SINGAPORE

I left Madras on 1 Aug at 2 early morning. The checking and boarding was fine. The ride was not as good as one would have wanted for a first overseas trip still it was fine for me. As the plane took of I looked at the bright lights from Madras going dimmer and dimmer. The cars got smaller and smaller. And as I kept looking out of my window seat, I suddenly realized that I could no longer see the lights, i was among the clouds. It was a great feeling. To look out and see big tufts of cotton floating in air. We were cruising at high speeds but those things kept moving at snails pace. It was heavenly. We were shown some tam movie which from what I heard has been the only one they have been playing from the past 2 months. I put on the radio instead. They provided some snacks at round about 2:45 after which I moved into a delightful slumber. I was excited about every little thing that was going on. I woke up only when the sun shone directly into my eyes. It was round about 8:30 (Singapore time). I heard an announcement saying we were going to land at Changi airport in a few minutes. This was probably the first time I 'wasted' or 'lost' time without my own fault. I quickly pulled my camera out and here are a few snaps ...
I got ready for landing. I just kept clicking while we were landing and you can clearly see the jerk in the pics ...


I got down and finished my check-out. Went to the Changi MRT station and took a train to Buona Vista. Met an Indian Flight Captain in the train. He was supposed to be flying people from Singapore to Bombay that night. Captain Fleury was kind enough to guide me till Outram Park (this is where he was staying) and after a few stops I alighted. I was surprised to see so many Indian faces in the train. Some of them were tams and some bongs. As I found out later, most of the Indian are either tams or bongs. Anyway, at Buona Vista I found a couple of students from India. Went to them and inquired as to how I could reach NUS. They helped me into a cab and I was taken directly to Prince George's Park Residencies, my new hostel for this semester. At 11 or so I was in my room. More about it in the next post.