Having "Me" Time

Since it's the long weekend in Bangkok, I thought I'd share with you a funny story (or not) to liven things up.  This is a true story yet it is one that makes me smile everything I think about it. It happened just the other evening.  Around my house there are lots of birds, and every evening they fly around searching for food to feed their young ones.  They'd fly around chirping and chirping to no end.  It's wonderful to be surrounded by nature.   As I came home one night and walked pass a room, I thought to myself, "oh the birds are really having a round today!  They are chirping really loudly." I didn't think much about it, and went into my own room minding my own business.  I went down to dinner and then came upstairs. Again I hear the sound of chirping birds, but it's now dark outside and I start to wonder why the birds haven't yet returned to their nests.     I walk around the room and realize that ...

I don't gamble, but if there is something new that has to be seen then I'd go see it even if its a casino.  Singapore has just recently opened it's Marina Bay Sands  Hotel and the area has both Shops and a Casino.  Coming from Las Vegas, they brought the concept here and I must say I felt like I was no longer in the island country of Singapore.  Even the restaurants and the Casino come from Las Vegas.  The casino has 500 tables and 1500 slot machines. Imagine how big it is.  It is a mega gambling empire. After an extremely delicious meal of scrumptious steak at the newly opened restaurant called "Cut" (which I will write about tomorrow), my dear friend in Singapore took me to see the Casino from a bird's eye view.  We were standing on the third floor balcony overlooking the 500 tables.  The feeling is unlike any I've had before. Upon first seeing it you are just dazed and awed. It's all a gigantic space of curves and l...