Dhaka is intense. One needs at least seventeen senses to take it all in. Those of us only equipped with the standard set plus female intuition need a little break every now and then.
Singapore proved to be a perfect place for resting of senses.
It's a manicured society - shiny, well-run, controlled.
In other words, everything that Dhaka is not. No visible security but totally safe, nobody sweeping the streets but totally clean, nobody seemingly giving orders but totally organized.
We had a four days vacation with sterile streets, glass and steel buildings, beautiful green areas. No honking, no spitting in the streets, no peeing in the sewage. Well, there are no visible sewages. No smells, no sounds, no beggars, no potholes in the streets.
Singapore is entertaining: hoardes of tourists with selfie sticks or as I call them - social media dildos.
The city offers unending opportunities to buy luxury products that you didn't know even existed and definitely not needed.
It has been good to see something totally different but it will be good to come home again.
Dhaka is unnormally crazy, Singapore was unnormally normal.
Next time you need a break, do try Hong Kong. HK is very sophisticated, but not so bland as Singapore.
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