hitting the wall

mid-afternoon the tireds hit and i became useless at the office so i headed back to my hotel. in an attempt to stay up 'til a normal time rather than falling asleep and sleeping for ten straight hours, as i strongly desired to do, i changed clothes (read: put on comfortable shoes) and headed out for a walk and a bit of shopping. i took a few uninspired pictures:

where i'm staying

where i'm working:

the famous raffles hotel:

home of the famous long bar, where the singapore sling was born.

and which might be the only place in singapore where you're encouraged to litter.

by throwing peanut shells on the floor:

tourist heaven:

and i realized something today, that mall i've been dreaming about all these years might be singapore. it's really all just one giant mall. 

night owl

maybe i'm obsessed with all things owl-y of late because i am a night owl. i love staying up late. and i am currently staying up late. it's now past 1 a.m. of course to my brain, it's only 7, so i'm not sure it counts...but anyway, back to my point. i LIKE staying up late. but it naturally follows that i don't like waking up early. and i do have to wake up early tomorrow, so it's actually pretty dumb to be up late like this...

being up late can make you start to think about strange things, like:

• why are there two belts on this hotel bathrobe?
• why did they put that stupid (invisible) plastic cover over the glass so that i just poured water all over the hotel bathrobe with the two belts?
• aren't i lucky there's an emergency backup (dry) robe in the closet?
• why do i feel compelled to share this with the world?
• why am i so silly when i haven't even been drinking?
• perhaps i should have been drinking.
• i must have the coolest sister in the world because she just sent me an iPod Touch (right when i was about to go back and buy one tomorrow after i looked up the exchange rate).
• why did i bawl my eyes out on the plane while watching the bucket list when i am actually quite opposed to sentimentality?
• why can't i ever remember morgan freeman's name? i always think it's graham-something.
• why am i not sleeping?
• should i get a nikon or a canon?
• it's not environmentally correct to drink bottled water, but what if the tap water makes me sick?
• that was a delicous lobster and mango salad i had for dinner.
• i wonder if those fish in the tanks at the restaurant were decor or dinner?
• i wonder how i'll get along without a kitchen sink when i get home, since husband has torn it out in my absence.
• ditto the stove.
• maybe now is the right time to start a raw diet.
• can you appear to be normal in public and still eat a raw diet?
• why do they make erasers shaped like sushi?

perhaps i should go to sleep now and spare us all this jetlagged chatter...