Singaproe Nightlife 101

The last week was just very amazing. Singapore is to my surprise not as clean and strict as I have always imagined. I mean, of course it is very clean in all the business and public areas but you can still find a lot of not clean places. Yes, I know, you find places like that everywhere. But the reputation of Singapore, being such a totalitarian and strict state, I was of the opinion that licking the floor at really every single little place would be as healthy as a glass of milk in the morning!
Just to explain a little more in detail: I have seen a lot of places downtown where there was garbage and cigarette buds on the street in front of the stores. Also, it was a big suprise for me that smoking was abandoned here in Singapore only on July, 1st this year. Thus, a lot of people still smoke. The other thing I thought was very surprising is that I have seen several cats wandering around in the streets. A cat might just lie right on the sidewalk and sleep while people are passing by trying not to step on it.

Singaporeans are very very friendly people. I have heard about that a lot of times before coming but exactly the same thing happened to me as to so many others: when I was asking someone for the way on campus that person actually went back halfway where he came from just in order to show me the way. I mean an easy explanation would have done the job too..

Last night Adam and I went to Ministry of Sound with some sweet Singaporean girls who were Adam's buddy and her friends. Inside MOS it was as packed as I had never seen it before. One could hardly move from one place to another. But that gave me a lot of private time with one of the girls when I took her to the bar and back ;)
Prices here in Singapore for beverage are just an outrage. A shot of Jaegermeister, which I of course had to introduce to the ladies, was 11 bucks, which is like 5,5 euros and almost equal to a whole bottle in Europe. Anyhoo, we had a splendid time because we don't need fun to have alcohol and the girls knew how to dance and how to have a good time! Somewhere I have read that Singaporeans have a great nightlife and party hard, that was definitely the case that night.

We came home from the MOS at 6am this morning, and went to eat at a small Indian stand on the way home. There, the food was rediculously cheap, 1,50 for a pancake with some spicey sauce. I don't remember the name.. kappa or something like that? Ah no it is Prata! We also enjoyed the company of a rat right next to us in the bushes. I seriously could not believe my eyes. I mean, this is Singapore. But at least the rat was quite tame and did not bite. Unfortunately, I did not manage to take a picture of it but people would not like to see it anyway, I guess.

Yesterday I visited the Little India district with Adam and Ravy the American Indian guy. We ate from banana leaves and had a mango shake. I absolutely love mango! I would like to eat mango in any kind of dish... shake, ice cream, pudding, you name it!