Dumplings for Breakfast

In order to prevent the verbal diarrhea that was the descriptions of my flights, I'll give you a brief run-down of what I have been up to so far:

Day 1 - starting 6PM local time
1. Arrived in Airport
2. Took a taxi to Nanyang Technological University - my home for the next 3.5 months
The taxi ride was gorgeous and I got to see how diverse the city is. Interestingly, there is very little grass, it's all deep green lush growth on the ground.
3. Met up with student representatives - received my keys and that was it
4. Tried to clean up some of the area is my room (was very dirty when I arrived)
5. Unpacked a little
6. Shower (it's so hot and humid, you sweat like crazy) and Sleep

Day 2 - starting 7AM local time (I am now an early riser)
1. Shower
2. Walk around campus, get relevant forms, stop and eat dumplings for breakfast
3. Illegally rode the bus (maybe, I paid $1.20 but I have no idea if that was enough. I tried to ask the bus driver but he didn't speak english and just motioned to the pay device and the back of the bus).
4. Rode the train
5. Went to the immigration building, got a number, waited for 2 hours, left without my passport, but with instructions to return tomorrow at 9AM
6. Searched for the site of the office I'm working at (35 Ann Siang Road)
7. Walked around the area
8. Took train and bus back to NTU (total time approx. 1.5hr)
9. Went to computer
10. Met American exchange student
11. Met a bunch more exchange students
12. Went on a night safari (9PM - 12AM) - really cool, you get to see all the animals up close because there are no cages. Also, you see all the nocturnal animals awake and roaming around. They have small pits that keep the dangerous animals away (Tiger, Lions) but other than that only some vegetation separates you from the animals. When you go through the flying squirrel and bat area there is no separation and we were very close to them. Bats are scary.

Day 2 - Started about 8AM (perhaps I'm slowly going to lose my early morning rising)
1. Went back downtown
2. Got in line at immigration office
3. Got a number
4. Went up to counter
5. Had to go get money on my transit card to pay to get my passport back
6. Got in line
7. Got my passport - now with student pass secured to it
8. Walked around Raffles hotel
9. Had a Singapore Sling at the long bar - very cool, but definitely not worth the $18.65
10. Walked around the water front
11. Ate a peppered crab - soooo good, but soooo messy
12. Took transit back home
13. e-mailed and updated blog

Wildlife seen so far (aside from the night safari):
- Small black birds with yellow beak
- Loud bright yellow birds
- Crane of some sort
- Cats (without tails)
- Lizard - gecko of some sort
- Big birds that make noise but don't let you see them because they fly away into the bright sun light


PS: It's hot and humid!