The first leg of my six-month journey commenced with a stop in Singapore or the "Lion City". No major mishaps getting here except for my friend C and I almost missing our Hong Kong-S'pore connection as we had gotten separated while exiting the plane and she had misread the gate info and been waiting at another gate! Luckily all was well and she managed to run to the proper gate in time for our departure.
We were blessed with good weather (only one or two major downpours- monsoon season!) and a great AirBnb appartment on Oxley Rise which was super central and was very comfortable for 4 people. The wedding we attended was quite impressive although "rather small by Singaporian standards"- only 580 people at the wedding and some 250 at the dinner!
We even managed to sneak in some quality time with the bride and our fellow "Race and Space" course mate Celine who welcomed us in for an informal housewarming for her new appartment.
The city-state of Singapore is quite clean and efficient, even compared to Hong Kong. The urban planning nerds of my group were absolutely enchanted by the MRT (subway system). We didn't do a whole lot of 'tourism' but had the chance to admire Singapore from above through the Gardens by the Bay/ Tower 3 centre which provides an admirable view of the city. And we tried to learn some "Singlish"/ Singalese like the word 'choep' which means 'dibs' or reservations. As in, rather than saying 'shotgun the front seat' in Singapore they say 'choep'd'.
We are off to Bali tonight for some more R &R.
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