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Rain was falling that day.  As we were eating lunch, intense rain began to fall.  We continued going towards an unanticipated destination after paying for our meals when the rain ceased. Once again, I was captivated by the mosque and Kampong Glam compound, even though I was unsure of what had brought me here.  Istana Kampong Glam was the next stop on our walk, and I was equally impressed by its architecture. My most recent trip to Singapore's Malay Heritage Centre was a stroke of fate, as the museum was hosting an exhibition that delved into the fascinating history of the Bugis people.  Honour and Pride, or Sirri na Pesse , was the exhibition's title.  The exhibition showcased a wealth of informational artefacts and collections about the Bugis ethnicity and the Singaporean Bugis community.   A perahu bugis is depicted in the picture below. The above picture shows a perahu bugis --- PANTUN Singapura Serupa-rupa Anak bugis jala...

Day 1 started on 2nd of January 2018. Boarding flight TR453 of Scoot Airlines, I landed at Changi Airport safely around 11.45 a.m. This time the trip was not for leisure but I would rather say for in-service professional development yet I did expect to explore Singapore more whenever I have the chance to do so. The only male companion from Malaysia was a teacher named Afnan. He's teaching in Machang, Kelantan. We started a good and enjoyable relationship when we stepped our feet in on Singapore land. We boarded a metered-taxi that costed us SG20.90. The driver was quite talkative and he spoke in Malay-Pranakan accent which was something rare to me. I had imagined Munshi Abdullah era when I listened to that accent. As Afnan and I were new to this place we did not know where to go for our lunch. After checked-in to our rooms, I just contacted an Uber to a place called Arab Street as suggested by a fried. I found that Arab Street actually was a place that I had been...