The past week

Ok so I have an entire week to catch you up on so I'll try to hit the highlights. Last Wednesday, Michelle (another intern where I work), Lisa (intern where I work and living w/her at our host family's house) and I went to Jurong Bird Park. It was beautiful - we walked around, took lots of pictures, and saw a bird show. I also did some more shopping with them in Chinatown and started buying some souvenirs.

Friday I saw a talk about how Computational Biology can be applied to discover new drugs to treat diseases. Immediately after, I headed straight to the airport where our group flew to Phuket, Thailand. We spent Friday night there and left pretty early Saturday morning on a ferry to the Phi Phi Islands. The islands were absolutely stunning - one of the small beaches here was where they filmed the movie "The Beach." We did some snorkeling and even fed monkeys at another beach called Monkey Beach. Then, after lunch, we spent all afternoon out at the beach. Both lunch and dinner were at restaurants alongside the beach so it was wonderful. We then did some shopping around the local village and went to a Reggae Bar where there were some Thai kickboxing matches being held. There were lots of foreigners - mostly Australians and some British there as well. 

Sunday we enjoyed the beach a little more, did some more shopping, and then left on a ferry back to Phuket. To kill an hour or so in Phuket we went to a Pearl Factory and looked at how pearls are made and got to see different types. Then back to the airport for our flight back. It was a short trip and the weekend flew by but it was a ton of fun! I slept in today (took the day off from work) and am going to take it easy tonight.

Thanks for visiting my page and hope you enjoy the pictures. Have a great week!