Singapore Stylin

Sitting in a Karaoke bar after hours in Singapore listening to a trio of increasingly drunker young Singaporean dudes, with my bevy of British babes; I want to pull my hair out, whats worse I'm out of cash, so no cold brews to help me make it through the audible onslaught of verbal punishment I'm being tortured with. Half the evenings songs were in what I believe to be Chinese, oddly enough we walked in on them signing English tunes, that all stopped when East met West. The one thing about last nights musical maelstrom, is it doesn't get more Asian in my mind than that. Singapore has been a great traveling break, modern enough to have tons to see and do and for Asia it is exceedingly clean and well kept with a wide array of cultures as to not be stuck in any one single identity. Malaysia was mostly Muslim and Hindu. Walking out of the train station within about 2 minutes you start to realize that Islam no longer reigns. The women of Singapore assume a great sense of style, shorter skirts replace full length dresses, blouses replace berkas and fashionable hair abounds in the streets. The guys wear a very Asian/punk mix style with weird t-shirts, shorts or jeans with old school converses and spiked hair.

The food scene is great the best value by far is to fore go the real restaurants and forage in the hawker markets/ food courts. No threat of food borne disease as they are all government controlled and have health ratings. The food is amazingly tasty and cheap, I ate half my meals there tasting the best Asia has to offer.

I did a lot of sight seeing but not a lot of picture taking, I dislike the clutter of modern cities for photographs. It's easy getting caught up in the tourist motif in Singapore shopping for cheap clothes for the women and electronics for the guys. It is hot as hell, being that Singapore sits right above the Equator, you learn real quick to find the shady side of the street and stay there.

I used city life here mainly for catching up with the world, talking to many of you on the phone. Also I nursed bites, bumps and bruises acquired unwillingly from the jungle, and to rest up before heading into the wilds of Sumatra. The other day the ladies and I went to Santosa Island, some touristy resorty theme parky B.S of an Island getaway. Attractions were quiet advanced however no roller coasters but nice clean beaches to stretch out on. Also caught the laser light show, that was so horribly but interestingly Asian.

I stay at a great Backpacker hostel equipped with a pub below it which had live music every night called the Prince of Wales owned by an Aussie expat and run by a great staff. P.O.W as it is called was located in Little India, Little India's in all areas of Asia seem to be my favorite type of areas, people are friendly and the shops are really crazy to walk through. The streets of Little India's always have a very fragrant smell about them also.

Singapore is fun, but greatly expensive, I enjoyed every penny and moment spent here and if someone would pay me to live and work here I would put a lot of thought into accepting. They would have to pay me a whole lot but I would honestly probably do it. I will return to Singapore someday, when I'm a more wealthy man and truly do it up right out here. Well Tomorrow (Saturday the 02 of August) I am off to Sumatra, write you all from there. Check out what few Singapore photos there are.