Here i am, sitting in a beautiful resort in the middle of singapore, soaking up the sun. singapore is such a strange city. their buildings are all strange futuristic architecture - possibly designed more for imagery than practicality. Their court house looks like a UFO, they have a building shaped like a boat settling on top of three towers, and another sharp angular building that looks like it stepped straight out of flatland when looked at from various angles. In amongst all these buildings there are random spots of greenery (sometimes crawling up the sides of the buildings, or nestled on top of sky-high boats). It really is such a bizarre mixture to see. you can even see some squirrels running amuck outside our balcony window.
The city itself has so many stores from all different places around the world. its a mix of american culture, british, and there is ofcourse some asia mixed in there and even a little of india.
My reasons for being here in singapore with two of my friends is my dad. he has been living here for the past two months with work, and will be here for another three, and his company was nice enough to fly me out so that i can see him. it has been good to see him so far, being that the day he gets home from singapore i will be beginning my adventures in the Philippines and not get an opportunity to spend some time with him. and believe it or not, i actually like my family (most of the time anyway...)
The people here are quite friendly...although i have been told that if they aren't nice they get fired from their jobs, but i like to believe its because they are nice people regardless. however sometimes they are perhaps too nice; example the guy on the train that insisted on following me and sniffing me when i turned my back... that was a little bit creepy.
now i must get back to the reality of my day (which isn't so bad a reality since it involved a massage and some exploring of this weird and wonderful country)
much love, Ruby xo
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