Outside temperature today is 28 degrees Celsius with 79% humidity, scattered clouds and a nice breeze. I live at the very top of a tower with a stunning view over the Singapore skyline, pools and fountains, lazy parks, a barbecue area, a karaoke center, a Home Theater room and a gym. I am sharing with a German January student and an American student on an exchange program. Quite a change from a vast old house in the woods.

Everything is clean. Everything is modern. Everything if functional. Everybody is polite. In fact, even the security guards seems to be there only to wave graciously at us and bid us a good evening.

INSEAD campus is smaller than the Fonty one, although you can easily recognize it as it's got the same couple of cranes and construction work.

I heard that chewing gum is a crime here and that the police don't like kidding around with the law. So we all are avoiding crossing outside of zebra crossings, when the light is green, walking on grassy patches...I smile at our ignorance but there is always a question in the back of our mind: is this allowed?
The city feels very safe. Crime rates are among the lowest in the world.

Most of the residence is full of INSEAD students. Everyone was reading tomorrow's case at the pool. We are all meeting for a barbecue party tonight. Professors teach in shorts.

Food is fantastic - and cheap. Mc Donald's is on the upper hand of the price range.

I feel like I have booked myself on some Club Med package. The reality of school has not hit hard yet and the whole place looks like a dream.