I may be heading that way again soon. Any from Singapore here? It's one of my fav. parts of the world. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Well I was over there about a month ago for work but am now back in good old Sydney. It is really nice over there.

Are you heading down to Australia after that Yorick ?

when are you going there mate? any chance you heading as well to the Philippines?? :D . anyway.. ill be heading off to singapore around dec 10-13 if anyone from IW will be there as well during that time :D

I'm not that far away... Going for a holiday, or to live?

im for holidays.. ill be staying with a mate of mine who is going to tour me around. but if your in the neighborhood lemme know it would be nice to meet up in a restaurant and me tasting malaysian food... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Man if you guys ever feel like visiting here you know who to message :D

For the record I want to go to Singapore also. ;)

I've been to Singapore few times already. Mostly just as a transit to other places.

Say, when are you guys going to Singapore? maybe we can meet up or something. ;)

Essentially it is a good and safe place to go for a vacation, but... everytime I visit Singapore, I felt like I have just entered a megacity Alcatraz. I felt so restricted and I was warned several times by my friends as not to break the law or I will be fined.

Gosh, the last time I ever felt so restricted was back in my school days 15 years ago...

Anyway, this is just my personal experience and feeling. Just enjoy yourself while you are there.

Fantastic, Yorick! Have a great time there!

Dundee (mod from BG2 forums) is from Singapure.

Harks, I'll be there from late Nov. through to Christmas.

I lived there for 5 months before I came to the USA. Loved it. It'll be great to head back for a bit.

The closest I've come to there is the Phillipines...and I'm heading there this Christmas! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Anyway, enjoy your time there, Yorick!

hey thats great!! you will be there on dec 10-13 ;) . it would be perfect to meet up then!! :D . plus the guys who live there as well :D . singapore IW.. the first asian meet lol!!

hey hey! if your heading there for xmas.. bahamut and I can meet up with ya. Just let us know if your sure mate. :D .

Yeah, first ever Asian IW meet. that would be great. We may finally get to see how each other look like in real person. LOL :D

well you have seen me and yorick already in the aussie meet :D .. but its different in seeing pics and meeting someone.. just check the halo thread of Beaumanoir :D

G'day all :D

I'll be in Singapore on the 17 of this month for a few days with my family.

could you postpone it in between dec 10-13?? :D .. nah just kidding.. enjoy wellard ;) . im sure you will have a blast!

hey hey! if your heading there for xmas.. bahamut and I can meet up with ya. Just let us know if your sure mate. :D . </font>[/QUOTE]Oh, I'm certain I'm going...it's with my family, we have friends there. My dad knows someone through his job that used to live in England, but moved to the Phillipines and got married, etc...we know his family quite well, and we usually see each other Christmas...last year, they came over for example.

I'm not sure about a meet-up...we'll be fairly busy, but it would be awesome. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Seeing the sights and sounds ei?

Anyway Hark will you be going here this Xmas season? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Wellard I could be there as early as the 16th. Next week. If I am let's grab a TIGER beer!

Sounds like a plan yorick :D We are booked in an hotel near litle India, when I get the chance to dig out the paper work I will PM you [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

yep.. ill be there for a month from dec 15 or so till jan 15. [img]smile.gif[/img] . if anyone in in IW besides us are in the philippines, let us know so we can just meet up for lunch or something. its not a everyday thing we can see people from australia, england and who knows where you know :D .

hey yorick!! if your going to be there till xmas, we could defenitly meet up [img]smile.gif[/img] . oh and if you can bring a copy of your music you were selling a few months back when i was willing to buy it :D (if you still have it that is).

Come! Takea drive up to Penang! Spend a few days on the beach in 'the Pearl of the Orient'! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Cos there ain't no way in hell my parents will drive me for 10 hours to get to Singapore to meet some freaky net people ;)

OK yorick I pm'd you with the hotel address, just in case you read this without logging in. Will the new mrs Wilson be with you? Hope to see you and enjoy a few beers together :D

Well, I'm in Singa pura now.

Will write more later.

Wellard, I'll check my PMs.

Hey here's a question.

Singapore and Ironworks have something in common. What is it?

I'll give you some hints. It has to do with what you can or cannot do in public to keep the "harmony". ;)

dictartorship?

Talk about polotics? Religion? curse?

Play an evil alligned party in BG2 ? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Don't tell me it has something to do with either johnny or Cloudy and total post count? :eek:

You can't chew gum! I got it, didn't I! :D

<font color=skyblue>Actually, that ban was lifted recently,
from what I read. </font>

Arrrrggghhhhh Sorry Yorick but the firt Asian Ironworks meeting has been missed. I'm now back in Sydney. :( To much quality time being <s> dragged around </s> spent shopping in Chinatown, little India and Orchard road to find an internet cafe and check my pm box. :rolleyes: Hardly got a chance to sight see, my wife was in shopping heaven :D From the address you sent we would not have been far away too. Our hotel was just outside Farrer park MRT station. Oh well whatever nevermind [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

Loved Singapore though, what a place! Wonderfull multiculturism at its best.

dont worry wellard.. ill make it up for ya. im heading off on dec 10. yorick will still be there [img]smile.gif[/img]

Cool Harks, let me know when you're in town.

[img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color=skyblue>Actually, that ban was lifted recently, from what I read.</font></font>[/QUOTE]Some clarifications.

The chewing of gum in Singapore is not banned(at least, within the confines of your home). What is banned is the commercial sale of chewing gum in Singapore.

Additionally, under the Singapore/USA FTA, the USA is allowed to export medicinal chewing gum to Singapore for sale in Singapore's medical industry(i.e. pharmacies).

Ergo, if Singaporeans want candy gum, they go to neighbour Malaysia for their fix. ;) :p There is of course, a restriction on how much chewing gum they can bring into Singapore from overseas. A maximum of two boxes if memory serves me well(one box equals twenty packs equals a hundred sticks).

Well... I do kind of live here. ;) :p

10th - 13th of Decemeber? Hmmmm... I will be on my block leave by then.

Life is not that bad. http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de//tongue3.gif

You know, my birthplace is in Penang. Nibong Tebal to be exact. Chances are, I will be going back to Penang for our annual family meet.

I was talking about public proselytisation being illegal.

<font color=skyblue>There is a big difference in the two you compare, however.

On Ironworks, the rule is in place to prevent one from getting onesself or causing another member to get kicked out of our virtual country for becoming too upset during a debate gone sour, thus losing virutal resource (the member).

In Singapore, it is to protect the citizens of that country from consuming western culture, and losing thier own. Something I hear is of big importance in certain lands. </font>

[ 11-29-2004, 09:41 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]