Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour
- Arnold Toynbee
Given my limited travels around this world, it’s in this harbour city of Singapore, that I have realized how true this above statement is. But hang on, one will need another adjective when it comes to Singapore, and that would be “Synchronized Movement”. The sheer scale of this synchronism boggles the mind! Call it culture shock or an alien milieu, for someone who comes from beautiful chaos of India, this place presents a paradigm change. So much so, that one feels a sense of aversion for the perfection; as a friend commented,
Why would you want to stay here? It’s just so perfect!
Singapore harbour as seen from the cable car
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