Went to Sentosa island - the Singaporeans' chilling-out island and rich tourists rip-off attraction - yesterday. That was a disappointment. As a German guy in the hostel said, it's more "plastic" than Singapore itself. The attractions are expensive and overrated. The butterfly park was the best, I got to use my new camera :)
Sentosa is definitely a place to go with friends. I felt very alone, walking along the beaches. (Gosh, I hate sand.) The helpful English blokes and the friendly German guys had left that morning, and I felt almost deserted. I couldn't even go for a swim, although I wanted to, the water was so WARM, because I couldn't leave my stuff (camera!) behind.
The (free) Nature Walk & Dragon Trail was the best. Wandering in a secondary rainforest... Among dragons, they try to convince us... I didn't see any birds - their camouflage is brilliant - but I heard them. One of them sounds so monotone and artificial that I thought it was an attraction screeching (although I could hear those too, all the time). Then I was told it was a bird. On my way back I saw a squirrel scurry into a tree and across the path on a branch. That made my day.
Some guy from DNA (a Finnish network company) called me today: "Do you know about our new promotion...?" No, and do you know how much answering this call will cost me...?
The MRT (local metro) reminds me of the tube. No wonder people get paranoid about terrorism, when they show you videos of someone blowing the train up! “The threat of terrorism is real!" They also tell you to "Please mind the platform gap". Hilarious。
Now this computer wants to write in Chinese again，so I'll just try uploading some photos。
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