navarathi night tour

soaking in all the culture here.
went on a tour with our ward a while ago to learn about indian festivals. there are lots of holidays going on, it's hard to keep them all straight. one thing is for sure...there's never a lack of something to do.



ate some traditional indian food. the place was a buffet, so you could try all sorts of interesting and yummy food.
we even got to go back into the kitchen to see how naan and tandoori chicken is made.

we visited two different hindu temples.

worshipping and festivities in full swing



even caught someone offering a coconut. later, at the indian culture night, i learned that the coconut is very sacred. they believe that the coconut is the sweetest form of natural juice and the white flesh inside represents how they want to be, clean and pure. it even has three eyes (ever wonder what that red dot in the middle of an indian woman's forehead means?), which is their form of having a spiritual eye. offerings like this are very common and are done to represent their commitment to being good.

pretty great ward

the ward here is AMAZING! i really miss my old ward and think about the people in it all the time, but the ward here is so great. there are TONS of activities. the sisters are so kind and i feel privileged to rub shoulders with women that are so accomplished and well, fancy. :)

this is an indian culture night where a sister from the stake came and taught us ALL about indian culture and traditions. it was pretty awesome.

my calling in this ward is ty's primary teacher. hooray! i love those little kids. they're so sweet and i'm glad to be able to spend more time with ty. i have realized that i need to be more diligent during the week at really spiritually feeding myself though. i've been taking sunday relief society's for granted in that aspect.

so far, i think singapore has been great because of how awesome the ward is. seriously, these sisters are incredible.

crocodile farm and an adventure

took the boys to a crocodile farm after school one day. it's actually just in a residential neighborhood and is pretty small, but cool. they breed the animals and even use the skin to make items that they sell at their gift shop.





loved the tiled sidewalk
as we were leaving, we see this huge tent that looks like something is going on across the street.
so we go and explore.

what you see from the street is the only "vendor" at the door. i thought it was a little market.


it was a place of worship.


we wandered around.



they gave me a gigantic plate of vegetarian food. rhett spilled their green bean soup all over the table and we made a huge scene.
not even a language barrier could confuse. i'm certain people were sending me curses for being in their sacred place and wasting their food as i wrestle with a squawking rhett and run out the door. so much for being adventurous.