Mission: Henderson Wave

  Nate headed off to Japan so I opted to do some exploring and my mission the "Henderson Wave."  It sounds a lot cooler then when I mention it's actually just a bridge, but since I happened to stumble across an article saying the "Henderson Wave" made it into the top places to see in with the ranks of Niagara falls I figured this is one bridge I had to see.  The bridge is in the Mt. Faber park and although I had tackled Mt. Faber previously on a monkey spotting mission, this time my mission was to find and video the bridge.  First mistake of my mission.. tackling the climb at one of the hottest points of the day..1:30 pm.  As soon as I got off the Sentosa bus I heard the rumbles of thunder and and felt a few sprinkles, but since that is an everyday occurrence in Singapore and the clouds didn't look menacing I figured I would give it a go.  The park was rather empty since I am guessing the heat and thunder scared most of the tourists off.  There were a bunch of locals that were out and of course wearing jeans, which I just don't understand since I was sweating away in a tank top and shorts.  After about 45 minutes I found the bridge.  It's a cool looking bridge but I don't think I would put it in the same category as Niagara falls, although I haven't actually been to Niagara falls so until then I will just have to assume I am correct.

  At the entrance of the bridge there was a sign that monkeys were spotted in the area.  I was rather excited because lets face it who doesn't get excited to see monkeys.  Sadly the only thing I spotted was a ridiculously large spider that I attempted to photograph, however it just doesn't do the thing justice.  After doing my own self photography I was back off down the mountain.  The journey back was a lot easier and it actually drizzled for a bit, which was refreshing until the sun popped out.

On the wave Bridge

The spider is in the middle.. hard to see

Henderson Wave Bridge

  I got back down the mountain and spotted the Sentosa bus at the bus interchange and realized it was either run in an attempt to catch it or wait 15 minutes for the next bus.  So I ran and thankfully made the bus although I felt a bit bad getting on the bus all sweaty, then again living in Singapore it's almost impossible not to be sweaty :P

Here is my video from the days adventure .. don't forget to turn up your volume

Coffee Group Ladies Update
The previous Wednesday we met up at the Tanglin Mall, which is down by Orchard road.  The mall is known for being more westernized and it actually had a Chilis!  We ate lunch and they had bottomless beverages.  This was very exciting since a typical diet coke here is $7 and you don't get free refills.  4 diet cokes and a chicken quesadilla later I was a happy and full lady.  After lunch we took a picture of all the ladies.  This was about the sixth picture we had taken as we all didn't like how we looked :)  Hannah suggested putting the hands on our hips to make our arms look skinnier however I think I took it too far!