Singapore

Hey all,

Here we go again. This time I promise the blog entry will not be too long (due to a few less exciting weeks), but if you wanna hear the story about Mahta and the bird flu, please read on.

First, I wanna tell you all that I'm currently chatting (and webcam'ing) with some random Thai boy online.. he he. found the computer logged on to MSN and figured I'd start chatting. It's kinda difficult, as he doesn't speak any english, and my knowledge of the thai language is limited to ผมเสียใจ, meaning SORRY.. he he.

Anyways, back to the blog. Last time we spoke, we were chilling in Kuala Lumpur and I had ranted about the anus of Malaysia. Well, KL proved to be a bit better than that. We spent 3 days in this mega city, and I think we saw everything there is to see, and quite a bit of what's not to see. In other words, the city proved to be kinda boring. The Petronas Twin Towers, were kinda cool, but's that's about it. For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, think of Entrapment and Chaterine Zeta Jones (boys, no droolling on the keyboard). We did get a chance to go up to the Skybridge, some 41 stories above ground, and snap several pictures. Kinda cool.

After our three days in KL, we were excited to leave to see Henken in Singapore. We arrived in Singapore at 6.30 PM, after an 8 hour bus ride (with a bunch of Indians singing the whole way). By 7.30 PM, we had made our way to Henken's place, only to find the door locked, Henken's cell phone shut off and no Henken to be found. Finally, after a few hours and many rounds of cards, Henken showed up and brought us into his HUGE 3 bedroom apartment. Super nice!!! There's not that much to say about Singapore, other than their weird laws (you're not allowed to have a sip of water on the subway, and will we fined $500 if you do). However, we did have a very enjoyable time (much thanks to Henken's hospitality) and got to meet a lot of nice people. To sum it up, Singapore consisted of sightseeing, drinking and eating.. In other words, GOOD TIMES!

We flew back from Singapore to Bangkok, which by now seems like a second home, a week ago. The first day, we spent finding the Vietnamese embassy and handing our passports over to get a Visa. We got ripped off big time, but oh well. This is where the fun starts. That night, Mahta was beginning to show signs of the Bird Flu, and by next morning, the fever had set in. She battled the disease and ventured out, which resulted in puke on the street and high fever. We decided that anti-bird-flu-pills (antibiotics) was the right way to go, and after a brief chat with the pharmacist, the pills were ours and the road to getting better seemed set. OH NO, two days later, Mahta was hitting 40 degrees in fever, and was starting to hatch eggs, so off to the pharmacist Haakon went. She told me that the pills we had received were in fact COMPLETE SHIT, and would not have any effect on us non-Asians.. NO SHIT SHERLOCK... Anwways, we got some other ones, and have since then laid low, eating pills and drinking lots of water.. I think it worked this time.. It appears as if Mahta is less bird like and the fever has gone down. Cross you fingers that there won't be a relapse people..

Tomorrow morning, my dear twin brother, Mr. Halvor, aka the Nutcracker, arrives on Kao San at 8.32 AM, and we are really excited. I even promised him that he can partake in the "eating of anti-bird-flu-pills competition" with us.

Our next journey will take us to Cambodia on Tuesday morning, which should prove to be fun. It requires several hours of shit ass bussing, on shit ass roads in the middle of nowhere. We'll let you guys know how it works out.

Cheers,

Here are a few images from earlier this month. Scroll down for more pics.