Monday 4 June 2007

Singapore - a fine city

Alright, there are a lot differences between Vietnam and Singapore :)
First, Singapore (Album) is very, very clean. That may be a result of all these signs ("Sign" Album) which tell you what you must not do and how much you have to pay if you do it anyway.
The MRT is Singapores subway . The payment system is cleverer than in Austria. You have a card ("ez-link") which you just hold in front of a sensor. A gate will open and then you can walk to the subway station. Topping up the ez-link card is possible with cash and at cash machines. And of course you have to pay a fine of 500 S$ (about 250 Euro) if you eat or drink in the MRT...

We spent 2 days and 1 night with the Singapore Scouts! We were very lucky because they had a camp last weekend which we joined.
On Saturday we did "Dragon Boating" with the local Rovers. Quite exhausting, but of course we - the Austrian Pioneers! - soon took over the first row which is the most important because all the others have to keep time with rowing with you. HARRR :) (Sorry, sometimes manliness makes me crazy ;) ) [Army people... - Lektor]
After the Dragon Boating we took a bus to Camp Christine - a Singapore Scout Campsite. Compared to Austrian Scout Campsites, there are a lot of "unneccessary" things like air conditioned bedrooms, concreted lanes and bathrooms. But compared to the rest of the city, it is a very natural place. And of course, the "Saints Scouts" (the Scout Group which we joined) did NOT sleep in A/C bedrooms :)
After a night bicycle tour and a few hours of sleep we took part at their final "amazing race" (we would call it Stadtgelaendespiel). Similar to our scouting games (Gelaendespiele) the patrols had to solve quests at different places. EDIT 1652 GMT+8: Sarah just informed us that our patrol, the Panthers, won!
In the evening they had their final camp fire. Of course, Johannes and I did a short performance: We sang the "A boom a chick a boom" song (I have absolutely no idea if you really spell it like that).

The whole weekend with the Singapore Souts was just GREAT FUN!
Thank you very much, Sarah - aka Wingkei ;) -, Stephanie, MJ (abbreveation for a chinese name I can not remeber), Grace, Derrick, Gabriel, Sherman and all the others whose names we unfortunately can not remember!

German: "Pfadfinder sein macht Spass!"
Chinese: "Tong Zi Jun Hen Hao Wan!"
Singapore: "Scouting is fun!"

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