I have now been in S'pore for ten days. Life settling down, new exchange students are arriving every day. We must be at least 50 to 60 by now.
The semester will begin in 5 days.

So far, if I had to describe the Island of the lion in 2 words, I would say "Giant Mall". Malls are part the Singaporian identity. People come to shop until they drop. You can find gigantic shopping at all most each MRT station, the MRT being the "Mass Rapid Transit", S'pore's train network. My first visiting days with my buddy Zhi Yang, allowed me to see at least 5 or 6 malls.

But this city-country still has other more traditionnal areas, such as Chinatown, Little India, and Arab Street, but I will describe these places to you when I will have visited them.

My daily life here is rather peaceful, no crazy journeys planned so far. I play football, go swimming, wash my clothes, have drinks with my friends, talk with my local neighbours, etc...

Two days ago, most of the exchange students (including myself) headed for the Sentosa island, located just South of S'pore. This is the famous place for locals to go to the beach. However, I am not sure if the entire island is artificial, or if only the beaches were man-made, but everything there makes you feel like in some kind of Disneyland. The sand on the beaches was imported from Indonesia, the seawater is clear in the first 10 cm, and from the beach, the lovely view is made by dozens of cargo ships waiting to enter one of the most active harbours in the world. Someone told me that even the size of the sand grains was calculated by local engineers in order to get the best ratio "confort of the beach/long lasting beach".... Everything must be used at its maximum efficiency.