Well I'm thinking of this if fares drop/upgrades available (and yes i know i can book now, but i also have to pay now gang & hope for the fares go down; given i'm booking other stuff, that's not as good for me). anyway, i'll follow this but also want to throw a ringer out there (which mjm knows about). i'm allergic to seafood, so anyplace i go to has to have 1 - only 1 - non-seafood item or my meal will be beer.

Well this is the The official run for Pepper Crabs- so you will have to eat chicken satay @:-)

Hey jan, I said I only needed 1 non-seafood item - chicken satay works for me! :) mjm knows of my allergy and has 'watched my back' in the past on dos, so didn't think it'd be a problem this time. of course just having beer as a meal at an FT do - wouldn't be the first time ;)

Sharon, we had a great veggie dish in January, as well as the aforementioned chicken satay and some awesome rolls - about the density of cannonballs, but ever so good. Singapore has amazing food, and I am confident any seafood restaurant we land at will have non-seafood dishes as well.

Dun you worry about it. There are other selections on the menu. I think we ordered venison, satay and fish...err is fish considered as seafood?

And this is bad,,,why???
 

;) :D

Count me in!
 

Hi all,

I've accepted a 1-year job assignment in Singapore, so I'll be moving last week of May. I would love to meet with you all in January!

Jenn ^

Jenn, how about being our on the ground pre weekend research team of inexpensive massage/reflexology places? :D Last year, 3 of we women went to many of the massage places in Chinatown. We had really good massage - in fact, went again the following day - but the professionalism lacked. My masseuse took a phone call while doing my reflexology. I'll be back in Chinatown in January, searching for that perfect place.

Affordable massage and pepper crabs - two great reasons to join the SIN run. Welcome aboard, and I look forward to meeting in January.

Aye! Aye! Captain! ^

I will get to work as soon as I get there, since I am a spa-diva myself! That's the first thing I will look for. Might take me a while to realize what "cheap" is in their currency! How much would you consider cheap?

Ahhh, sisterhood! January was many trips ago ;). I think that I paid $35 at the Conrad for an amazing one hour massage that thoroughly banished jet lag from my body and thought that as a good deal - til I got to Chinatown and found one hour massage or reflexology for $15/hour (well, the Sing equivalent). We went to Xiyuan Beauty & Aromatherapy, 208A Telok Ayer Street. There were a number of massage places in the neighborhood and I want to try a different place with better spa etiquette. You can spot them by the sign out front of two feet with all the reflexology points in gaudy colors.

Massage and reflexology
 

Personally I could spend the entire weekend eating crab, hanging out in the Conrad lounge and getting massages and reflexology. Maybe we can call this one the massage run :D

You have my attention
 

I have to admit the discussion of massage more than pepper crabs has caught my attention -- still thinking about this one.

This is one chicky who will be doing the spa thing in 2005. I was SOOO jealous when I heard about the fab cheap spa treatments you girls had in SIN.

Ok spa-sister, expect a full report from me sometime in the last week of May! For the meantime, lemme get my weekly Reiki treatment -- have you tried it? You should! I hope they have Reiki in Sing... but I would settle for Thai or Swedish, or maybe they have a specialty of their own in Singapore.

Spa and crabs? Wow, what more can a lady ask for?!?!

Probably a good pediculicide. Sorry, couldn't resist. :eek: :D :p