{"id":519,"date":"2009-03-28T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T04:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/wordpress\/?p=519"},"modified":"2011-03-18T19:47:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T19:47:27","slug":"savouring-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/519","title":{"rendered":"Savouring Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the longest time I’ve spent in Singapore. Come next Tuesday, I’ll have been here for 2 weeks. Not that I can complain, it’s a spectacularly clean city\/nation with plenty to eat and see, and is one of the most development countries in the world – this is a big contrast coming from the extreme opposite end where Timor is one of the poorest countries in the world. Can you believe there is a 3-hour direct flight between both countries on Austasia Airlines<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Although the ticket is a bit expensive (USD$800 if booked online), it’s a treat to be so close to all the comforts of home. There are only three ways to flight to Timor: via Singapore, Bali or Darwin. I haven’t been to Darwin, but for the variety of things to do, eat and see (movies, theatre, music, galleries and museums), nothing beats Singapore. Where can you savour a delicious Indian buffet set inside the confines of a colonial hotel? In the Tiffin Room<\/a> at the Raffles Hotel<\/a>, that’s where!<\/p>\n

The first thing I did getting off the plane was to check out what festivals were happening and, lucky for me, the Mosiac Music Festival<\/a> was on. For a bit of culture, I got tickets to go see Melanie Pain<\/a>… here’s an excerpt of how she’s described:<\/p>\n

Delivering confessional folk-pop\u00c2\u00a0chansons\u00c2\u00a0in English and French with the coy, breathy vocals of an ing\u00c3\u00a9nue, M\u00c3\u00a9lanie Pain has the sort of\u00c2\u00a0oeuvre\u00c2\u00a0and style that inspire descriptions like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sugar and spice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153naughty but nice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. If the music doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take you into the faintly smoky echoes of an imagined, vintage Parisian coffeeshop, it will surely ease you, semi-intoxicated, into the night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Not only is Singapore a little oasis in Southeast Asia, its also a transport hub. International flights fly into and out of Singapore regularly and its also an ideal jumping off point for travels around Southeast Asia. At the last minute, I hopped onto a bus bound for Melaka to meet up with my family. While I wouldn’t recommend doing the trip regularly (a 4-hour bus ride ended up becoming a 6-hour bus ride), it was quite straight-forward from Singapore. And, of course, there’s plenty of cheap airlines to connect Singapore with the rest of Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

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