I've been to Singapore. We really enjoyed it. It is indeed clean and well-run, and there is an amazing night zoo and a great botanical garden. Also the street vendor food will blow you away. And you'd be close to some cool stuff in Malaysia and Thailand (and Indonesia, too, although we didn't go there) for fantastic and cheap weekend get aways. Heck, you could do a long weekend get away to Siam Reap and see the Angkor temples, which are among the coolest things I've ever seen.
We actually have some friends there now. One is an assistant prof at NAS and the other is a post-doc at... I can't remember. Maybe also NAS. The post-doc is a very good friend and would almost certainly be happy to answer questions from a random stranger if you'd like me to hook you up. Both friends are New Zealanders, so they won't be able to tell you about being an American in Singapore, but they can tell you about being a Westerner there. Also, the post-doc is married to a Singapore-Chinese-Kiwi (if that makes any sense) who could probably give you the local scoop on education, via her family.
Let me know if you want to email with these folks- just email me at wandsci AT gmail DOT com and maybe drop a comment on my blog so that I remember to go check that account. Also email if you just want to hear more about what we thought of Singapore. In a funny coincidence, I was planning to write up a trip story about Singapore soon, because I haven't written about traveling lately. I'm not sure when I'll get to that, though.
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Date: 2008-03-08 05:20 am (UTC)We actually have some friends there now. One is an assistant prof at NAS and the other is a post-doc at... I can't remember. Maybe also NAS. The post-doc is a very good friend and would almost certainly be happy to answer questions from a random stranger if you'd like me to hook you up. Both friends are New Zealanders, so they won't be able to tell you about being an American in Singapore, but they can tell you about being a Westerner there. Also, the post-doc is married to a Singapore-Chinese-Kiwi (if that makes any sense) who could probably give you the local scoop on education, via her family.
Let me know if you want to email with these folks- just email me at wandsci AT gmail DOT com and maybe drop a comment on my blog so that I remember to go check that account. Also email if you just want to hear more about what we thought of Singapore. In a funny coincidence, I was planning to write up a trip story about Singapore soon, because I haven't written about traveling lately. I'm not sure when I'll get to that, though.