People in Singapore don’t speak up much. That’s good, sometimes, like when I spill my Kopi over the Hawker table. But much more.. it pisses me off. Like when one person forgets to step on the left side of the escalator, and the next person walking up just stops behind, where a short and polite reminder would get the whole flow going again, and instead clogs the whole thing.

Yesterday I twittered this, “Aren’t Stewaredesses supposed to be pretty?”. Today you might read this and say “Watch out, Stereo Type” or whatever, I don’t care. It was just another tip of an ugly iceberg that practically crash landed my positive experience of in-flight “entertainment”. Shortly after we touched down in Singapore, late once again, or well, have we ever been on time anyway? Within the last months my frustration about the budget airlines operating from Singapore grew just as much as their service and cockiness got worse and worse. Their new luggage rip-off is only the latest scam adding another good point to below list,of why to avoid them at all costs, literally..

Singapore Airport, only flying is better, the airport in Singapore is an attraction by itself, if you arrive in Singapore you will enjoy an average time of leaving the plane to entering the next cab, of 25 minutes, bags arrive quick, the passport checks are efficient and quick and the train station in easy reach by foot.
If you depart, there are plenty of options of how to get around your waiting time.

Are you searching for a good and reliable GPS Naviagtion solution for Singapore? Then continue reading! It’s a battle between Navigation Apps for your mobile phones and the normal GPS navigation systems. With a clear and not surprising winner.

The APEC meeting had several impacts on the Singaporeans, besides the apparent increase in public littering (due to missing bins everywhere) another “issue” are the tightened security checks at MRT stations which however turned out to be useless and even more.. annoying. I question who trains these people and who sets up the instructions they follow.

In an attempt to setup some rules for the correct “use” of our Singaporean sidewalks, I stirred up some discussions about the general problem and presence of “Kiasuism” everywhere once again!

Today, I first missed my train, and then missed a meeting because those bloody people can’t read the obvious signs about how to “behave” on Singapore’s escalators!

Uh!? 40 Dollar??
And I thought cabs are cheap here in Singapore, that was a 5 minute ride from Raffles Place to City Hall and now I have to pay more then for my last tax bill?

Don’t worry! Singapore is indeed a very cheap place to travel via cab from the West coast to the East or upside down, but there are many extra charges and fees that will apply to all thinkable different occasions.