Librarians and Busses

Last night I went out for drinks with some of my dad's co-workers, some of whom may or may not have been librarians. They were all very nice! We went to the Raffles Hotel, and it was neat to walk around it some more, and check out the lobby.

On my way there, I stumbled across a Starbucks! If you look close enough, you can see a Christmas tree in the store! We didn't get a Christmas tree in our store!!

Here is one of their delicious posters. You may not be able to read their "Christmas drinks"; it's a Peppermint Mocha and a Toffee Nut Latte. So, I guess Singapore Starbucks' are a bit behind the times. We've had the Toffee Nut Latte in Vancouver a long time ago! But to be honest, they stopped giving toffee nut sprinkles to Starbucks' in Vancouver, so the popular drink couldn't be made. So for all the customers I had to told "sorry, NO MORE TOFFEE NUT LATTES!" come to Singapore!

The Christmas spirit is in the air:

Christmas lights along the street:

Even the busses have "Seasons Greetings: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" Which is funny because New Years is still what, 6 weeks away? Unless they are referring to Chinese New Year, in which case it's only about 10 weeks ;)

I will admit I had a bit of trouble with the bus last night. I went to exactly the same bus stop as I had gone before to go back to the university, and I got on the same bus. For some reason, the bus emptied really quick. Then the bus pulled into the bus depot, and the driver told me "End Of the Line!" I was a bit annoyed that the bus driver had deviated quite far from his proper route. Then I realized that I had got on the wrong bus, the 174, instead of the 143! But, then I got more confused. It seemed like the bus had gone the opposite direction that I needed. So, to go the right way, I had to cross the street and get on the bus on the other side. So I did (after almost taking the right bus the wrong way).

But the funny thing was, I made it home in less than half the time it should have taken from Raffles Hotel. So I ended up going the wrong direction, then crossing the street, but still getting home really fast. ??? Another Festivus miracle!