A nice, late breakfast today, giving us all plenty of time to lie in, and get ready (in theory, cadets are cadets after all). Benjamin was my host, and after breakfast we went off to his appartment near Bedok, in the east of Singapore. When I got to his house I saw photos covering a vast expanse of his cadet life; photos from visits to England with him meeting Air Commodore Moulds, photos from a jungle survival course deep in Burma (HQAC, if you're reading this, we need to get on that course, it looks great!), and various other local cadet activities.
After getting to know each other we had a walk around the local area, I saw the sports and swimming center meant for the close by blocks (Huge compared to Carn Brea Leisure Center in Redruth to put it in perspective, a slightly wooley perspective, but still), and a local market and outside food court. I didn't see a single piece of graffiti or a group of youths lingering with malicious intent, which was a breath of fresh air. It was a great way to see how the Singaporean people live, and the services they have avaliable to them. It truely puts our built-up areas to shame.
When evening rolled around we joined up with a few other cadets and saw Singapore at night. It truely looks amazing with the building sparkling. After that, because we were completely shattered we had an early night to keep ourselves fresh for tomorrow.
Matt
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