Since today was fairly quiet I thought I would dedicate today's entry to information about the country we are moving to. These are some of the most common questions I receive about the country so I thought that would be the best place to start.
1. Singapore is a tropical rainforest climate with average daily temps ranging from 71-93F with an average daily humidity of 90% in the mornings and 60% in the afternoons
2. May and June are the warmest months with November and December making up the wettest monsoon months.
3. Local currency is the Singapore dollar which currently trades at about $1.36 to the US dollar.
4. 42% of the population consists of foreigners.
5. Singapore is the second most densely populated country in the world next to Monaco.
6. The recognized national languages of Singapore are English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese and Tamil.
7. The main religion is Buddhism practiced by 42% of the population followed by 14% each of Islam, no religion and Christianity.
8. Singapore is rated as having the best Quality of Life in Asia and the 11th best in the world based on e Economist Quality of Life Index.
That should answer most questions I hear often. For those interested in seeing more of Singapore without leaving home, be sure to check out the Top Chef season finale that aired on Bravo as it is filmed entirely in Singapore or you can watch an older episode of the Amazing Race on Youtube that was filmed there as well!
Well that's all for now, the next entry will hopefully be from our stopover in Hong Kong if WiFi is available, otherwise next entry.......Singapore!
Beautiful pictures! So glad you all enjoyed your first day in Singapore. Didn't know Daughtry was there, another reason you should have brought me as a stow-a-way :-) Still waiting on a pic H-bean in Singapore
ReplyDeleteMiss you guys!