Sorry, I’ve been really busy this week with stuff.  Finally outlining how my school trip went!

I left Kansai Airport at like 1 and got to Singapore at like 8.  But, Singapore’s time was 7.  No problems with any passport stuff, so that was nice.  Singapore has guards at the airport with huge military guns, which is a bit unnerving.  Not the best first impression.  After getting out of the airport we got on a charter bus and went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant.  I don’t like Chinese food, so it wasn’t particularly appetizing to me.  Nagano students packed the place, and that was only half our grade.  We had been split into two different flight times so the groups could fly in and eat without being too large.  Then we checked into the hotel and slept and stuff.

Singapore was very hot.  It’s something you notice when you step outside.  Unlike Japan, Singapore’s airport was airconditioned.  You also notice a lot of Indian people walking around, which is a change from me seeing Japanese (and other Asian) people 24/7.  It’s also a very modern looking city and has tons of skyscrapers and many hotels.

Basically over the next days of our stay we went to an Orchid garden, on a bus tour, went to a high school, went to a Bird zoo, and finally on a night safari.  Food-wise it was almost ALL Chinese, which was…not very pleasing to me.  It almost felt like hypocrisy after coming to Japan and people making me all the different traditional Japanese foods to experience the culture, then when Japanese people go to a new place…they stick with Asian food.  While Singapore is composed of many Chinese citizens, Indian people also make up a large percentage of the population.  It’s my opinion that we should have tried Indian food more, which I would have preferred.  Or picked better Chinese restaurants.

Over all I wasn’t very happy about the ‘Trip on a Script’ feel, I like a more spontaneous type of adventuring around the world.  But it did give me a fun look at Singapore, which I enjoyed.  But for political reasons I can’t say I’d like to live in Singapore, as it’s very low in the Human Rights Dept.

And tomorrow I’m going to Cost Co. which is like Sam’s Club, which carries many American things.  Yudai’s family is taking me because they have a card to get in, and Yudai said things are really cheap, which sounds fun.  I think I’ll spend around 4,000 yen in stuff, just for fun.