Singapore Visit

Went to Singapore on last September 28th and return on the 30th for official business mostly. The flight from KLIA was on time and uneventful on a Malaysian Airlines Airbus 330. A lot of space in the Terminal 2 of Changi airport. We stayed at Asia Hotel on Scotts Road, about 15 minutes from the shopping area of Orchard Road. Singapore is pleasing to the eyes I thought and not only because the girls here wear trendy clothes. The street infrastructure is really good, neat and tidy. The roads are wide, both vehicle lanes and pedestrian footpaths. Big shadowy trees are everywhere and small short bushes and flower trees decorate the ground. Looks like every corner is well looked after.

Newton Hawker Centre is just 5 minutes walk away from Asia Hotel, that's where we had our dinner and not worry too much about how much it's going to cost us. Same numbers shown on the menu for the normal hawker food as at home, just don't bother with the exchange rates. A lot of variety of food here and the sup tulang is excellent.

Orchard Road is world-famous shopping district, all the prestigious brands are available here. That's what you come here for, prestige and fashion, if you're bargain hunting then you might not find what you're looking for, or perhaps should come during the sale season.

The MRT is excellent and convenient but packed with people but not as packed as the one I experienced in Hong Kong. There is a $1 deposit on every ticket which is returned when the used ticket is put back into the ticketing machine at the end of a journey. The escalators at the stations move much faster than the ones they have at the shopping complexes.