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Friends & Food ~ February 2008 

During my trip to Singapore for the Good To Great 2008 Teaching and Learning Seminar at Nanyang Technological University I managed to get out most evenings.

During the Tuesday evening I teamed up with Tom Reeves of the University of Georgia and Westley Field of Methodist Ladies College, Sydney.We met at Harry's Wine Bar [not my favourite place ~ an expatriate ghetto] for a drink and then we went for a walk down South Bridge Road, past my old office on the corner of Pagoda Street and down to Trengannu Street to the Tai Pei Eating House for dinner. I often ate breakfast there back in 2000. The three of us wandered about for a bit and then back to the hotel to prepare for the following day.

On the Wednesday night I met up with Siva, Airani and Anand at Block 40 for a fish head curry that blew my head off. We had a great night. It is always good to catch up with the Otterman.

During Thursday evening I took Westley shopping using my local knowledge and we picked up gifts for family and friends back home. We had dinner at the Tai Pei Eating House again and we followed that up with a Singapore sling in the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel. A very elegant way in which to conclude a most enjoyable evening.

At the end of the week, Friday, I packed up and together with Sheryl and Vivien of the Centre for Educational Development at NTU took a taxi directly from the university to the new T3 terminal at Singapore’s Changi International Airport and we shared dinner. It was a wonderful way to conclude the week. Vivien and Sheryl are excellent company and we had a great evening. They bid me farewell at the gate and I took a Singapore Airlines flight back home to Australia. You can read two blog posts about these events as well: Part One and Part Two.

 
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