Another city, another view...

I flew down to Singapore from Hong Kong on Monday morning. Singapore is very different to Hong Kong – similar in a way to Africa – with its wide streets, slightly slower pace, and above all - warmth. It was wonderful to get off the plane and experience the wall of heat… HK had been suffering its coldest spell on record (so I’m told) and even I was finding it cold at times.

Some of you’ll be glad to know that I’ve been working long hours! One of the areas we’re auditing works European hours – so we can only begin to work with them when most normal folk are heading home… So I’ve not really had a chance to explore yet – other than to grab some food at Boat Quay and Clarke Quay where the food is superb. I didn’t get a chance to share with you another of my culinary adventures in HK at the end of last week. My colleagues, impressed by my daring efforts with the chicken feet, decided that we should visit the snake restaurant... tastes a little bit like chicken. And last night, Jon and I (see photo below) decided to try some fish eyes – tastes like fish!

Here’s where the main Singapore RBS office is (in a tower imaginatively called One George Street – I’ll let you work out why!) and some views. The flying saucer like building on the left of the middle photo is the new Supreme Court building designed by Sir Norman Foster. The photo on the right shows my hotel (with the red roof) – so I have a nice leisurely stroll to the office.

The folk in the team photo (including some guys out from the UK - whereas I am in the privileged position of being an expat member of the local team – an important distinction!) are L to R: Joseph, Liz, me, Matt & Jon.