekeeping service come in and pick up, change the linens, etc. every other day. It’s basically like living in a Hampton Inn or something.
The guest relations manager, Catherine, has become my new buddy. She’s Singaporean, born and bred here. Her first language is Mandarin but she speaks the Queen’s English very well. I spent about an hour talking with her this afternoon while it rained. She recommended a couple of places for me to go check out in case I wanted to take yoga/pilates/kickboxing, and she also recommended about a billion tours and sights for us to see while we’re in Singapore. Oh yeah, and she pretty much laughed in my face when I told her I was thinking about checking out language lessons. She said six months is not even close to enough time to pick up any Mandarin Chinese (one of the official languages here) but she’s going to look into it for me. Ha ha, I guess maybe I was optimistic thinking I might be able to learn something while I’m here?
In the meantime, I’m reading Twilight – said to be the next Harry Potter, but about Vampires. I love it and can’t get my nose out of it.
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July 9th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
The title of your autobiography could go something like this, “Keepin’ it Continental: The Life and Times of Jeni Anderson”… just sayin’.