Beware of the dangers outside the BOX.

I was lucky enough to time my arrival in sigapore with the opening of a new terminal at woodlands trainstation. But I was a little dissapointed by the meagere lavishness decorating the welcoming of Singaporean ministers on their walkthrough at the station. Compaired to the general attiere of suits and gray cameramen I was definetly a illuminator with my colorful day-pack, bumming past in my newly attaind quickslivers slippers. Maybe these won't get stolen as fast as my "brand" ones. Then again it is a totally plausible to expect slipper thives to be illitarete. Maybe I have to take care of these anyway.
"Mafa la" as they say here in Singapore. (originally an Chinese expression of boring but is also used as an expression of tiring in Malaysia and Singapore)

The easiest way to get around on a budget is using the MRT and the Buses. If visiting for more than a day or two I'd recomend getting a electronic ticket card that you can top up instead of single tickets. It's a few dollars more expensive but it's very nice to have. Specially when there are lines to the ticketing machines or on buses where you otherwhise need exact change. One of these cards can be aquired through any ticket counter at the MRT.

On the topic of public transportation though the neighboring countries could really pick up a few hints. Besides having a modern transportation system where people actually manages to get on and off, most of the time, they also exhibit a range of maps and other services that makes life easier getting around. The best part is however the ridiculeous zealously when it comes to signs and telling pople what to do. It is quite obvious it's a Chinese run state. Like a Chinese parent who likes you and wants to take care of you, like the little child you are. The singaporian government kindly explains where to go, where to eat, where to sit, where to stand, how to stand, where not to stand and a whole range of other funny things all within box life.

Like a good parent the singaporian government also want to make sure you don't speak no evil, hear no eavil or do no evil. Providing free wifi in most public places is the wireless@sg wifi network. To register one has to have a local number in most cases. To aquire a local number one needs to buy one and registering it with ones passport at the same time. It is possible to register a user with a forign number at certain location. One of these is the changi airport. So if you are ever around it might be a good idea to take care of this before you leave the airport. The cheapest prepaid phone number is 8 dollars and can be provided by either Starhub or Singtel. In most shops these are "sold out" but I'm not sure if it's only cause of the very "limited edition" of these allegedly existing cards. The more comon ones are the 15 and 18 dollar ones.

I recently heard of a Swedish guy and a Chinese girl who studied in Singapore. Getting a bit too drunk and loosing a bet they went outside naked for a prank. It's a good thing that the Singaporean government didn't overreact and only kicked them out of the country. I mean, such heinous criminal acts should at least been met with some caning.. Good thing they never caught me, Mowhaha.