dreadnut said:
No, West, it was '98 and I was writing for an electronics manufacturing journal. They invited me to come to Singapore and lead two days of soldering workshops on rework and repair techniques for surface-mount electronics, then I spent the week there attending the rest of the conference and sightseeing. It was a great trip and good money too. Plus, the editor of the magazine and his entourage took us out to different restaurants every night, Sudanese, Indian, and Afghan...plus several other fine drinking establishments including the one that allegedly invented the Singapore Sling. Rode a rickshaw back to the hotel one night. Yeah, back in the day...
Although if I were going to take my wife anywhere I've been it would be Japan, I really fell in love with that country, their food, and their people. Mrs. Dread would have a blast there.
:wink: We must have just missed each other Marc. I was in Singapore in March of 2000. In fact, I arrived in Malaysia the first week of February, 2000 during Chinese New Year, Year of the Golden Dragon, change in Millenia. Man, everybody in Asia was on vacation or partying.
I spent the first couple of weeks in this dump....
http://www.bing.com/travel/hotel/detail ... ATRHNS#top
Then the last several months in Kuantan here....couldn't get the company to spring for the Hyatt Regency any longer
:wink:
http://www.swissgarden.com/hotels/sgrk/ ... allery.php
Stayed here in Singapore....
http://www.asiahotels.com/ascott-raffle ... -singapore
In Kuantan, we found a place where we could eat a serving platter of prawn or calamri, a serving platter of sweet and sour beef, and the best Chinese fried rice, along with a 6 pack of Tiger beer for $12 US. Gosh I miss that place!
I was there teaching bearings, mechanical seals and rotolign laser alignment of pumps, turbines and motors.
You'll appreciate this Marc if you went to Sentosa Island in Singapore (where the Merlion gurads the harbor). One of the technicians, an Indian guy, wanted to take us to eat, so off we went to Little India. The Indian food was fantastic and we REALLY pigged out. Then we dicided to go to Sentosa Island and catch the gondola at Faber Mountain (which travels a couple of miles across the harbor about 100 ft off the water). About the time the gondola left the ramp......Montezuma's (Buda's) revenge hit!!!! :shock: :shock: I almost had the guys hang on to my arms and hung it out the open door over the harbor. Hit the first squat pot I came to.
This is the cable car (gondola)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km2yLlPMet4
West