Kite Day and NTU Rotaract Instillation Dinner

Me, Jan, and Rachel try to fly a kite.

This morning we went to the West Coast Park for the Microsoft sponsored kite day for "the disabled and spastic children." I know that the term is a little strange for us but here it is a normal term. When we got to the park we directed people towards the kite area. At this point I have to admit that I felt a little worthless. Then I got to help people fly kites this showed that I really can't fly a kite. So sad as I it is something very common here.

President of Singapore

They told us the President of Singapore was coming and then they asked three of the scholars to volunteer.

Me hold the kite while the President Signs it.

This was the highlight of the kite day as I was really close to the Singaporean President. There is a Prime Minister above him, so I guess it would be more like holding something while the Vice President signed it but I was really close to him.

Ermano, Jan, Me, Bryan, Microsoft organizer, Sharron, and Rachel

Jan and I went and got ready to go to the NTU (Nanyang Technological University) Rotaract Instillation Dinner. It was a dress up event which I didn't realize for some reason. Silly me. At least I had some time to get ready. It was really warm in the West Coast Park and it would have been a disaster if I had gone straight from there to the dinner.

Jan and I with the incoming NTU Rotaract commity

The dinner was on a part of the campus that Jan and I had not been to before. It was easy to find though. We saw many of the people that we met at the Rotaract event we attended when we first arrived in Singapore. It was nice to see them all again.

The Marina Bay Sands Casino built by my team

The event itself was fun. The theme was Casino so we tried to build the Marina Bay Sands Casino. To give you some perspective this is a building that looks as though it has a boat on top of it. We were given chop sticks, a deck of cards, and tape to build it with. It was really pretty fun.

All of the buildings

I should note that we didn't win, but it was still fun to build it. Everyone else build theirs much taller than we did. I guess that is why we didn't win.

Derrik, Jan, me, and the Rotaract district president

When we first came in they gave us a card and told us there would be a drawing at the end. My number was not lucky. So sad. By the end there were two gifts left, wrapped I should note, and they said, now we will announce the best dressed male and female. I figured so much for winning anything. Then they called my name.

Best dressed Man and Me

I have to admit it was really nice to win something. Particularly since I did so with the only dress I had that was clean. It was almost laundry day.