Singapore!

Well, I had my first night out in Singapore (and probably only)... it was pretty successful... and ridiculously expensive... I ordered a drink, and he held up his hand with some gesture, i was in an agreeable mood so i just nodded without thinking.... then he put 2 pitchers on the bar and started pouring booze into them... i was like, whoa... and he said 2 for one... then I got to thinking, "this ain't Thailand... if he's giving me two for one, how much must one cost?" Low and behold, 40 bucks! 30 american or so.... jeeze and crimminy! I ended up just putting one on a table and drinking the other... deciding that being able to walk home was better than making the most of my money.

Otherwise, I danced, chatted and had a good time. I talked to some Cubans and grew increasingly frustrated as my Spanish kept coming out as Thai. Halfway knowing two languages will take some getting used to... Singaporeans are a world apart from Thailand. So far my impression of it is that it is very much like New York City... only that it is very clean and all of the various ethnicities are replaced by asians of different types. Everybody speaks flawless well-educated English, which is an interesting experience after being in Thailand for so long. I'm staying in little India and liking it so far... just checked into a little hostel that seems to have a pretty cool crowd, although it's got some inconvenient rules (I can't bring my bags to my room?) Not sure if I'll stay here, but the free wifi is nice...