I have started collecting pictures of signs, sayings and advertisements. These are a few of my favorites! I found this one on the outskirts of Chinatown. Anything to do with fish heads is considered a great thing here! I'm not sure exactly what fish head noodles are, but will probably not be finding out anytime soon! Also many times in the older districts, instead of calling them cafes or restaurants, they are called houses or eating houses.
We have Internet Cafes here all over the place. The government is trying to get the whole island with no cost Internet service in public places. You will still have to pay for it at your residence. You can go a lot of places - cafes, parks, etc - and just sit and use your laptop for free. So this would be for those that don't have it yet in their area. $2 Sing for an hour comes out to approximately $1.32 American. Cheap at any rate!
Islamic Montessori? I am looking now for the Buddhist and Hindu Montessori schools - I am sure they must have them! Maybe I can find one for Chinese Montessori - but would I be able to read it? Guess not! Actually, Montessori schools are very popular here - in our end of the island alone, there are 7 or 8!
This one isn't a sign, but I just love it! We were exploring one day and were out back of a Chinese temple when we encountered this tree. We were trying hard to guess the significance of all these newspapers hanging in the trees. You wouldn't believe all the possible explanations we came up with. One of the temple workers came out to chat with us and we asked about the newspapers. He said they tape newspaper around the budding fruits to keep the birds away while the fruit is growing and ripening. None of our guesses even came close! Imagine that! That's my friend Patsy in the picture. Her husband was also a Delta Captain and now works for Singapore Cargo, too. We do a lot of exploring and sightseeing together.
This one cracks me up everytime I see one. Yes, it's exactly as the picture depicts. Many of their crosswalks are like a giant speed bump with stripes on it. They are never called crosswalks - whether they are raised or not - just zebra crossings - many of which just happen to be raised. The first time I asked about it, the taxi driver was very specific - they have white stripes on black pavement, so they are called zebra crossings, he tells me. I wasn't about to argue with him, but for the record, most of the stripes are yellow on black pavement. But I guess that wouldn't be as much fun, would it?
These are equivalent to our No trespassing signs. Just like the picture says - they will shoot you! It's written in 6 languages just to be sure you get it!
In the US we have industrial parks - here they have estates! Doesn't matter what size it is - it's an estate. Must be a British thing!
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