Day Three

If I learned anything over day two, it was that people in Singapore do not need much personal space. While standing by the City Hall metro stop (side-note, trying to connect with other people sans communication devices is rather difficult) I found people walked within an inch of my face even though the entire corridor was open for travel. I also found that community dining is a favorite and people will sit right across from you regardless of where the open seats are in the cafe.

I did luck out and get a fantastic cab driver while I was trying to work my way back into the city from the University. Since I was clearly an American, his first question to me was about all the tornadoes we have been having lately- must be up on his news. He then proceeded to give me a guided tour of the town on the way to my final destination that included the las vegas sands resort, parliament, high court, some famous IT center, and a variety of other buildings. He also kept saying 'coaster roller' which made me laugh and constantly referred to the lehman brothers collapse and wall street. I haven't figured out the tipping system yet - I have been told it is illegal for them to accept tips in Taxi's but I still feel bad about it.

Walking around Raffles Park area

Luggage is still MIA at this point, making this rather difficult. I stole anything I could from my previous hotel and made a trip to the local singaporean favorite - The Gap. I refuse to buy additional clothes yet (besides my one outfit for today) because I have faith that the airlines can get their act together and send Kermit my way. I also think I deserve a voucher for having to buy things just so I can get by in the meantime but we all know the airlines will fight that even though they are the ones holding my bag hostage. I did manage to buy some flip flops, havaianas, which seem to be popular with the locals and are apparently an american brand that I have never heard of.

Watching an Indian band play by the water

I don't really know what is in store today - more students are arriving at various times so I need to work on intercepting them as they come in. A group landed at 6am this morning so I imagine they are all passed out in their rooms. I find that I am already acclimated to this schedule- I think traveling for over 30 hours somehow reset my clock and when I got here I was already on Singapore time. Until next time - Becca