Tonight the 5 of us headed over to Jurong to see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The movie was alright, not great but not bad, but at least now I don't have to read the book! We actually don't do a whole lot during the week other than watching movies and playing soccer or basketball, so there nothing really interesting to write about until the weekend. But Jurong was a little interesting tonight. I haven't been off the uni since Sunday so it was a short reminder that I am in Asia and not just at another university. These are some of the differences I noticed tonight: We left during rush hour (if you can even call it that since it never seems to end) so the MRT was just packed with people, there are millions of Chinese everywhere, but at least I can see over all of them on the metro! There are stands selling everything all over the place, and the vendors yell at you in Chinese or Malay to buy their wares. There is a actually a lot of Chinese writing everywhere and on everything. I ordered my dinner from a Hawker stand and didn't use any English, the guy just kept speaking Chinese to me while I nodded when I recognized the dish I was asking for, Kway Teow (I think it's actually Malaysian). There are a lot of different races here, it is a complete mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian. And I didn't see a single white person tonight! I guess it's these small things that make living here interesting everyday...
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