We started Christmas break travel in Singapore, thinking that this very Western looking city would let our Asian kids ease into the two weeks in Southeast Asia. In Singapore everything works as it is supposed to work. This island nation has achieved a transparency exceeding that of any other country. At one degree north of the equator it was also a place to start thawing out from the winter conditions on the other side of the flights to the meeting here.
It is very expensive to drive a car in Singapore. The more so when the car is a Ferrari.
Singapore is a great place to eat inexpensively. The quality of offerings in the food stalls and food courts is high and the range of cuisines covers all of east Asia. Here we enjoy some excellent dim sum.
Singapore doesn’t impose a separation of food and religion. This shrine is at one end of a food court.
Food preparation is not something that happens in a factory many miles away
Many cuisines, many choices . . .
Two of my perennial “must visit” locations in Singapore. Sim Lim Square is the place for retail electronics and IT shopping. The nearby Sim Lim Tower is the location for components at the level of resistors and capacitors and such. Component offerings are but a fraction of what used to be available. There are fewer electronic hobbyists and the manufacturing sector is dealing with surface mounted devices.
Clear Channel is everywhere, as are their former employees
In front of a green screen, anything is possible. In this case you can have a memento of the Singapore Science Centre that shows you exploring the arctic or ensconced in some other current theme.
It was not too late for the Singapore Science Centre Christmas tree – 28 December 2012
I believe this is called an anamorphic cylinder illusion. One of the many interesting items in the “Mind’s Eye” section of the Singapore Science Centre
A bit of Indonesian culture at the Singapore Science Centre. Wayang kulit characters assist with the weather/climate presentation.
We managed to be there at the right time for the demonstration of the Science Centre’s large Tesla coil
At the end of the Tesla coil demonstration, a balloon filled with hydrogen is ignited by the sparks. Cover your ears!