Many people start threads with apologies and I'm Canadian, so I decided to start with two:
1. Sorry this is not a proper DO.
2. Sorry if this runs up too close to the actual SIN DO.

Unfortunately, I can't make the SIN DO but the real kicker is I only miss it by a week. I have dates and flights booked, grandparents organized, and time off approved. We've got award tickets and revenue tickets and toddlers and adults playing musical seats across all of the time zones, some of them twice. Changing it by a week is effectively impossible. But the plans they are what they are and I had all of this sort of arranged months before I found that thread, so I'll make it work somehow.

Anyway. The Scenario:
Through the power of planning in advance I have somehow talked a cooking school in Singapore to adjust their schedule to fit around mine. What this means is that I'm tentatively booked into a Singaporean cookery class on the 3rd of January, 2014, (11am) with Cookery Magic. I've already put off posting this for almost a month, so you can get the idea of how far in advance I booked. Based only on reviews and my emails with them I'm already excited for this. However, this is still tentative: she requires a minimum number to attend and I am, of course, still only one person despite my best efforts (imagine the carpool lane benefits if I could succeed, though).

I talked about this with MrsBarn and she's still quite keen to sit on the fence with it. We both like the idea of doing another class together and she may still do it, but we also know that the idea of a whole morning to herself is very appealing. So that brings the number of participants to ... possibly two. One, using rounding. Two is the minimum we need for the class, so it's possible, but this gives her the opportunity to sit on the fence for longer.

Now The Proposal:
I am certain there are Flyertalkers in Singapore. I hear it's a popular place for people like us. Some of us also like food. So my question is if there is anyone who will be in SG on Jan. 3rd 2014 (it's a Friday) and who would be interested in attending a 3-hour Singaporean cooking class with me. Already I can tell you what's on the menu:
Ability is irrelevant. Hilarity will probably ensue regardless of how good anyone is at cooking.

I think what might be easier is if I get an idea of who's coming and run it as first-come-first-served until we hit that max number. EDIT: I have confirmed with the teacher that the max number is TEN. I'm also going to set a cutoff date of Dec. 26, because that's the day before I leave and I'd rather give her time to prep and so that I can organize less while I'm travelling.

EDIT: (wow, so this made the email, eh? Guess I need to be more clear with plans). Because this was sort of a one-off thing, the plan after the course was to go over to Joo Chiat, possibly for a late lunch/early dinner/second lunch/pre-dinner/fifth breakfast/what-have-you at 328 Katong Laksa and/or (probably and) Tian Tian. Then there was the plan of walking up to Geylang and eventually meander over to Old Airport Road Food Centre. So it wouldn't just be making and probably eating food, it would be making and probably eating food and then walking so that we can eat more food for anyone who's interested. Drinks are, of course, a given. Unless you're not into that, in which case that's cool too. We can all get along. We can also talk about what we will or won't miss at the DO the following week. Or if you will attend the DO, you can come and tell me what I will miss.

So I post this in hope that someone out there will both be in SG on the 3rd and would be interested in a three-hour Singaporean cooking class. It'll probably be a good time, and I'd be glad to see you!

EDIT: Attendance List. Max 10 Attendees.
1. DJ Bitterbarn (confirmed)
2. paulyras (tentative)
3. paulyras (tentative)
4. lowjhg (tentative)
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