The school was sending me for some official work to Singapore. The plan was to get there by 9:00 am, finish the paper work and then I had the whole day till my flight at 6:00 in the evening. Unfortunately, I was on a shoestring budget hence could not venture far! But the sights of Singapore in a 3 km radius were enough to remain etched in my mind forever.
Let me take you for the tour of the 6 hours I was in Singapore!
Here is the first sight straight from the taxi…
And this one is a kind of message to one of my students…. (Stephen, I hope you are proud)
Singapore, a city run by prefects quipped a comedian once… I vouch that he could not have said it better!
The red dot building – museum to all things traffic!
After the ‘official work’ was over, I was on my own, and found my way to Chinatown! Was hesitant to shoot in the streets at first, but when I saw so many people trigger happy, I was at my camera best!
Chinatown
The multidude of fridge magnets to choose from (I brought quite a few too …)
Found a shop in Chinatown entirely dedicated to Tintin memorablia! 
This one is for Dad… that is supposed to be the world’s largest coin…
India is everywhere…
And now for those bizarre signs in a bustling city
Spent my evening at this plaza dedicated to the national flower of Singapore… the Vanda ‘Miss Joaquim’
and captured some things familiar…
Here is the Vanda ‘Miss Joaquim’ against a backdrop of the magnificent Carlton
I could spend a day photographing the artwork along the streets.
Beginning with this bronze structure of the Vanda
This very abstract piece which describes itself as ‘Reaching’ symbolising the infinite possiblities of growth, the shores are limitless…
Or this one which had no description in sight…
And this is something I could not help shooting… Singapore is a car/bike lover’s paradise!
Spent some time in the quiet shade of a botanical garden…
and there it was time to count the cents remaining…. a reminder that I had to head home 😉
Singapore airport…
Well, I wished this would be my ride
… but instead had to be content with this one!
Giovanni... on record 
I’m originally from Singapore and I don’t remember it ever being so colourful. Thank you for making it so beautiful! Feeling proud and homesick now.
Thanks swisspris for that encouraging comment.
Awesome Photography Jovi…
great narrative! (as usual :-p )
and yes, the cars and bikes there are awesome. feels like you’ve stepped into a NFS city.