Today the World feels smaller, and I find this profoundly moving and incredibly reassuring.  The flight, which I had been so scared of, was amazing.  So amazing in fact, that I don’t feel as far from home as I thought I might.  iPhone and Wifi make the World smaller, but the action of flying over countries which were previously just names and news headlines has changed me.

I love Singapore already and I have been here for 5 hours!  I have a beautiful room with plenty of space to work and think, and right in the middle of the city centre.  This leads to my second thought …

The World is different when you’re on your own.  I have had an incredible time exploring, and on the advice of my host, I have visited a converted convent called CHIJMES, which was stunning, and filled with incredible restaurants.  I then wandered over the road and spent a happy hour in a large shopping complex, Raffles City.  Rather than eat in a fancy restaurant, possibly because I was on my own, and possibly due to a recovering body clock, I opted to eat in the food court.  This was incredibly familiar and wonderfully new at the same time. I sat with people from all over the World and felt instantly at home. My final choice was beef peppered rice, which was amazing and cost $6 (about £3).  As I walked back, past the restaurants I felt like I had had a real welcome to Singapore.