Singapore = Jakarta ?

This is my third day in Singapore. So far so good. Although the place where I stay at the moment is not that great (considering it's Singapore!). To be honest, my pre-expectation about the country was the fact that it is super clean and has no rubbish in the street in any corner. I was a bit disappointed. Once I got out of Harbour Front sea port, I found these cigarettes that people littered on the sidewalks at the taxi stop of the port. Even worse when I got to the area where I stay at the moment, there was this small part of the sidewalk that's got broken and a hole. And again around the area I found some small rubbish littered on the sidewalk. The area where I stay is pretty much surrounded by people from India. Well I'm not saying that they're the cause. But partly they must be since they live in the area. So I said to myself "Oh so this is Singapore? Reminds me of Jakarta". I was dragged too much before arriving here. Dragged by people's nice opinions about the country that is. I found what I didn't expect exisiting in Singapore.

Well I haven't gone around the cosmo area here. So far only in 'the worst part' of Singapore (where I stay) and NTU. Speaking of, NTU is fantastic! I did have walks around. I think I need to take study here. Maybe Linguistics and Multicultural Studies in School of Humanities and Social Sciences? Haha, yea I've made this decision to apply for a scholarship in NTU. I like to upgrade my skills in linguistics. Anyway, the schools' buildings in NTU are far far far different and more modern than the ones I've seen in Indonesia (including UGM, obviously). The area is also much bigger that you need a bus to go from one place to another. There is this school of Arts. I was quite amazed when I found out that they turned the roof of the school building in to an fully artistic field with living grass. Anyone can walk on the field-roof and has a picnic there. How cool is that.

Well I'll update this blog with more stories about my stay here. See ya!