Thoughts From Abroad

It’s been more than a month since I’ve arrived back home in Singapore. Many things have changed or sprouted out more like it. The population has definitely grown and they are definitely not born or bred here. Everywhere one turns you see somebody that represents their part of the globe. Either working, or studying or just on a holiday. Buildings have taken over our limited land space- If there is lack of horizontal space why not try to reach for the skies right? We have Marina bay sands. We have Resort World Sentosa. We have a casino. We have Universal Studios (the main ride is still undergoing safety inspection) and a water theme park! Our night life extends far beyond Clarke Quay (the one place where you can bar/club hop in 2 seconds.) Every other day we are digging and digging to build colossal buildings and sophisticated transportation systems, to name a few. Which explains the massive ‘swimming pools’ that appears in the city area when there is excessive rain.

As far as I know August is not a very exciting month other than my birthday. Ok maybe, there might be a day where the entire country comes together, all adorn in red and white (colours of our national flag) and celebrate the birth of this fast paced, globalized nation. The moment 9th of August is over the people of Singapore falls back into their daily monotonous routine of work. So that is August for you.

As the heat and sudden burst of the occasional rain rolls over to September, tourism is at its peak. Why? It is the month of Formula 1 Grand Prix. The first and only night race in the world. Parties begin a few days before the weekend of the race which last till the last day of the official event. This is the 3rd year we are hosting the Grand Prix and the excitement is indescribable. I did go for the race in the first year, 2008 and I have to say it is an exhilarated feeling one can have when sitting so close to the tracks. In some insane way, the sounds of these fast machines can be quite therapeutic. Alas, the weekend of F1 has finally come to an end and peace has been restored in our Central Business Districts (CBD), where the road closure and re-routing of buses and cars have caused the usual annoyance and complaints amongst the masses.

So here I am sitting in my bedroom at 10.08pm on a rainy Monday evening, 27 September, 2010, the aftermath of F1 thinking if I should continue to write more or wait till October hits me in my face one morning.

I should just go with the latter.


Thulasi for dotdotdash

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