Today I had the pleasure of attending 2 lectures on China at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), one of the 2 big universities in Singapore. Lucky for me my job requires me to know a lot about what's going on in the APAC region so sometimes I get to listen to the experts.
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NTU is located waaaaay in the west. Coincidentally my husband works for NTU and so when we first arrived in Singapore we lived on the campus for a month. Hence, after today's seminars I had my bearings to take the bus to the subway system home.
The public transportation here is very good, safe, clean, inexpensive and quick. The green line goes from east to west. You can ride the whole line in about an hour. Today I got on at pioneer, almost all the way west. Rode the train about halfway across the island to tiong bahru. Most of the ride was in an above ground train so I thought I would share some glimpses from the train on this cloudy afternoon...
Tracks are blocked by a wall with doors that align with the train
The station
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| Arrows showing to wait on the side while people exit the train. And yes people line up at the red arrows. |
Government housing
The pagoda at the Chinese Garden
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| One of the many malls at mrt stops...and yes that is a Swensen's! |
Singapore polytechnic
New mall at Buona Vista
Church
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| Condo |
Porsche dealership
 Govt housing...80% of Singaporeans live in these apartments |
After the train ride I took another bus and got home before the rain.
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