In the first week in Singapore after my friends and I landed at Changi airport. We were greeted by the students of RP. They welcomed us with a good and friendly. After that we were invited to go to the RP to where we were staying. On the way there, I see a much different city atmosphere with Indonesia. A lot of development on either side of the road, and also the environment is clean.
On the first day, we were introduced to the rooms and the buildings in RP. The environment around the campus are very clean, a field with green grass cared, amazed me. Also a clean campus cafeteria, food hygiene is guaranteed, and the cafeteria system is running well. Such as queue when ordering food, and return the plates to wash after eating, and also remove the bottle into the trash. Everyone seemed to do these rules voluntarily and without coercion.
The next day, we were invited to go to the Evergreen. Evergreen is a place for people who are elderly. We look at the state of the people there. They live in a building similar to the apartment. Where to stay as this makes them come alive as individuals. and most of them live alone. Many incidents of people dying who to rot for weeks.
After that we were invited to Bollywood Veggie. This place looks like a museum of plants in Singapore. Many plant species are preserved there. Most of the plants we have encountered in indonesia.
On Saturday, we invited our new friends from RP to shop for our daily needs in Causeway Point. On the way to the causeway, there is one thing that I never met. All cars turned onto another road immediately stop when we cross into to the crossing. This is very different from Indonesia, because pedestrians have to wait hundreds of motorcycles and cars to turn. So few people are willing to walk.
On Sunday, we went to the USS. We go along with our new friends from RP. We came there around 10 o’clock. All the rides we visited treated well, and visitor safety is guaranteed. We have fun together there. We going back home when the USS almost closed, around 6pm.
Of all those days, we are always accompanied by our new friends from Singapore. They always faithful drove us everywhere, introducing us to the places and buildings in Singapore. They are extraordinary friends.
Of all these visits, many things I learned. Starting from the environment, the queuing system, how to use the elevators, pedestrian rights, and safety. All of that makes Singapore become a fine city. All nice and orderly arranged. However, many residents of the city becomes like a living individual. Such as evergreen, neighborliness life is less. Many of those who live without recognizing its neighbors. Whatever the cause, but I think if this kind of life is not changed, the next generation will be the generation of robots. A generation that will do something only if there is a command.