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Natural Wonder…

Nature…what is it, and what do we mean when we use the term nature or natural environment? The context and meaning of these words is no doubt different to each person you meet and each country you visit.

My mind automatically invisages a natural environment as being expansive, wild and practically untouched – nature in it’s rawest form – of which I am so used to back home within Australia. Prior to coming to Singapore, despite having done some research, and chatting with folks who had been to Singapore before, it had never crossed my mind how such a small and urban country would be able to incorporate and value the minimal nature that they had.

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The Ferrari and the Hawker Centre.

The Pasir Panjang Hawker Centre  has been our little haven for delicious cultural dishes, nice and close to our accommodation. While I was eating dinner there, I noticed a young child sleeping on a chair and the way they were set up led me to believe that it was a regular thing and Mum and Dad were perhaps working in the Hawker Centre. The thing I have noticed about the people at the Hawker Centres is firstly, they are very friendly and secondly, they work very hard for long periods in tough cramped conditions.

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