The Race To Singapore

The Amazing Race in this week's segment raced to Singapore. Of course I immediately thought of our friend and poster here, Adi. Adi posts under the name of Snugpug and of course hails from Singapore. She emailed me and wondered if I watched this week's segment of the race and of course I did. I responded and asked her if she had been to some of the places that were on the show and here was her response:

"Well, the funny thing is that when you actually live in a place, you never really get round to doing the touristy things till friends visit and you do it with them. So I'm ashamed to say that I've never been up the Singapore Flyer (that giant ferris wheel thing), the closest I got to it was to eat at a restaurant under it -- what they didn't show was that it sits on top of a low-rise building with several shops and restaurants. I didn't do the zip line at Sentosa either, which is a little offshore island connected by a causeway, though I've been to Sentosa quite a bit, my friends and I used to take our dogs swimming at one of the beaches. That field with a stage where the contestants had to do the drumming, that's within walking distance of where another friend lives and I've walked his dogs there, and they have marked the grass there. :) Back in junior college (which is your senior high, I think? we were 18 years old then), the school had a lion dance troupe where the members (mostly boys) learned that sort of drumming but I was never interested in it."

There is the inside scoop on the segment of The Amazing Race that ended with the lesbian couple being eliminated. Thank goodness.

On Dancing With The Stars soap star Aiden Turner got the axe. I was sort of hoping it was going to be Kate the B. Maybe this week.

On Celebrity Apprentice the men finally won one. That lead to the gorgeous Victoria Secret Agent, Seleta being axed. I was hoping for Maria or Cindy Laupner.

Now my brief update. Last night was the end of the tax season party for the CPA firm that I just completed the assignment for had their end of tax season party. We had the party at a combination restaurant, bowling alley, sports bar, arcade in Lake Oswego called Players. Here is their web page:

http://www.eatdrinkbowlplay.com/home.htm

Everyone was given bowling t-shirts with the firm name on the front and your chosen nickname on the back. I had the receptionist pick my nickname. Whad did she choos my nickname to be? The Taxinator. Loved it.

On the agenda for next week: Take Mom to lunch tomorrow, we are going into the firm to lunch. Everyone wants to meet her and I want to show her off. Then there is picking up dry cleaning, housekeeping, laundry, joining the Y, writing two chapters, grocery shopping, a little relaxing, schedule my education, work on the July cousin reunion, and some things I probably forgot.

OK, your turn. Need your update. Tell me what your past week was like and what is on your agenda for next week. Also tell me if your were going to choose a nickname