January 2007
2 posts
Southeast Asia | Part I - Starting in Singapore
My boss from my college internship in Tokyo emails me to say the company is opening an office in Singapore; and would I like to join? I fly out a week later and spend four months learning the ropes of real estate asset management.
My spare time is spent sipping Singapore Slings at glamorous hotel bars, befriending welcoming Singaporeans, and experiencing the expat social scene – including...
Southeast Asia | Part II - All Around
My dad and I travel overland from Singapore up through Malaysia and on to Thailand.
The crack-shack award for the most nightmarish place we stayed in goes to a nameless guesthouse in Malaysia. We arrived somewhere at 1am and after stepping out of the bus we were led by a local through a dark alley and into a questionable building, all the while thinking, So this is where they take you to get...