Jun 05 2007
The Streets of Singapore
With a few days on my hands before my next move, I went walking around Singapore again yesterday — all day yesterday.
My friend had not taken us through Singapore's Chinatown on Sunday, but I wound up there yesterday. It is, for obvious reasons, just awesome.
In walking through the Maxwell Street "hawker center" around Chinatown, there were scores of little food booths serving all kinds of meals, drinks, spices, and other foodstuff. I wasn't hungry and didn't eat, but in retrospect I should have got something just to do it. I'll have to make a return trip.
After Chinatown, I wound up walking through the financial district, the entire downtown area, and down around the international port.
Note: I just realized that I should probably open up an account with Flickr.com or something just so I can continue posting pictures without scaring people that have no urge to see my nasty ol' mug staring back at 'em, as well as to avoid completely eating into my storage limits with my hosting service. I'll do that soon.
I walked through downtown during lunch hour — and given the number of absolutely beautiful Asian professional women I saw on their lunch breaks, for a moment, it actually made me want to work in an office again.
But I quickly snapped out of it.
Singapore is such a modern, thriving, and upscale city, but it's not nearly as crowded as New York or Hong Kong. And, despite what I said the other day, there are various places and buildings sporadically placed that tell of the Buddhist background and British Imperialism that, for so long, defined the city.
There is far too much to tell — for anyone never outside the States (like me), it's akin to trying to describe Manhattan to someone who's never been there. There are distinct neighborhoods and areas, but they are far too complex to detail in a simple (and, in my case, quite simplistic) blog entry.
I eventually wound up back down around the Esplanade, where we had walked around on Sunday night.
I walked back along the river back through Clark Quay (pronounced "key"), back to Robertson Quay, where I'm staying. From what Ive seen so far, Robertson is where a majority of the ex-pats live. There are far more Westerns here than any where else I've seen in the city.
After walking the city for so long, I actually felt a bit out of sorts being with so many Westerners.
Alright, those are just awesome. Reminds me of Chinatown in San Fransisco. I wonder why.
And when yo get the Flickr account, add me as a contact. My name over there is ‘theichibun’.
Looks like the weather is awesome! My brother-in-law lives in Singapore. The weather is pretty much the same all year round. Enjoy Thailand! Don’t cross the Man with the Golden Gun.