Flat Owen Visits SINGAPORE

Singapore is a city of 4 million people, not far from the equator. Flat Owen got a kink in his neck from looking up at the tall buildings!

Owen goes to a Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert at Esplanade Theatres.

Flat Owen on Marina Bay.

No, Flat Owen,

don’t jump in the river!!

Herb, Lucinda, and Flat Owen on the train for downtown.

Two million Singaporeans travel by MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) daily.

Flat Owen checks out the buses.

Great cities have great museums, and Singapore has many. This is the Asian Civilizations Museum.

Flat Owen shopping on Orchard Road, the shopping capital of Asia.

Singapore is very multicultural. Here’s Flat Owen in Little India.

And in Kampong Glam, the Muslim district.

Flat Owen‘s date at a Japanese restaurant.

Crossing the street safely at a pedestrian overpass.

Great cities also have great parks and natural areas. Singapore has large areas of original rain forest and mangrove forest.

At Sungei Buloh, Flat Owen and his friends saw crocodiles, ivory bills, monkeys, mud skippers, and monitor lizards two metreslong.

It was not all a holiday for Flat Owen. He had to go to school, too!

Alexandre shows Flat Owen the swimming pool, then they have lunch at the canteen. Our school has students from 60 countries. Many of

them speak five languages.

After a hard day of sight-seeing in Singapore, Flat Owen is happy to be home. He jumped right into the pool to cool down!

Questions about Singapore?Send them to:

hpilles@cis.edu.sgand Flat Owen’s friends

Alexandre and Lianna(Grade 3) will answer them!