Raffles!

Singapore Slingshot

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January 19th 2008
'Here are your boarding passes, oh, and I've upgraded you to business class.' Blink, blink, blink. I look left and right, just to check if there are any hidden cameras or anything. Things such as this never ever happen to us. 'Oh, thanks' I say, feigning the modest joy that I imagine the typical upgraded passenger might experience and then can't help it, adding 'that's bleedin' deadly' l ... read more

Asia » Singapore

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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more