This Weekend

Just came back from a dinner with other Singaporeans and a Chinese and an Indian. All of them, except the Hwachong guy works for a oil company here in Houston. Quite a fun bunch. Conversation was flowing and laughters all round the dinner table. Some of them been here for over a year, others just a few weeks. But most of them don't live in the city but about half an hour's drive away as their company is in that area. So most do have a car, it's impossible to get around without one. Guess I'm lucky in that I don't need to get a car. Could still do most of the stuff like grocery shopping every weekend by just walking for 15 mins or so, or take the rail. Also, guess becos I'm in the city, I'm more involved in the happenings here. Would still go out on weekends for activities.

Last night, went to the Millers Outdoor Theatre to watch a tango performance. Was pretty good. It's a place like Fort Canning's greens. An outdoor theatre and people sit on the grass slopes to watch the performance for Free! Lots of the locals bring blankets, food and wine to sit and enjoy the performances. Nice place to spend the evenings and there are performances every weekend.
Today, went downtown for an Art's festival. But becos of the rain, they cancelled it. Was quite surprised to see the stalls closing when I reached. Slightly disappointed for I could see that it would have been very fun and vibrant had it not been for the rain. It's a festival where they bring in artists all over US to sell their art works and also performances. They was a Broadway 'cafe' where there were supposed to be performances of Broadway numbers, but alas.. Luckily, the pianist decided to hang around and he started playing his compositions etc. for fun. He's pretty good. You could listen to his pieces on his website http://www.scottgrahampiano.com. So that lifted my day.
Enjoyed this weekend pretty much. Though I spent the whole Sat afternoon cleaning. Think I suck at cleaning. It's times like this when I realise I've been taking my parents for granted. I don't do that much housechores at home. Even daily cooking takes up so much time. Think I spend like 2 hours each day cooking my lunch (bring to work everyday) and dinner. Each day passes really fast with all this household stuff to do. But helps me pass the time, if not I will be sitting in front of TV or the laptop all day long.

Took photos of the downtown buildings as I was on my way back from the Arts Fest. It is a cloudy day... the top of the buildings were actually shrouded in clouds...

This was taken from Eleanor Tinsley Park during the Cityfest last weekend. Houston's downtown skyline isn't that fantastic though. Or maybe I haven't found the correct angle. Think SG's CBD prettier. Hee.