A Trip to Singapore

The first thing that hits me when someone mentions Singapore is very-open-minded or in simpler words, horny, teens. And that's exactly what I got to experience during my recent trip to that small island. I'll come to that "interesting" part later. Patience boys....

To escape the massive traffic jams that usually occur during any festive period, my family left the house at 6.40 in the morning. I was supposed to drive but then my father said that there would be too many police road blocks. So, I couldn't drive to Johor Bahru neither on the way back.

As I mentioned, we drove down to Johor Bahru, parked our car there and then took the bus across the Causeway. I was pretty excited to visit Singapore as that was my first visit to that island. A few minutes after the immigration clearance, I finally set foot on the land of Singapore.

Luckily for my family, my mother has a friend staying there and she offered us to stay in her place while we were there. On that day, we were pretty tired and didn't want to visit any place. So, at night, my mother's friend's husband took us to the nearby Rivervale Mall. That's where I saw something very "interesting". I'll keep it for later.

Next day, as usual, I was the first one to get up as I had to do my morning stretching. Then, after breakfast, we visited the National Science Centre. One thing that I really liked about Singapore is the public transport system. It's really very efficient as most-if not all-the places are accessible by bus or train or a combination of both.

The National Science Centre was really nice but I wouldn't say it's great because they didn't have anything much on space exploration. Well, keep that part aside and you'll have a great time exploring the place. Outside the centre, there is a Kinetic Garden where simple inventions which actually shaped our world such as the Archimedes screw and trampoline were on display to be tested.

Just before going in, for the first time in my life, I got a chance to watch how a bird takes it's bath as a random bird was doing that in a water fountain outside. As we went in, we were greeted by a huge aptosaurus sculpture. On that day, the main theme of the Science Centre was dinosaurs. There was a dinosaur exhibition inside with huge partially moving dinosaurs.

Besides the dinosaurs, there were many other science related displays there. One thing that caught my attention was a section which explained how people get attracted to each other. There was also a room where I watched a video on how the foetus forms and grows in the uterus. That was in 3D and it was really nice.

The next day, we visited Little India. It was a nice place which was bustling with activities and various people were plying their trade at every corner of the town. It was truly like India as it was crowded with Indian people and a few tourists. That day, I had my lunch at the Tekka Centre which was just beside the train station.

After lunch, we headed to the National Museum. Honestly, the museum is many many times better that the one in Malaysia. There were exhibitions on Singaporean food, fashion and theatre throughout the years. The most interesting part was the National History section.

There, we were given a device that had earphones and an electronic player that would give descriptions of the things that we see inside the museum. We just have to type the different numbers on the floor of the museum in the device to listen to the explanation.

After a one hour walk inside the National History section, my father and I walked a little further from the main museum to the Philatelic Museum. I actually found out about the museum when I stumbled upon a brochure on the Philatelic Museum in Little India. As I was a passionate collector of stamps and currency, that was a place I surely had to visit.

However, due to lack of time, I couldn't really view the stamp exhibitions in the museum. I just had a look-around in the museum shop and got myself a few wonderful stamps for 15 SG Dollars. That museum was truly one of a kind as I've never seen nor heard of anything like that before. The next time I'm in Singapore, I'll surely pay another visit.

After that, we went to the Esplanade. We were greeted with an erhu performance outside the MRT station. As we walked towards the famous landmark of Singapore, the Merlion, I was stunned at the sight of the majestically built Marina Bay Sands. The architecture was outstanding and the scenery was excellent.

The vivid atmosphere was made even better with the marvelous lighting and laser show from Marina Bay Sands. I snapped quite a  number of pictures there at sunset. There was also a river cruise but only my sister went for it. After dinner, we headed back to Malaysia that night itself so that we won't have to go through the traffic jam on the Causeway the next morning.

Chinese New Year sucks in Singapore. 87.5 % of the residents there are Chinese but they seem like they don't want to celebrate their new year. There were only a few minutes of fireworks unlike in Malaysia where the fireworks go on all night.

And there were many Chinese people working that day. It was a festival and instead of spending time with their families, they were serving others. And the worst part was that some of them actually wore black clothes that day. Chinese New Year is surely celebrated very differently there.

Singaporeans just love their touch-screen phones. Almost every local were playing with their phones in the trains and buses. I don't know if they were just trying to show off their fancy phones. Who knows, some of them might actually be owning a China-made phone.

Well, now to the interesting part that all of you have been waiting for. I saw many free shows from inside to the outside. That day, in Rivervale Mall, as I was standing in the queue to pay for some of the things, I saw a couple who were waiting in the next cashier, romantically playing with each other in the midst of so many people.

Then, they were kissing each other and the guy actually lifted up her blouse slightly. The lady standing behind them was totally disgusted by their act. I think the girl (who was being kissed) would have undressed for him when they got back. When I was getting back to the apartment, a couple were French-kissing each other at the zebra crossing while waiting for the green light to walk across the road. The lady was drunk by the way.

Honestly, the Singaporean girls aren't that pretty or cute or beautiful (maybe because of their hectic lifestyle) but they are just plain sexy. I mean every where I went I just saw hot stuff. I don't go looking for them but opportunities just fall in front of my eyes. So, don't call me a pervert. It's just an inborn ability of mine to detect opportunities.

Some of the girls dress "smartly". They where a dark coloured T-shirt/blouse and a similar coloured shorts to make it look that they are wearing a very short dress. I fell for it a few times but I got used to it soon. Now, I'm not surprised at all why sexting and news of girls losing their virginity at 15 is so common in Singapore. I think I would have lost my virginity early had I been brought up there.

One important thing that I had learned from my trip to Singapore is that people's behaviour are very much influenced by their surroundings. The old people or senior citizens of Singapore are actually very humble and nice. I still remember a random old lady who wished me 'Happy Chinese New Year' when she was in the bus and I was sitting in the bus stop. The point here is that she lived most of her life in the stress free Singapore of the olden days.

However, the modern Singaporeans who are going through the hectic lifestyle are very very money minded and don't care about social life. Many of them are very competitive and some even work during their festival, living up the the term "kiasu" or scared-to-lose attitude that is usually used to describe them.

Their faces also change and they become less beautiful or cheerful because of the stress they face. That's the reason the young generation put loads of make up and dress sexily just to make themselves attractive. I think their obsession with their smart phones proves me right.

Another thing about Singapore is that they are a truly multi-racial country, much much better than Singapore. There are no double standards nor rules that favour one race over there. And all their public transports systems have notices in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. Maybe Malaysia has a thing or two to learn from them.

I have to say that the trip was one of the best holidays I've ever had. I don't know if it's coincidence but my family visited the places that would have been at the top of my list of travelling destinations in Singapore. And the Singaporeans taught me how your interests in life can change the way you live. A great trip indeed!