“It’s so hot here!” Jamie exclaimed as she stepped outside of the Changi Airport. How am I going to live here for the rest of my life? She thought, regretting to agree with her parents into moving to Singapore. Just one look at the sun, could cause you to be blind, Jamie continued having weird thoughts, “I think if I stay here for a month, I would probably be suntanned by then.” She put on her sunglasses and got into a cab.
“Excuse me, where you want to go?” the taxi driver spoke absolute broken English, but pointing to the piece of paper, she replied, “Could you please bring me to the Marina Bay Sands?” The taxi driver looked at her, nodding his head, and muttered to himself, “Ang-moh ascent, confirm America!” After a short ride, the taxi driver looked at her, “we have arrived!” Jamie was shocked, “how could it possibly be so fast? It only took fifteen minutes!” Amazed she was, as she started to change her view of Singapore.
“Hey mum! Where are you? I’m already at Marina Bay Sands!” Jamie screamed in excitement at the innocent mobile phone. Strolling around the big area, she observed everybody’s action and behavior. “Hey, I’m so unlucky! I could have won that 10k, if only I had the ace of spades…” an old, bald man extremely furious, had an exaggerating conversation with someone who seemed like an old friend. “The people here are so rich!” Jamie carried a wrong impression, as she continued walking around. Then, the phone rang.
“Okay, I will meet you at the food court, see you then!” Jamie hung up the phone and headed to the overcrowded food court. “Are you sure this is a food court? It seemed more like a theme park to me!” Jamie questioned herself again, trying hard to find an empty table. Fortunately, she managed to find a spot; subsequently, her mother came and looked for her. “Why don’t we order our food first?” Mum suggested, as Jamie looked around the food court trying to find something which suited her taste. “Isn’t that roti prata? I thought they were only found in India? Look! It’s spaghetti, my favourite in Italy!” Her excitement towards Singapore began to rise, as she ordered the spaghetti with lots of tomato, delicious!
After the delicate of spaghetti, the mother and daughter decided to go shopping at Bugis junction. They walked towards the taxi stand, and knew that it was packed with tons of people, but Singapore didn’t just have cabs but public buses as well. Staring at the route of the buses, then slowly sliding her hand down plastic board, here it is! Soon their bus arrived and boarded it, finding two suitable seats. As Jamie was in the search of seats, she spotted a kindhearted young girl, probably the age of a teenager, giving up her seat for the sake of an old lady. “Wow, this is rarely seen in America!” Jamie was surprised to see such kind souls in Singapore. But not knowing that the other three people beside this young girl were three people who were coldblooded, with completely filled with selfish thinking. Oh well, at least Jamie’s impression of Singapore is at the top form already!
Despite being a young American girl migrating to Singapore with her mother, Jamie adapted very well in Singapore, although Singapore’s heat could be really hard to stand sometimes, Singapore is still a wonderful place to live in, and she lives up to the title of “Garden City”.
Hey Jie Han shouldn't it be "accent" and not "ascent"? How would a food court look like a theme park? Also consider revising the fragments "my favourite in Italy" and "the delicate of spaghetti" Other than the above observations, good story :) -Liang Hao
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