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Saturday was dedicated to a tour of Singapore, courtesy of Uniquely Singapore. It started with a lesson at the 'School of Hard Knocks' at the Royal Selangor Pewter Centre, where we got to make our own pewter bowl.


After that the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the Singapore Flyer, took us over a scenic view of Singapore (though at the moment there's a lot of building going on, the future casino and other sites). Apparently they will be offering dining sessions in the Flyer - they put in a table, have a butler, and - I think - up to ten people can dine in one of the capsules.

And I met kaoko, a versatile Japanese doll who blogs at kitchencow

After lunch we went to Chinatown, and the Chinatown Heritage Centre - it's a well designed museum, that recreates many different aspects of the old Chinatown, with accounts by people who lived through it... the poverty and resilience of the migrants is humbling

but some things are surely better off consigned to history :S


After that the Mint Museum of Toys - a fascinating and immense collection of original toys dating back to the 19th century, housed in a purposely designed architecture-award-winning building

and many tired bloggers

Later, back on the rooftop Beer Garden of the hotel, I had nice chat with MING and watched bloggers take photos


Sunday - all good things have to come to an end... though first we tried (unsuccessfully) to introduce Arne to Bak Kut Teh - hope we didn't spoil his Sunday!

And on the bus back, I had an interesting chat with Soon Seng, though I probably ended up boring him with the results of my survey ...

And that was that! Of course I met many other bloggers too but too many to mention - all in all, it was a great trip, an interesting glimpse into bloggers from other countries, and a real milestone in the development of blogging in Asia.

Thanks Nuffnang!