Wala Wala, Puto and Hwa Chong

So. Another 4 days have flown by, and again I have so much to comment about. On Saturday night we went to see some live music at a venue named WALA WALA! The band played three sets filled with tons of cover music and we had an absolute blast. Our Singaporean friend Yong Min knows the lead singer and frequents the venue so we got in despite the 20 and up age limit. The music was really good, the singer had an amazing voice. Unfortunately I don't really have any pictures from these last few days because of scheduling and not being able to take my camera and so forth, so I can't show you any of the last few places I've been. On Sunday we visited Little India. I had a tasty meal I believe is called Opathallappam, which is a really thin pancake wrapped with an interesting curry potato and onion inside. We then broe off into smaller groups because the streets of little India are really crowded, seemingly with migrant workers. The streets are also unlike any others in Singapore and are much dirtier and less maintained. I found a few locations I had been looking for, that i did not expect to find where they were which is always a nice surprise when in a big city. I also purchased a traditional Punjabi suit which is quite beautiful. On Monday classes resumed and in the afternoon we watched movie entitled Singapore Dreaming to accompany our history lecture. most of our lectures in that class seem to turn into Q&A sessions with the professors which at times, given the proper topics can be great, but when we get on topics such as Singaporean gansters, it can be a tad less productive. That night we went to the National Stadium to watch Singapore take on Uzbekistan. Uzb. had a flag which was literally the size of half of one side of the stadium (44,000) as well as a dedicated group of fans with large drums and loud cheers. It seemed to work for them because they kicked our butts 7-3, however seeing the nationalism and learning some malay curse words for a pansy (puto). Today the big to-do was to visit the best school (accepting only the top 2-3% of students) in all of Singapore called Hwa Chong. The school is huge, with over 4000 students ranging from grade 6 to grade 12. They are an independent school, which means they operate somewhere within the greys of private/public. It was made very clear the drive and pressure put on these young students that has fueled the growth of Singapore. Until next time....