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From Kuala Lumpur to Singapore took 8.30 hours. I got told 4.30 hours, so lied to yet again!! I never looked into anything about Singapore, I just thought I would turn up and see what the score was. I remembered a hostel that somebody had spoke about so got a taxi to there. I was talking to the taxi driver who was really sound, and asked where i was from, and when i told him by liverpool he was buzzing and supported them too, and actually knew alot about them. Normally people say " I support liverpool, but I supported Chelsea last year". He asked for my address back home, and said he would send a post card. I gave it him, but it was probably another scam.

The best thing about the hostel was free jam on toast. In the bedroom was a dorm room with six bunk beds. I was on the top bunk and underneath me was a s*** scatty Malaysian with no teeth. He had all army medals and pictures of him in the army. At night when we went to sleep he used to make this wierd snoring noise as if he was being raped by ten black men, so I felt a bit disturbed haha.

I went sightseeing the next day, and whilst on the train out of the speakers, it went something like this "attention..if you see or think somebody is suspicious on the train do not hesitate to come forward and tell us, and they will be approached". The train was full of indians, and I felt like saying everybody looks suspicious haha.

I never liked the actual place Singapore very much, but the nightlife was interesting. Its like its tryin hard to be a good city, everythings expensive yet theres f*** all to do. I went to see a famous hotel called The Raffles Hotel, which I had never heard of before. Some of the guests who have been there in the past included George Bush, Elizabeth Taylor, and Queen Elizabeth. It is also famous for inventing the cocktail singapore sling. I was tempted to have one there but it was ten quid, f***ing rip off. The buildings around Singapore are average, but not anything spectacular like. The two Australians I was with said its similar to Melbourne but worse.

I split from them to go and see the tiger beer tower, but got mixed up with directions, and ended up in a place called little India. As you might of expected, it is full of Indians!! I went inside a mosque (I think) and had a look around. They were all getting free food and they were queuing up to recieve it. It actually looked really nice, so i queued up with all the Indians. I asked a women infront what was going on. She laughed at me and said it was a special religious festival, so i f***ed it off.

When I arrived at the nearest station to where my hostel was, I got lost and was walking in the direction which I thought was the right way. I asked a women if she knew where it was, and she said I needed to cross over the road, and get the number ten bus. Twelve stops later I was back ha.

I went to the Singapore zoo which I have been told is supposed to be one of the best zoo's. It was interesting, they had three white tigers which are really rare and had polar bears which were amazing. Not long ago, animal rights tried to remove the polar bears as they thought it was cruel, because of the heat, so the converted a room to have air con in haha like being in a hotel room. You are allowed to feed alot of the animals like giraffes, sea lions etc, and as your walking down the paths lizards, kangaroos, monkeys would be around, not even locked up!

In the taxi on the way to the hostel, the driver asked if I had seen the white tigers. He said a couple of months ago, a maniac jumped into where the tigers were, and started pointing at the tigers to come over. At first they ran away as a couple of them had never been in the wild, and eventually ripped him apart. People wanted the tigers shot, but it was agreed it was not the tigers fault (if somebody jumped in to my home pointing at me the same would happen ha)

A wierd van looking thing went past with a chinese coffin, and we started talking about s*** like that. He said because Singapore is so small you can only be burried for ten years, then you get dug up and a new body is put in its place. haha rest in peace my ass.

I ended up going out for drinks in Clarke Quay with the Auzzy couple, which is a main drinking place in Singapore. I bought a pint and it was 7 quid. What a f***ing rip off. As i looked outside of the bar I was in, Jason Mcateer and Phil Babb where sitting there. I went up and started speaking to them, they where really sound, and ended up having two drinks with them, again 7 pound pints haha not happy.

Went to a bar called the clinic which has whell chairs, a dentist chair, and you can get a cocktail on drip ( for $50...expensive). It was wednesday and is ladies night, where girls only get free drinks in most of the bars. We went in to a bar, and the auzy girl got a cosmopolitan and said to me, try it and see if you think its strong. A bouncer came up to me and said " I saw you have three sips, 1 more and I will throw you out " cheeky b******. It would be a really good night out if you were rich, as the prices were bad.

I got a bus from Singapore back to KL, stayed over night, as I was flying into Bali the next day.