Learning how to open doors and other introductions

Welcome to Singapore!

What a beautiful city it is. It can be quite overwhelming at first however, especially if you take the route I did (Taxi to the downtown area to find a hotel) on your first night after a long flight.

As far as first impressions go, the city itself is beautiful in architecture and has a futuristic feel that is surprisingly widespread throughout what little of the city I've actually gotten to experience so far. So futuristic in fact that I was unable to figure out how to open the hotel lobby door, and ended up pacing by it many times to the amusement of the local residents who saw. (You tap the black-tinted glass door and it slides open? Jet-lagged me couldn't quite get a grasp on that)

The hotel was quite lovely, and although the room was small and my feet stuck off the end of a queen mattress (the joys of being over 6 feet), I really enjoyed the room. Excellent interior! Decent service, although I'm still having a little trouble with communicating in the broken english dialect used here. Two days in and I am already breaking my native language :'(

I have just now arrived at the dorm, and later this weekend (after I am more acquainted with what the hell I'm doing) I will give you an update of beginning campus life here, as well as some tips for future study abroad people. At least then you can learn from this chaos that I am lovingly referring to as an adventure.

But no, in all seriousness, Singapore seems great. Can't complain in tropical whether even if I hate humidity.

Until next time.

(Stay tuned, I found a Toast restaurant. Yeah. I'll let you know how that goes.)