Happy News!

No, not about Indonesia and the earthquake survivors. The truth is about them is that they were so far away from the thing they did not even know it happened. Anyway, this little tidbit is so much better!

Yesterday, John and I celebrated out 26th wedding anniversary. With Andrew out of town, we took the opportunity to go someplace really special. We headed up to Mount Faber Park, where we had made reservations the eat aboard the 'cable cars.' The cables stretch across the island and take riders on a 25 or so minute loop over the city. A 3-course meal is served during 3 back-to-back rides - at the origin point the courses are changed, and diners set out again. It was lovely.

We checked the map before we left. It seemed simple enough. It was not. We found our way up there, sorta, but we were late...we got within about 100 yards of the restaurant and saw that we could go no further. We figured we'd hoof it, and parked in what looked like a parking space to us. When we got to the desk, we told the guy where we had parked. He grimaced. Then he said - "Well, it might be ok. Are you feeling lucky?" We decided not. He was nice as pie and said to re-park, they'd hold our reservation. So we headed back down, and looped around until we found a space where could park legally.

When we got back, we were ushered into the 'Iconic Toilets." It was quite the ceremony. Big glass doors, bathroom attendant...We did not get it. The guy kept saying..."Yes, yes. You must go in!" Still clueless, we headed inside. The toilet was lovely. I washed my hands and got halfway out before I realized this was the only bathroom break I was going to get. In Singapore, where political correctness is a rare commodity, this guy did not want to say; "Go before you get in the car. We aren't stopping."

The dinner was delicious, the ride was perfect and we had a great time. On the way out, naturally, we were ushered through the gift shop. We saw a sign hanging on the wall that boasted that this Iconic Toilet was voted the Best Toilet in the World in 2007! Wow! I posted it on my facebook page and a friend told me that happynews.com did a feature on it just yesterday. I tried to see it, but the link is no longer available. Darn.