Taxi ride to the airport, along the most beautifully green, clean highway in the world, ECP
Tyler Tan, a friend who is about to do his NS like Subhash is doing now, and who I got to tour around NUS as a "prospy", my home university's code for "future victim"
Gabriel Lim torturing crabs out of their homes... engineers are naturally ruthless
At Sungei Bulo, at the Straits border between Malaysia and Singapore
Church... where I dutifully went every Sunday... ha ah ahah haha, Sorry, Jesus, that wasn't actually funny...
Vesak Day in Geylang
Views from Gabriel's apartment in downtown... breathtaking
My favorite mode of transport around town, with Daren as driver
I conquered Bukit Timah! All 180 meters of it...
So I remember in Bangkok I learned that there is a Demon King, who rules over all the other demons. He is a special demon in that he can change form, into a human for example, and when he becomes extremely agitated, his anger will cause him to suddenly have 12 arms instead of the normal 2. That was me during my last few days in Singapore. The sudden approach of my departure date filled me with such anxiety and rage that I grew 12 arms and used them all to meet and bid my farewells to as many of my Singaporean friends as possible. I think I achieved partial success, but I was busier than ever. I think I slept less than when I did studying for final exams. Leon even told me, "You can't make everyone happy. Just see a few friends and move one", but I refused... everyone should get a chance, they're all too awesome! I'm really actually quite proud of the group of friends I've managed to make while here, they are exceptional ones.
Examples of my excursions: Riding around with Daren Lam again on his motorbike, except this time to Bukit Timah which we hiked up and down, and going to Clementi with him to buy food gifts for home. Going to the club with Gabriel and crew, and to Geylang to see the Vesak Day participants and the prostitutes advertising their wares, as well as eat the good food. Also going with him to his sister's swank apartment in downtown and to Sungei Bulo to see some mangroves and the water-border with Malaysia. Also a restaurant at Suntec followed by hitting the old pubs at Boat Quay with Daxiang and Quek. Walking, eating, and shopping around Chinatown and Orchard with Tyler Tan, visiting a museum there too. Ones who unfortunately I did not get to see include the IFG group (Limmy, Grace, and Joy), and Subhash, who was on some remote island at the time doing something for his national service.
I will go back soon, this is a requirement, for my sake mostly. I will explain in my next post the difficulty I'm having re-adjusting to life back in the US, it's actually harder than I thought, though I remember coming back from Switzerland was a bit of a shock. And even for how small Singapore is, there is much more left that I could have done besides seeing my old friends again. For such a tiny country, Singapore is definitely dense in terms of stuff to do and see. Pulau Ubin, the Airfield and Barracks museums, the Ford Factory, the Changi and National Museums, Arab Street, Little India, Changi Park, and more are all either only barely seen by me or not at all. Dang I actually didn't do that much... alright, I'll look up ticket prices again to go back. How's next week sound, all? =)
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