Where: Singapore
When: 11/7/2011 to 11/12/2011
A few observations from the quick week trip out to Singapore:
1. This is the only place in the world where the Chinese willingly queue up for a line. The Chinese-Singaporeans have a zest for rule-following that even the British will envy.
2. Singapore aggressively embraces modern architecture but still strives to incorporate old Asian symbols into his architecture. The effect is sometimes strange. The thing that comes to mind is my visit to the Art/Science Musuem last week. The museum is a white hollowed out sphere with jagged curved claws jutting up into the sky. The architect wanted you to think it was a lotus flower. I just thought Singapore had constructed their very own Stars Wars Death Star. Most people skip the museum and go shopping in the four levels of shopping below.
3. If a Singaporean man (typically older and living in the older parts of the city) has a mole on his face, frequently there will be a whole bushel of long hair growing out of it. I have not figured out whether they just haven't noticed it yet, or if society encourages this as a display of manliness. It's not really a topic that I can bring up in a bar.
4. Singapore has the highest density of super expensive race cars, but they don't actually use them as designed. Wednesday, on my way home from work, my taxi driver raced & beat a brand-new Maserati off a stop-light start. Though I am not sure that the the Maserati driver knew we were racing. What a crime!
5. And this, the recurring theme it seems of this blog. A human gets capital punishment and fines for all sorts of infractions in Singapore, but animals get away with the most shocking things. I headed to the Singapore Zoo because we had Monday off for Eid and the Hari Raya (an equal opportunity holiday for Hindus and Muslims). At the zoo, they had about 6 different types of monkeys doing their monkey thing, which consisted mainly of this: The Orangatans blow kisses into the air, baboons backflip for bananas, and ground squirrel monkeys when pissed at each other, will bite each other penises and then run off shrieking. (how could I make this up??)
When: 11/7/2011 to 11/12/2011
A few observations from the quick week trip out to Singapore:
1. This is the only place in the world where the Chinese willingly queue up for a line. The Chinese-Singaporeans have a zest for rule-following that even the British will envy.
2. Singapore aggressively embraces modern architecture but still strives to incorporate old Asian symbols into his architecture. The effect is sometimes strange. The thing that comes to mind is my visit to the Art/Science Musuem last week. The museum is a white hollowed out sphere with jagged curved claws jutting up into the sky. The architect wanted you to think it was a lotus flower. I just thought Singapore had constructed their very own Stars Wars Death Star. Most people skip the museum and go shopping in the four levels of shopping below.
3. If a Singaporean man (typically older and living in the older parts of the city) has a mole on his face, frequently there will be a whole bushel of long hair growing out of it. I have not figured out whether they just haven't noticed it yet, or if society encourages this as a display of manliness. It's not really a topic that I can bring up in a bar.
4. Singapore has the highest density of super expensive race cars, but they don't actually use them as designed. Wednesday, on my way home from work, my taxi driver raced & beat a brand-new Maserati off a stop-light start. Though I am not sure that the the Maserati driver knew we were racing. What a crime!
5. And this, the recurring theme it seems of this blog. A human gets capital punishment and fines for all sorts of infractions in Singapore, but animals get away with the most shocking things. I headed to the Singapore Zoo because we had Monday off for Eid and the Hari Raya (an equal opportunity holiday for Hindus and Muslims). At the zoo, they had about 6 different types of monkeys doing their monkey thing, which consisted mainly of this: The Orangatans blow kisses into the air, baboons backflip for bananas, and ground squirrel monkeys when pissed at each other, will bite each other penises and then run off shrieking. (how could I make this up??)
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