Seeing a star at The Star Theatre

26 Feb 2016
This weekend Tash, Todd, Emily and I traveled to Singapore. We slept over at my apartment Thursday night and then left for the airport early Friday morning. Tash and I usually have trouble traveling, but this time we got to the airport early, made it through security and even had time for a breakfast break before boarding-- only took us 3 months to get this traveling thing down. After landing in Singapore we took a taxi about half an hour to the Serangoon area. Our hostel was called The Hive-- it was the cheapest hostel we could find in Singapore and we soon learned all the reasons why. The highlight however, was the woman living under the stairs who kept round the clock watch of a gigantic dog kennel-- was there a dog in there? or was it something else? we're still not sure. We ate singaporean street food for lunch (which was actually quite good!) and then headed over to the tourist-y part of town, Clark Quay (pronounced "clarkee"). What're the odds Dunlay is in Singapore for work at the exact same time my friends and I are there for pleasure? What're the odds Dunlay's company puts him up in a very nice hotel in the most preferred part of town? What're the odds we basically become Dunlay's roommates for the next 48 hours? :)
We sat on the rooftop of the hotel and had drinks, then we headed to The Star Theatre to see Bon Iver live in concert. Bon Iver put on a great show, complete with lights, a full band and even some soundboarding, but the best part of the concert, by far, was when he got rid of it all and sang the accoustic version of Skinny Love. *Fun Fact: there aren't ticket scalpers in front of venues in Singapore, so if you don't have tickets beforehand you're SOL-- sorry Dunlay!
After the concert we went to the Clark Quay area to explore. It's a big square (right on the water) of bars and restaurants. It's all lit up and it's beautiful (but it's quite expensive!) We sat outside at an irish pub, listened to live music and sipped on $20 SD margaritas. (1 US dollar is equivalent to 1.4 Singapore dollars.)