Team M in Singapore!! シンガポールのチームM！！

July 29th, 2011, we docked in Singapore!

７月２９日、シンガポールに到着！

From the diary: 

その日の日記から：

                      

                      

Since we only had 3 hours we rushed to see Little India. We took the MRT and once we got out of the station the neighbourhood was completely Indian and Hindu. I loved the colorful buildings and the music here and there, and also the beautiful clothing the Indian/Hindu women wore. 

We visited a beautiful Hindu temple. We took our shoes off, and inside there was chanting. A few men with bare upper bodies were chanting and making a fire, and the people visiting got white paint on their forehead, and also received pretty flowers. Inside the temple you could see so many engraved gods and goddesses, all vividly colored and also with a lot of flowers. I really loved the aesthetics of it, and really like the mentality of coloring gods with such vibrant colors. I wish I knew more about Hindu gods/goddesses, symbols, rituals etc etc.

３時間の自由時間、急いでリトルインディアへむかった。地下鉄に乗って駅をでると、エリアは完全にインド＆ヒンドゥー。建物がカラフルで、音楽が流れてて、女の人はきれいな模様の服やスカーフをしていたのが印象に残っている。

とても素敵なヒンドゥーのお寺にもいった。靴をぬいで中にはいると、お経が聞こえた。上半身はだかの男の人たちが、お経を読みながら、火をおこして、訪問客のおでこに白いものを塗って花をあげていた。お寺の隅々には、色々な色と花で飾られた神と女神の彫り物や絵やあった。神様をこんなにもきれいな色々な色で塗っちゃうセンスを、わたしはとても気に入った。もっと、ヒンドゥーの神や女神、シンボルや伝統のことを知っていれば良かった。

Patri, Bekah and I decided to find a place to eat before rushing back to the Harbour Front meeting point. We got in to a Nepalese/Indian restaurant, and had some really yummy food- Momo (Nepalese dumplings), Butter chicken curry and tandoori chicken with naan. We also had this Indian icecream mixed with Cardamom, Pistachio and almonds- the ice cream was cut into bits and was very very delicious!


集合場所に戻るまえに、パトリシアとベッカとお昼を食べることにした。ネパールとインド料理屋さんで、おいしいおいしいネパールの餃子モモと、カレー、タンドリチキンとナンを食べた。カルダモン、ピスタチオ、とアーモンドがミックスされたインドのアイスクリームも食べて、すごーーくおいしかった。

We rushed back with the metro and met the GET team and the student groups- I got paired with Misako from Osaka, Masue from Osaka and Miyoko from Tokyo. With my name we came up with Mteam as that was what we had in common. They had already previously decided on where they wanted to visit, and this made the day start smooth.

We headed over to Chinatown and walked around.


急いで地下鉄で港に戻り、チャレンジプログラム！生徒とシンガポールを回るツアー、わたしは大阪からのみさことますえ、そして東京からのみよこさんと一緒。みんなMから名前が始まるからMチームとなった。事前にどこに行きたいかとかを決めていてくれたから、とてもスムーズに一日が始まった。
最初はチャイナタウンでぶらぶら。

Other details about our day:

a.     We went to Chinatown

b.     We saw the merlions (both the original and the bigger fountainone with Marina Bay Sands in the background

c.     We went to Marina Bay Sands- well, not just went, but went ALL THE WAY UP! It was quiiite awesome looking, the view was gorgeous, and we had some very refreshing drinks.

一日の流れ：
a. 　チャイナタウン 
b.　マーライオン
c.　マリーナサンズベイ：上まで

Singapore really was clean, and very much like a big city. I could see myself live here, but at the same time, I also felt reminded of how I don't like city-life and probably don't want to live in too big of a city. Singapore also gave me an impression as an even more growing city- there were so many construction projects going around around now is very fascinating.

シンガポールはとても清潔で、「都会」だった。住みやすそうなところで、自分がシンガポールに住むところは想像できたけれど、それと同時に自分がやっぱり「都会」が好きでないこと、そこまで大きな都会には住みたくないことも気づく。シンガポールはどんどんこれから成長しそうなところー色々なところで工事しているのが見えた。