silly billy

***i forgot to add "CHEW A WHOLE LOT OF GUM" to my list of things to do in America. & i don't mean trident or orbit or any of that- i'm talking Bubblicious and Big League Chew. the good, sweet, way too much gum to chew in my mouth stuff. 

we went out for Halloween. i was an Indian. but i realized that day though that i probably shouldn't say "indian" here because Indian here means you are from India. & there are a lot of Indians. also, i guess it's really not politically correct to say Indian in the U.S. either so I changed my costume to Native American. we didn't realize that Halloween was such a big deal to the party people of Singapore so by the time we got to Clark Quay (where all the bars/clubs/restaurants/cool kids are), it was pretty packed. it was hard to get into a lot of the clubs and so we all kind of got separated. but i still had a lot of fun being an Native American... mostly because Maggie was a cowgirl & we had fun toys to keep us entertained all nite. pictures later.  

on saturday daniel & i went to the National Museum of Singapore to see a couple exhibits we both wanted to check out. that place is pretty freakin cool. hopefully i can go again before i leave. my favorite was an exhibit called "Doubleness,"- the photography of Chang Chien-Chi. one part was called 'The Chain' and it's about a mental asylum/temple in Taiwan where the patients are chained to each other. one "less crazy" guy is chained to a patient who is more stable. it's hard to describe but hopefully the pictures can serve it some justice. another exhibition was called "VOOM portraits." the only way i can think to describe this is Harry Potter (with the pictures moving). there were big high-def TV's and it was like looking at a portrait... but it was really a video. it was as if the people in the pictures (including celebs like brad pitt & johnny depp, and even some animals) were posing completely still for a painting but were being filmed at the same time. each "portrait" was in it's own little dark room with music and it was really cool.... and creepy. 

so in exactly 2 weeks i'll be completely done with school and in 4 weeks i'll be on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean. all i have left for school is a test on the 14, the 17th, and last one on the 18th. & since classes are over (like i said before, november is strictly for tests....) i'm supposed to already be studying for these final exams..... the locals here have been on that for weeks!! GEEZ! i mean, i have like a whole 10 days until my first test- pleeenntyyy of time ;) rite? i'm actually kind of worried. but i think i will be okay.