National Day

Singapore by night.

The Potter line I waited in for far too long.

My place.



I took these with my phone, so not sure what the quality is like.

Today is National Day here which for me meant a day off. Besides sleeping in I didn't get much done. Went and saw a French film called Poltergay which, as the title implies, is about gay ghosts. Up until 10 minutes before seeing it I actually thought it was going to be a Hollywood film. Being French kind of saved it from being utter rubbish. I didn't find it all that amusing besides the parts where certain people could see the ghosts and others couldn't. That was never much discussed but was the basis for some clever observations about who in the film was gay or not gay.

I'm in the midst of writing 83 reports at the moment. I only have 58 to go, which seems like a lot but really is a whopping 25 less than what I started with. I'll make this happen over the next week and then it's easy street from there. I've also switched branches so I am working a LOT closer to home which is pleasant and am looking forward to my first two consecutive days off this weekend since beginning work.

One item of interest (to me anyway) is that many Singaporeans I meet here are actually a mixture of all kinds of nationalities. Chinese/Malaysians, Arab/Malaysians, Japanese/Filipino/Dutch, Dutch/Chinese etc etc. The one term which I'd never really heard much before is Eurasian. Everyone that has a mixture of all different kinds of things seems to claim themselves as Eurasian. It's almost like it implies some kind of first class status among people. I've learnt a lot of the history of Orchard Rd too. Apparently it hasn't always been full of prostitutes and high class shops. You would never think this by walking from one end to the other, but apparently this is indeed the case. As little as 15 years ago it was quite different. Makes me wonder if one day Chapel Street will end up this way, all in a bid to encourage tourists.