Hi Everybody! Whoever you may be!
I'm in Singapore!
Of course there's no way I can tell you what I'm doing here but I can tell you that I'm spending a great deal of time watching '24' which I have come across for the first time. You'll be releaved to know that Jack has been freed by the Russian geezers but he still needs to find Kim (and I can't blame him!) and only has a couple of hours to do it!
Anyway...
I was in Jakarta last week. Very similar to Manila I think, except just a little more cash knocking around. But not much. And most of the people I met seemed to ask (themselves), 'what IS wrong with Indonesia?" Personally I couldn't see what was wrong, or correct about it, but it's hard to tell either way after just a few days.
I do know that Jakarta is suffering from some nasty floods at the moment and some people have died, and a nastier case of Dengue Fever.
Anyway, Singapore is completely different with as much of an ethnic mix and London. Difference in Singapore seems to be that fee speech isn't so free and monitoring of individuals is pretty standard practice. (Hello to all you Internet Surveillance folks tapping in!)
It does have it's cool places and hidden gems known only to the locals. Fortunately I have Victor and Debby to show me the sights.
Chinese New Year is fast approaching and seems to fuel and increased trade in little brightly coloured plastic things all aver the place. The streets are heaving as people make their way home with bags full of sweets and plastic flowers. Yum!
Fortunately, I will be out of Singapore for the actual celebrations, although far closer to the centre of all the action!!
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