Busy week - haircuts all round, beauticians visits, travel agents + paperwork, parent-teacher interviews at school ......

This morning, after brekkie, the girls went to the pool and Tom and I caught the train to the Sim Lim centre and bought a little stereo (7CD changer). We all went down to Boat Quay for lunch, checked out the Funim Centre (and got Maccas for Jessica) and came back to pack. Shannon has lost her silver locket -- the hotel concierge and security can't find it.

We had a lovely day today - we had breakfast in the Tea Room at our hotel, except Shannon - she was a bit jet-lagged so she went back up to our room. Jess, Tom and I then walked over to the Carlton Hotel (across the road) and saw the Viva rep who booked us on a tour for tonight. We all went to the Singapore Crocodilarium, which was a non-touristy place, then on to Mt Faber (by MRT, after a nice man from Narranderra showed us how to get tickets), where we caught ...

Today was a very short day - only 16 hours!! We lost 8 hours on the plane from London to Singapore. The flight was very smooth. We were given supper, brunch and morning tea. When we arrived at Singapore the Viva reps were looking out for us. They put us into a little mini bus and took us to our hotel. The Westin Stamford is LOVELY!! The tallest hotel in the world (and we stayed on the 50th floor).