Prince George's Park Residences, NUS
View from my window at PGP
Some fountain action to the right.Singapore! Yes, I am here and alive and updating...a little!
So far things have been stressful in the area of school and financial matters, but no one wants to hear about that. No one wants to hear about how Singaporean institutions only take weird cash cards for fees and will not accept credit card for most things. I think I need to pay for housing in cash...that's a lot of cash. My point exactly.
So far things have been stressful in the area of school and financial matters, but no one wants to hear about that. No one wants to hear about how Singaporean institutions only take weird cash cards for fees and will not accept credit card for most things. I think I need to pay for housing in cash...that's a lot of cash. My point exactly.
Saturday, January 6
1. Went to Clementi, an area of shops, kind of rugged
2. Got a phone
3. Saw some Stingrays in a food kiosk...really want to try one
4. First day after sleeping without a pillow
Observations:
1. It is really hot, but people here still wear sleeved shirts and pants.
2. Food is cheap(I got a plate that looked like a 7 dollar meal from panda express and it costed me 2 singaporean dollars, like a dollar fifty American). This could get dangerous.
3. Not many people speak/understand english(the national language)...good for me.
Sunday, January 7
Lately we(Clare and I) have been exploring the area with our Finnish friends who are also here on exchange, without any real planning or prior research. We just go out, catch a bus here a cab there and stumble upon places. The adventure on Sunday was to Sentosa Island in search of a beach party that was rumoured to be taking place. We cabbed to one of the beaches(cabs are incredibly cheap and efficient here) and found nothing but a somewhat deserted beach and small bar, a few tourists. After looking at a map, we realized that there was more than one beach on the island and continued down the coast, still managing to find nothing. Then, a few phone calls and a short island-busride later, we stumbled upon this farely huge jacuzzi/techno/rave-esque beach party that looked and felt exactly like something you would see on MTV(tons of drunken bikini-clad girls dancing along side the jacuzzi). People looked like they were on E, and ragin' guys were all over the place, especially in the jacuzzi. Luckily there was a safety zone with a sign that designated the spot for "couples and women ony." I'm serious(There really was a sign, but it wasn't exactly necessary). I decided to swim down at the beach which was nice and warm and felt normal for a man-made place. The seaweed was different from what I'm used to, but it was nice to be in water after being so hot and sticky all day long. Looking back at the shore party with crazy house music ringing through the night, the flashing lights, dancing people, and madness...everything felt so surreal, I couldn't believe what was happenning. I'm in Singapore at a crazy beach party and it feels like summer, when's reality going to hit...It probably won't. So that was that.
Monday, January 8
I registered in the morning and Clare and I went to our first class. We spent most of the day exploring campus, figuring out the library our schedules...National University of Singapore stuff. In the evening, we went to Holland Village(or what we thought was Holland Village), had pizza because I think the Fins were in need of western food. Saw some stray cats and weird rabbits in a pet shop. Later we found the real, new Holland Village which was a hoppin' place for a monday night, found a pub, had a few drinks, and wandered back to PGP.
1. Went to Clementi, an area of shops, kind of rugged
2. Got a phone
3. Saw some Stingrays in a food kiosk...really want to try one
4. First day after sleeping without a pillow
Observations:
1. It is really hot, but people here still wear sleeved shirts and pants.
2. Food is cheap(I got a plate that looked like a 7 dollar meal from panda express and it costed me 2 singaporean dollars, like a dollar fifty American). This could get dangerous.
3. Not many people speak/understand english(the national language)...good for me.
Sunday, January 7
Lately we(Clare and I) have been exploring the area with our Finnish friends who are also here on exchange, without any real planning or prior research. We just go out, catch a bus here a cab there and stumble upon places. The adventure on Sunday was to Sentosa Island in search of a beach party that was rumoured to be taking place. We cabbed to one of the beaches(cabs are incredibly cheap and efficient here) and found nothing but a somewhat deserted beach and small bar, a few tourists. After looking at a map, we realized that there was more than one beach on the island and continued down the coast, still managing to find nothing. Then, a few phone calls and a short island-busride later, we stumbled upon this farely huge jacuzzi/techno/rave-esque beach party that looked and felt exactly like something you would see on MTV(tons of drunken bikini-clad girls dancing along side the jacuzzi). People looked like they were on E, and ragin' guys were all over the place, especially in the jacuzzi. Luckily there was a safety zone with a sign that designated the spot for "couples and women ony." I'm serious(There really was a sign, but it wasn't exactly necessary). I decided to swim down at the beach which was nice and warm and felt normal for a man-made place. The seaweed was different from what I'm used to, but it was nice to be in water after being so hot and sticky all day long. Looking back at the shore party with crazy house music ringing through the night, the flashing lights, dancing people, and madness...everything felt so surreal, I couldn't believe what was happenning. I'm in Singapore at a crazy beach party and it feels like summer, when's reality going to hit...It probably won't. So that was that.
Monday, January 8
I registered in the morning and Clare and I went to our first class. We spent most of the day exploring campus, figuring out the library our schedules...National University of Singapore stuff. In the evening, we went to Holland Village(or what we thought was Holland Village), had pizza because I think the Fins were in need of western food. Saw some stray cats and weird rabbits in a pet shop. Later we found the real, new Holland Village which was a hoppin' place for a monday night, found a pub, had a few drinks, and wandered back to PGP.
Holland Village area
4 comments:
hey, it's your brother!
Very Jealous of you right now- slipping on icy sidewalks doesn't help either.
alohas
hey, it's your sister
Very Jealous of you right now- oh wait i am still in Maui never mind nah
alohas
but why does it look like you're staying in a hotel? that's amaaazing :)
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