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 Fountain by kyoub
You can walk on the walkway out to the fountain and go around the circle and it is said to give the person wealth. You must go in the right direction and not when it is shooting up water none stories high. Leave a Comment
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 Festival by kyoub
They are a heavy little cakes with sweet lotus seeds and eggs in the middle.
I thought they were pretty to look at but not good to eat. Leave a Comment
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 Chinese by kyoub
A Chines funerary procession had just passed by us. Leave a Comment
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 Lion Dancers Herald in Gd Luck by bpacker
Yup, His Royal Majesty got a terrible case of traveller's luck one day and got shipwrecked. Fortunately, he landed on this island after the ferocious storm. Presumably hallucinating from the terrible experience, he saw a lion " singa " ( in his native tongue ) and named this place " Singapura " .
The good news is, the chap was really delirious, there has never been another sighting of a lion ever since. Apart from the caged lions at Mandai Zoo and the gaudy, drum-loving pride who appear every Chinese New Year to bring in Good Luck, I doubt you'll see the mammal roaming about the city. Leave a Comment
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 Decorations by kyoub
Deepavali is the festival of lights, the triumph of good over evil. During this time there are sidewalk vendors set up in the allys and sidestreets with special gifts to sell. Leave a Comment
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 fruit by kyoub
Just don't take them back to your hotel room.
For those that haven't tried the fruit you are in for a real treat or maybe not. They taste like custard but first you have to get them past your nose. Leave a Comment
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 Singaporean friends Leng,
Wang, and Holly by Rodan44Leave a Comment
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All boys once they turned 18 are required to serve 2 years national service or they will be thrown in jail. The government has made it so organised that such a way of avoiding it is almost oblivious, that is unless you move out of the country and never return or if you are disabled. Homosexuals still have to serve the national service no matter how gay you are. Even transexuals have to although they do the office admin work. If you are thinking of moving to Singapore, think twice about citizenship for your child unless of course if he is willing to, that is a different story altogether. This applies if you are a Singapore citizen or PRs. Leave a Comment
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Almost all the buildings and roads you see in Singapore are built by these people. They hail from mostly India and Bangladesh although there are groups of Thai, Burmese and Chinese nationals too. The Indian's and Bangladeshis are notorious for being romantically link with Indonesian and Filipino domestic maids and often these situations ends up with more than two people being involved. Yes, there is lots of racism in Singapore like any other big city and unfortunately the main target are these workers. I saw this Chinese man who refuses to allow an Indian worker to sit beside him in the bus and he even got verbally abusive at the poor lad. Surely the worker must have stank a little but that was just so wrong! There are also many other occasions where I noticed and read about how these workers are being treated by their employers. The unfortunate ones are known stranded at the airport as soon as they get into Singapore as their employers are not there to receive them. And the living conditions they live in is just atrociously disgraceful if you even call that humane. Leave a Comment
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It is known that the education system in Singapore government-run schools is one of the best in the world. You can find many foreigners in local schools like the rich kids from Indonesia, Thailand or China. The system is based on the UK equivalent of GCSEs and during my time, English exam papers were sent to the UK to be marked. Occasionally, you get the odd white boy who stands out in school because he is just so easy to spot in a flock of asians. My best mate in primary school was Canadian and he spoke better Mandarin than I did. That's a bit scary.
The foreign expats usually sent their children to one of the many international schools although I heard the newer expats are now opting for their child to be educated in a local government school. After all, the standards are higher and you pay less! Leave a Comment
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