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Pyramid* · 03-06-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlieO

My lovely boring plain ocd'ish room. (sorry about the sizing photobucket messed some up)

A Beautiful Brown Door:

Spin And You Will See This Stunning Air-Conditioner:

Macs Rule Just So You All Know

And A View From My Window:

Awh Charlie..,.you're making me fret for expat life again.

Love the windows, the size of your room and the 'view' to die for !!

Jords · 03-06-2011, 06:25 PM

Wow Charlie your bedroom is nice and spacey and Id love an on-suite to myself

And you got a pool!

*jelous*

Smithy · 03-06-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 08marsh

Me too.
Are you next door?

idk maybe

Im in lancaster, where are you

Ninastar · 04-06-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlieO

South East Asian Isle of Singapore. (I'm fully English though just live here)

so what kind of school do you go to?

CharlieO · 04-06-2011, 01:05 PM

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so what kind of school do you go to?

I go to a british international school. So I follow the exact same curriculum as everyone in england and most of the people at the school are english but I also know lots of american and australian people because there is an australian school and an american school quite nearby (well the whole country is tiny so everything is nearby).

Ninastar · 04-06-2011, 01:08 PM

thats so cool, I want to go to one

GypsyGoth · 04-06-2011, 01:10 PM

I thought Singapore was part of China, am I being dumb?

Ninastar · 04-06-2011, 01:11 PM

i dunno, all i know is that its in asia

do you know any asian people charlie?

CharlieO · 04-06-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I thought Singapore was part of China, am I being dumb?

It used to be part of malaysia ages ago but it split off into a separate country in the 1800's I think. So no it is not part of china but it is in asia which china is.
You may be confused with Shanghai.

GypsyGoth · 04-06-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlieO

It used to be part of malaysia ages ago but it split off into a separate country in the 1800's I think. So no it is not part of china but it is in asia which china is.
You may be confused with Shanghai.

Yep thank you, I was confusing them.

Ninastar · 04-06-2011, 01:14 PM

what time is it there?

Ninastar · 04-06-2011, 01:14 PM

also, is it summertime there too?

CharlieO · 04-06-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninastar

i dunno, all i know is that its in asia

do you know any asian people charlie?

Yes I know a few asian people. But most of the people I know well are white.
And most of the asian people I know are half asian half English/American/Australian.
But the majority of people you will see in public in singapore are asian. But English is the spoken language.

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what time is it there?

At the moment it is 9:15pm

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also, is it summertime there too?

It is constantly around 35 degrees all year round but there are two official seasons.
Monsoon season and dry season. Though the seasons mix up loads.
I prefer to believe there are two other seasons: indoors and outdoors. Cars, Buildings and everything that can be air-conditioned is air-conditioned. Singapore is one of the highest energy consuming countries per square km in the world.

GypsyGoth · 04-06-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlieO

But English is the spoken language.

That is really cool.

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It is constantly around 35 degrees all year round but there are two official seasons.
Monsoon season and dry season.

I would love to be there for the monsoon, is it dangerous?

CharlieO · 04-06-2011, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

That is really cool.

I would love to be there for the monsoon, is it dangerous?

Not really dangerous no, lightening here is incredible there is at least one massive thunderstorm once every 2 weeks if not more. Your advised not to go swimming or use umbrellas when there is a storm. Our house has been hit by lightening several times and all the electricity goes off.

In early 2010 there was a massive 5 day storm and the main shopping road (its called orchard road and is like singapores oxford street) got flooded and had to be closed. But singapore is a fairly new country it was rainforest until a british army person called sir stanford raffles decided to turn it into a city in the 1800's. So it has been literally built for purpose, E.g there are storm drains everywhere because otherwise so many people would die in floods.

GypsyGoth · 04-06-2011, 01:29 PM

It's on my list of places to go now, thanks for the info CharlieO

CharlieO · 04-06-2011, 01:33 PM

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It's on my list of places to go now, thanks for the info CharlieO

I would definitely say it was a place to visit for a holiday. There is so much to do because its like shopping mad city centre then there is an island called sentosa with a tropical beach and a universal studios. Then there are loads of cultural markets and things in china town and the food is amazing. Hawker centres are where you can get some of the best authentic food and of good quality for literally no money at all.

Ninastar · 04-06-2011, 01:34 PM

thats really cool, i didn't know any of this. -also adds to list of places I want to go-

Niall · 04-06-2011, 02:00 PM

*Has always wanted to go to Singapore*

Judas · 04-06-2011, 02:36 PM

Pyramid* · 04-06-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlieO

I would definitely say it was a place to visit for a holiday. There is so much to do because its like shopping mad city centre then there is an island called sentosa with a tropical beach and a universal studios. Then there are loads of cultural markets and things in china town and the food is amazing. Hawker centres are where you can get some of the best authentic food and of good quality for literally no money at all.

Not Singapore but one of my mates was in China last year - came back with a load of tigerbalm - all for less than a quid.

costs about a fiver or something here for one !

The thing that gets me is how dirty and filthy the UK, streets, buildings adn their windows are compared to Asia.......as well as how high tech they are. Does Singapore have skytrains at all?

CharlieO · 04-06-2011, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Not Singapore but one of my mates was in China last year - came back with a load of tigerbalm - all for less than a quid.

costs about a fiver or something here for one !

The thing that gets me is how dirty and filthy the UK, streets, buildings adn their windows are compared to Asia.......as well as how high tech they are. Does Singapore have skytrains at all?

Yes it does. Well kind of. It has something called the MRT which is basically like an island wide tube that is far safer and cleaner than the london one and is raised above the roads and city as well.

You will be lucky to see a piece of litter in an average day here in singapore. You really have to look for it to find some.

Some things can be very cheap over here but to get things from home like english chocolate for example it can cost a huge amount.
Supermarkets are generally expensive because everything is imported as there is literally no farmland in singapore at all. And tiger balm is the most raved about thing over here. If you have any illness they will likely say tiger balm.