Wednesday, July 4, 2007

A pictoral review of my time in Singapore

The Aeroline "Executive" bus - a double decker bus with big comfy seats and a lounge - that brought us from KL to Singapore

The interior of the bus. The top floor contains passenger seating and the entire bottom deck is used as a lounge with big comfy couches.
This is Little India on a Sunday afternoon, possibly at its liveliest.

These two photos are of Orchard Road, the main shopping avenue in Singapore.
I sojourned back to my old high school and snapped this shot. There used to be a back gate just below this building where we could sneak out of school.
This is the public library where I used to study after school. I always wound up reading magazines instead of doing my homework.


These are pictures of public housing flats. About 80-90% of Singapore lives in public housing. I suppose this is what most tourists in Singapore don't see, a rather depressing -- functional but unaesthetic -- view of a country where everyone lives in flats the size of shoeboxes and in buildings completely devoid of character.

This is the hawker center close to my old high school. Food at hawker centers is cheap and the ambience is decidedly more laid back. This is probably the largest eatery I've seen in Singapore.



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