It is not uncommon to find these notices about urine detection devices in Singapore lifts. According to my (local) friend, this is a relic from the time when some rebel citizens, not happy with all the hefty fines being introduced, used the relative safety of the elevators to make themselves heard/smelled in their urge […]

It is said that Singapore has one of the most impressive skylines in the world, rivaling those of New York or Hong Kong. While I came to completely agree with this after a stroll through the financial district, I wondered whether there was another reason for building high.
I first noticed this skyscraper because I had […]