Gulliver's Travels...

Warning: this post is probably going to be extremely short and uninsightful. I just wrote a long-ass posting and accidently closed the window (FUCK). So a week has passed by and it feels as though I've been in Singapore for years! I must say we're pretty lucky in North America -- there is no such thing as customer service here, i.e. if you buy something its yours. No refund policy or anything like that. I've met tons of people from all over the world, namely the US, UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Spain. Everyone is pretty cool and chilling, but my immediate crew is made up of Loc (Vietnamese Canadian from McGill), Xavier (Spanish from ESADE), Jema (Spanish from ESADE), and Sonia. I've visited Little India, Chinatown, the Boat Quay, Orchard Rd. (Toronto's equivalent of Bay/Bloor), and Sentosa Island. We went to the island on Saturday (Jan15./05), and it was pretty crazy. Just like everything else in Singapore it is totally manmade! They imported the white sands from Malaysia and populated the island with wild peacocks! The water is alright, and they built smaller islands around it so that you can swim from one to the next. That night the MBAs sponsored a party on the beach at one of the clubs -- it was very high schoolish. The people here are very innocent and eager to help just like in the movies! I don't know if I said this before but clubbing is extremely $$$ here! I spent $150 in one night -- needless to say I'm done clubbing till Toronto. On another note; there are always people cleaning EVERYTHING. The country is clean, but I mean these guys hose down the basketball courts, clean the walls of buildings, sweep out sewers, etc. Its kinda amusing to watch -- but what you must understand is that Singapore is a country that is run like a company. The gov't has a tight control over all aspects of life here and so far they've done a splendid job, thus no one really complains. My classes are alright -- the students laugh at anything that the teachers say...but the teachers are highly qualified with many from Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, etc. I'm going to add a few pics...until my next post...peace out biatches. P.S. Although I'm having a wicked time I miss home and all you guys ;) Paan email me your resume...