Glad we got to come back to singapore for a few more days to catch our plane home. I felt like we were missing out on the "real" sinagopre since we spent a lot of our short time in little india. We ventured out to a few mega malls. One had a professional video gaming room, with big screens and a place for fans to watch. We walked by the famous Raffels hotel at night. It looks like something out of a wes anderson movie all the way down to the costumes the bellmen wear. It is mystifying how exspensive this place is. Except for indian food, everything is soul crushingly pricy. A bottle of water is 2 bucks, a meal aproaches 20 and don't even think about beer. A can of the cheapest beer is 4 bucks (the same beer was 50 cents in cambodia). All of the skyscrapers have a night club on the top floor, but I can't fathom how pricy that would be (and I have been wearing the same shirt for 30 days, so I doubt I'd meet the dress code).
I found the contemporary art museum and an old military barracks that has been turned to into an art hub, filled with galleries and studios. I have been itching to see some real art and i wasn't disapointed. The national museaum showed 2001 a space odessey on amassive screen for free our last night. There were fireworks on the water front that synced up almost perfectly with the opening "dawn of man" scene. We almost got into a fight in our hostel the first night because some crazy old guy turned off the fan and wouldn't turn it back on. Getting arested for fighting or disturbing the peace in one of the strictest countries in the world seemed like a bad idea... so I sucked up my manhood and avoided the fight. On the plus side, the hostel is filled with young french college girls who have been running around in their pajamas. This was not a feature that was advertised on hostelworld, but is certanly a nice perk. Our flight doesn't leave until 11, so we had shabu shabu and watched a round of the magic pro tour qualifiers. Off the air port to kill the rest of the day....
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You really have out done yourself on this trip. I really enjoyed traveling vicariously with you and Sunni and learned quite a bit about the fun and unconventional aspects of Asia in the process.
Having said that, as much as I appreciate the education, it was a bit cruel showing pictures of your Shabu Shabu and not a single shot of the french college girls in their pajamas. Really?!?
Have a safe trip home and try to avoid Ukrainian Airspace if you can.
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