Saturday, November 15, 2008

Last Day in Asia

I met up with another one of my cousins at Lau Pa Sat for some Hainan Chicken and did some sightseeing and shopping throughout the day.











Fullerton in Singapore... who'd have thought...

"Repping Fully to the Fullest"

The Merlion (half mermaid, half lion).

Future casinos.




Fountain of Wealth (largest fountain in the world).



In the evening, Alex's homie Mervin was nice enough to treat me to dinner and take me to a Chinese club called Lunar in Clarke Quay. Although I'm Chinese, I've actually never been to a Chinese club and it was kinda weird. For starters, nobody really dances at a Chinese club. A house band that does covers of Chinese songs will play for ~30min and then trance music will come on with go go dancers for ~15min. They keep switching between the band and the dancers the whole night... haha... not really my thing. But the club was real nice, and interesting.







Today was the last day of my Asia trip. It has definitely been an eye-opening experience. I would have to say that I'm a bit disappointed about the lack of hip hop in this region. But it seems to be a growing genre out here, so let's hope for the best. In retrospect, I'm gonna be a dick and rate each city in the following categories (from best to worst).

Food:
Taipei
Tokyo
Seoul
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur

Cleanliness:
Singapore
Tokyo
Taipei
Seoul
Kuala Lumpur

Politeness:
Tokyo
Singapore
Taipei
Kuala Lumpur
Seoul

Public Transportation:
Tokyo
Taipei
Seoul
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur

Hip Hop:
Tokyo
Taipei
Seoul
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur

Girls:
Tokyo
Singapore
Seoul
Taipei
Kuala Lumpur

Shopping:
Tokyo
Taipei
Seoul
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur

I was only in each city less than a week, so my ratings aren't all that accurate... haha. To be honest, all the cities I visited were actually quite similar. The only noticeable differences were the language and food. It's been fun and a somewhat productive trip. I'm leaving in a few hours... pretty excited to go home. At the same time, I definitely want to come back real soon.

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