I arrived to Singapore on the 26th of December, 2003. This trip was unique because nothing was prearranged, and everything improvised. Upon arrival to Changi Airport I had to book a hotel. I was quite lucky because I found a great bargain in the Le Meridien, located in Orchard Road, very centrally located. I was deeply impressed with the transports. In general they are very clean, modern and cheap. For the underground or the bus you can buy a rechargeable card that you can always keep inside the wallet, because there is a proximity sensor that detects the card whenever you enter a bus or the underground. This was a great novelty for me and saves you from all the hassle of figuring out where you last put it. During my stay in Singapore I visited Sentosa. It is a wonderful spot. Don't miss out the Merlion(the protector of the island) or the daily shows they have with water fountains where they display very cool holographic images on the water. I also went to the Singapore Zoo and tried the Night Safari. It was a remarkable experience. Don't miss the food in Singapore. My girlfriend insisted to take me to the Singapore River for trying the marvelous sea food there. Although not cheap(or expensive), it was the most delicious sea food I have ever had. The crab was just beyond comparison with anything I had ever tried. Our wonderful trip to Singapore terminated with a New Year celebration at the Mandarin Hotel, a very special way to spend our last night in Singapore and also to celebrate year 2004. Singapore is going to last forever in my memory, not only because of my endless credit card bill but also for the wonderful experience I had there. Singapore is one of the greatest cities in the world!

First of all...it's Singapore ..not Singpore. Second of all, we are called Singaporeans...not Singers. I mean we sure can sing..but we don't go around calling ourselves Singers. I'd also like to say something about the languages used in Singapore. Basically, we have the three main groups: the Chinese, the Indians and the Malays. Singaporeans share and communicate in all languages. Sure, we each learn our mother tongues, but it's quite common to hear an Indian speak in fluent Mandarin or the different dialects, and even more Chinese speaking Malay. In Singapore, the population of Chinese is the greatest, with Malays and Indians following. We all share a common language, and that being an international language, would be English. Almost all Singaporeans understand English, only some of the people from the older generation who had little money for education rarely speak English or even broken English. All the signs here are written in English. As for our world-class airport, our government has spent a lot of money to build Singapore as a international port. Efficiency applies to everywhere in the country in terms of transportation and service.

A greater polyglot population would be harder to find than that which exists in Singers. Tamil is spoken by Singapore Indians, as most came from the South of there homeland. Malay is spoken by the mainland Malyasians and many different dialects of Chinese exist, however with Jiang Zemins' cronies trying to standardise the mainland into Mandarin, Singpore will soon to have one 'official' version. English is widely spoken and you will struggle to find a sign, information piece or map you can't read if English is your only language.