Last Day in Singapore

Today we are leaving Singapore for Chennai.

Our group decided to eat in the hotel for breakfast. There were many local favorites as well as morte western style foods. I decided to go for the local cuisine. I ate some fruit that had a texture and shape similar to a grape but larger with a large pit in the middle. It was ivory colored. It was sweet. It wasn't bad but I wouldn't go out of my way to look for it in stores. I also had stir fried noodles with octopus meat, I think. I also sampled what looked a puffy flour ball stuffed with something that looked and tasted like beans. I sampled some other things as well. I am not sure the names of any of the items I ate but it was all good. This and much more was all part of thebhotel buffet. The price was $38 (Singapore). Pricey but where else could I get a sampling of many different local foods in one place?

I spent some time visiting a former World War II Prisoner of War Camp named Chingi (pronounced Chen-gy). After the fall of Singapore to the Japanese forces in February 1942, many British, Australian, and Indian prisoners were incarcerated here. Additionally, many local civilians were imprisoned here also. Many atrocities were performed here as documented in the museum. The site was more moving that I imagined it would be.

Afterwards, I did a little window shopping with one of my co-workers but still did not buy anything.

We will depart for Chennai and then our fun ends and work begins. I have had a very nice time in Singapore. As mentioned before, it is a very modern city, very affluent, and very much like a United States city. Maybe someday, Kim and I can visit here together.