The garden city, island state or breakaway republic

11 November 2015

My pre-ordered taxi turned up early so I got to the airport in good time. It allowed me some time in the lounge before boarding my short AirAsia flight to Singapore (the Garden City, Island State or Breakaway Republic).

In the airline’s usual fashion, we left early an arrived even earlier, around 20 minutes before our scheduled time. AirAsia has changed my life in the last 7 years or so. Despite being budget, staff are reasonably good as long as you don’t expect anything you didn’t pay for. I noticed they put extra arrival cards on the meal trolley in case people make mistakes; they seem to use their brains.

Before arrival into Singapore, it is common to have the “mandatory death sentence for drugs” announcement. Now, there’s one advising the prohibition on toy guns, swords, nunchuks, knuckle dusters etc. It seems to be silent on real guns!

As we exited the gate area, all passengers were directed to a special area where hand luggage were x-rayed. Quite unlikely they found any metallic contraband as we were all screened before departure.

I taxied to my aunt’s place for a 2n stay.

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