Urban patterns and matters: Singapore

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My pencil sharpener

I recently found a pencil sharpener I bought from a small book store along Club Street in Singapore. It is the cutest object and works well, too.

20110209

I am a fan

One of my favorite hotels is Mandarin Oriental Singapore. I spent my first and last Singapore days there. This is my tribute to my favorite hotel in the spirit of their recent ad campaign.

20101107

20100816

Finland - best place to live in

According to Newsweek's recent survey, Finland is the best country to live in the world. Newsweek measured education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism and political environment of the participating countries. Finland scored 89.31/100 and became the winning nation (details below). UK scored 14th and Singapore number 20th in the overall results.

It is nice to see my home country to in these rankings. Not very surprising, though. Small homogenous and well developed nations always score in this kind of surveys as they are easy to manage and rule. For example all Nordic countries were in the top 10. But I was a bit surprised that Singapore ranked only 20th. It is the political environment that holds it back and especially freedom of speech. Once and if that chances they will be number one.

See the full story and interactive infographic here.

Picture from Newsweek

20100809

Singapore National Day

Happy National Day Singapore! It seems I missed it again. Last year while living there I was traveling and now I am gone again. Maybe next year.. Watch and listen this year's national day song below by Corrinne May.

20100618

Changing landscape

I used to take a picture of the view from my Singapore home's window every morning between 05/2009 and 03/2010. This is the result. It is amazing how fast skyscrapers are built and how fast the whole landscape is reshaped.

20100609

My favorite hotel

Incredible chandeliers.

Vibrant hallways.

Spectacular views.

Mandarin Oriental Singapore.

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/singapore/

20100605

Something that you do not see in Singapore

Is this just friends meeting in the middle of a busy road in London or a gathering of more than five people? It was refreshing to see a demonstration for a change.

20100602

A sunny day in London

Look! Singapore flag marks the Singapore High Commission in Belgravia.

Interior of Embassy of Finland in London.

20100531

Movin' on

In the middle of the picture, my house, The Sail @ MarinaBay.

I have not had too much time to update my blog during the last week. I have been busy packing. Now my tropical life is already sailing away, only I am left. Yes, I am moving away today. Or moving on, as I would like to put it.

My time in Singapore, 1.5 years, has been extremely interesting and fun. It has also taught me a lot. Little I knew about the Asian way of living before. And the best way to learn is to live within. Although it is time to leave, who knows, if I will be living here once again. At the very least, I will be visiting.

This blog has been a fun way to explore Singapore and its surroundings. It will be one of my mementos of my time here. But it will not remain stagnant. I will keep blogging from London, where I am relocating. More urban patterns and matters will be coming.

Xie xie to all my readers! Please keep reading!