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Published: October 6th 2007
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As i sit at another rusty terminal covered with the sweat and tears of many a travel blogger i atttempt to write the greatest story every written again.
Again because once again lost it, however this time was different i am a changed man. The last time this happend the computer table was aware of my anger my the pain i unleashed on its surface.
but this time i relaxed, maybe beacause i have grown accustomed to these situations or maybe beacause of the words a young indonesian man, wawan once told me. 'its OK, keep trying'
Believe these words me people, they will get you far.
Its is time to tell you about he greatest city in the world - singapore
For those who have been there, stop reading as this is a story you all should know, but feel free to read the words i have written and remember the times.
To a place called little india, the name of which is clearly a lie for its is not small in any way.
Where the greatest curry (not including india itself) can be purchased on a giant leaf plate and for a small price can even fill
The interview
Look how happy i am! a man like me - completely until i cannot move.
where the man kindly hands me a fork as he assumes i would not also like to eat with my hand like the rest fo the guests.
I was told that singapore was clean, i feared this was a lie until i ventured out of little india for the first time and realised this was only minute percentage fo the country.
Many would take the dirt free streets of singapore for granted until they have stayed there for long enough to realsie that this place is massive compared to any of our cities and yet you could roll around on the floor in public and not get a spec of dirt on you.
This is also refelcted in the MRT (subway) and from one look around singapore you can already assume if is spotless and yes it was, not even a busker sat to the side.
You think the london undergounrd was easy, try the MRT, that cost me about 1 pound to get me across to the other side (north)
We arrived just in time for the 42nd anniversary of independance, they seem to like it there, free drinks cheap meals and the greatest cartoonist of all, the man that could draw with his left and right hand at the same time.
Of course i had a free pic done which looked exaclty like me and of course the local news crew thought 'look at this sterling chap' and interviewed me for TV that night - at last i was famous.
There is an island of singapore called sentosa, its basically a tourist park, cinema, luge - where i became luge master - and an aquarium. It is also lucky enough to employ a young man called jerry, i do not believe jerry was his real name but i learnt to accept it.
Jerry was our Guide for the day, he lead us around all the attractions and was a bit of a joker. ' The drive to the aquarium is not very long, not because the driver is a formula one driver but because the road is not very long' we laughed.
Sentosa also holds the 'furthest southern point of the asian continant' sentosa was an island you could say i was confused, you also had to walk over a bridge from sentosa to a small pile of sand to get right to the south, i was once again confused.
If you want to work in a city, come to singapore, if you want to shop in a city come to singapore, if you want to visit a city some to singapore.
The place has everything and more london, new york anywhere has but doesnt have any of the bad bits like crime and smelly people.
For those who cannot afford all this there is an alternative, probably the greatest alternative in the world.
I call this place singapore airport - location, singapore airport, singapore.
Probably the greatest airport in the world, i would like to live there or maybe even honeymoon there, it has everything you need, even a gym. next time i go i am goin to stay for a whole day, maybe more.
But even a whole day would not be long enough to visit all the sites.
A place called raffles hold the recipe to the sinapore sling, of course i had one, even brought the glass and threw copious amounts of nuts shells on the floor, why beacause you allowed and its the thing. They even have pidgeons walking around, i also saw a pidgeon in cambodia, they are everywhere. nutters!
As i read back through my latest entry i realise this is not the greatest story ever written but i will not let this get in the way of a good opening line.
The End
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laura
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that was lovely
can i expect to see your moment on tv on youtube? i am quite bored and it would be quite nice :) xxx