Two weeks behind

First I thought not to write any blog while staying in Singapore but after all I find this an easy way to keep my friends and relatives in touch. Especially now that I've been four days sick (my throat is killing me), I have nothing but time to write.

So here we go. As this is my first post and I've already been here for two weeks now, I have a lot to say. Still I try to keep it short and relevant. These first two weeks were mostly holidays and the time was spent making new friends and getting to know Singapore. We are surprisingly many people from Finland and with a few of them we've been hanging out quite a lot going all around Singapore. I also have three roommates now that the third guy, Vincent, also arrived. Ryan and Vincent are from Canada and Mike is from Holland. Nice guys!

Here are some places I've visited in Singapore so far...

Sentosa

The beach

Jaana, Maiju and Mike

Last week we visited Sentosa with Ryan, Mike and a few girls studying business. Sentosa is a resort island in south. It has the nicest swimming beaches of Singapore. The beaches are actually all artificial and made out of sand from Malaysia and Indonesia. It's a lovely place to enjoy sun and warm sea water.

Pulau Ubin

The map of Pulau Ubin, the island is just 10.19 km²

This fellow was waving for us

Me and a Alstonia angustiloba

We visited Pulau Ubin last weekend with some Finns, Ryan and a couple of German girls. It is a small island in the north east. Pulau Ubin is kind of a nature park with abandonded granite quarries. It's a place where you can mostly hike or rent a bike and see stuff.

Singapore Downtown, Marina Bay

The Finns in front of the club Avalon

We had the first real party in a quite fancy club called Avalon. Clubbing ain't cheap for guys as 20-30 dollars (S$ 30 being about 20 €) seems to be quite a typical price to get inside. Usually it comes with a free drink tho. Beer is usually more expensive than most of the coctails. I already started prefering Mojito. Wednesdays are ladies' nights meaning that girls get free drink vouchers and free entry to almost everywhere.

The university started on this monday and on tuesday we got our student passes (meaning we are finally allowed to leave the country and start travelling around!). The upcoming weekend is a good chance to visit Malaysia.