Thanks for sitting through the history lesson! Most ex-colonies have either kept it whole, or repealed it altogether.

What's interesting about Singapore is how it remains stuck halfway from being repealed. Which explains the awkward, oddly-specific "boy-on-boy sex = nope" version we see today.

Like an unfinished story draft, or a movie that refuses to buffer the last 20 mins. Frustrating, but unfixable right now. Best that we shelve it to revisit it another time.

I'm glad to hear that you're willing to travel to explore new places that might be outside your comfort zone.

If you ever drop by, you can contact me on IG: @ask.ivan

I think you will find Singapore unnervingly safe.

Running alone past midnight even for girls is normal. Every street and backlane however small is brightly lit 24/7 - by design to deter lurking at night.

A popular police campaign once had to remind citizens that yes, crime is still a thing - in case you've forgotten here's our hotline.

Former World Bank economist, Ha Joon Chang called this the "Singapore Problem" for researchers - "Singapore combines the features of extreme capitalism and extreme socialism, so what is it? Find me one theory that can explain Singapore - neoclassical, Keynesian or Marxist - there isn't one. Reality is very complex."

Perhaps this is also what leaves many people with a deep uncanny feeling - like can this be real? Are the people here even real? Or is this one giant movie set? The cast of HBO's Westworld speak about this "futuristic weirdness" while filming here: https://www.facebook.com/VisitSingaporeOfficial/videos/652138005623282/

Thanks for listening :)