Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Singapore

Dropped off to Singapore for 3 days to thought I'll give you quick resume:

Visited the NUS (National University Singapore) campus where my bro studied last semester. Compared to our unis back home it is huge, with several bus-lines transporting students around the place. New faculties are still being built, like a the donated by a local businessman for 23 million S$. ☺ The Singapore National Museum is a must if you are interested in the city’s history, takes a bit long though. We were nowhere near finished after 2 hours. The city itself is amazing, with various arcitectural feats littering the centre. As for Singaporeans: If they decide to do something they do it big: Gambling was outlawed for a long time, but when they realized that people just go to Macao, they decided to make their on casino. Its a massive building with three 55 storey hotels (connected with a sky bridge) built by the side of it, just in case. They want to finish them until the Chinese New Year so that the Chinese spend all their money here and not in Macao. Thats why work goes on 24/7. Oh and its only free for foreigners. Singaporeans still have to pay 100 bucks to get in. ☺

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