Sultan Mosque

This mosque is located (not surprisingly) in the Muslim area of Singapore, which was only a 10 minute walk from my hostel. Apparently it was designed by an Irishman (seriously).

Hainanese Chicken Rice

About 75% of Singaporeans are of Chinese descent, which explains why the unofficial national food was also created by Chinese immigrants. I'd heard that you haven't really been to Singapore unless you've tried Hainanese Chicken Rice, so I decided to track it down. One of the well-recommended places is Tian Tian, which is in a little food court type place near Chinatown. I know that Tian means "heaven", so I'm assuming that Tian Tian means really good stuff.
All the little stalls in the food court specialize in one dish, and the place is popular all day long. I was there on a Wednesday at about 3 in the afternoon, and I still had to wait about 20 minutes.
I got a large portion, and it worked out to just under 3 bucks Canadian. It actually looks pretty bland - just some chicken on top of some white rice - but it was surprisingly good. They marinate the rice in chicken broth, and only use really fresh chicken, although I didn't see any getting slaughtered.
I got some aloe vera drink to go along with it, and that was also really tasty.

Singapore

I had a 6 day break starting the day after Boxing Day, so I cashed in some of my air miles and got a ticket with Singapore Airlines (considered one of the best in the world, definitely better than any of the crappy airlines in NA) to Singapore.
The flight was about 6.5 hours, which is pretty far to go for such a short trip, but I wanted to get far away from the cold of Korea for a few days.
The first picture is of the merlion, which is kind of the symbol of the city. I don't remember the story behind it, but I'm sure it involved sailors and lots of drugs and/or alcohol.
On my third day, I went hiking in Bukit Timah which is a nature reserve made up of a tropical rain forest. On the way back out, I saw this macaque (?) lounging on some guy's fence.
I then strolled around Chinatown, and took this picture of some of the brightly coloured old buildings.