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Sep. 20th, 2004 11:07 amClearly, you've never been to Singapore.
Singapore is a tiny group of islands located just south of the western half of Malaysia. Anyone who got meaning out of that statement probably already knew where Singapore was located. For the rest of us, that didn't do jack.
Find China. China's a big country and you should be able to find it. South of China is a long, skinny piece of land that sticks out into the ocean. Don't pick the big, triangular piece that sticks out into the ocean -- that's India. Look for something narrower and further east than India. The long, skinny piece of land that sticks out into the ocean south of China is the Malay Peninsula. The Malay Peninsula is made out of Burma (on the west) and Thailand (on the east) and half of Malaysia (on the south). The other half of Malaysia is about the northern third of the biggish island (Borneo) to the east. (The rest of Borneo is Indonesia except for a tiny amount that is the miniscule Sultanate of Brunei.) Getting back to the part of Malaysia that is on the south end of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore is located just south of that, across the very narrow Strait of Johore. I'd say it was a bit far to spit, but the folks of Singapore can probably see Malaysia on a clear day.
While we're in the general area, here's a shout out for Laos. A country in desperate need of a publicity campaign, Laos is located between Thailand (west) and Vietnam (east) in southeast asia. It also has a border along Cambodia (in the south), Burma (in the northwest), and China (in the north). Laos does not have any ocean coastline but it does have excellent access to the Mekong river, which runs between it and Thailand for quite a ways. Laos is shaped kind of like an otoscope and its primary export to the United States is the Hmong people, many of whom live in St. Paul, MN.
Singapore is a tiny group of islands located just south of the western half of Malaysia. Anyone who got meaning out of that statement probably already knew where Singapore was located. For the rest of us, that didn't do jack.
Find China. China's a big country and you should be able to find it. South of China is a long, skinny piece of land that sticks out into the ocean. Don't pick the big, triangular piece that sticks out into the ocean -- that's India. Look for something narrower and further east than India. The long, skinny piece of land that sticks out into the ocean south of China is the Malay Peninsula. The Malay Peninsula is made out of Burma (on the west) and Thailand (on the east) and half of Malaysia (on the south). The other half of Malaysia is about the northern third of the biggish island (Borneo) to the east. (The rest of Borneo is Indonesia except for a tiny amount that is the miniscule Sultanate of Brunei.) Getting back to the part of Malaysia that is on the south end of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore is located just south of that, across the very narrow Strait of Johore. I'd say it was a bit far to spit, but the folks of Singapore can probably see Malaysia on a clear day.
While we're in the general area, here's a shout out for Laos. A country in desperate need of a publicity campaign, Laos is located between Thailand (west) and Vietnam (east) in southeast asia. It also has a border along Cambodia (in the south), Burma (in the northwest), and China (in the north). Laos does not have any ocean coastline but it does have excellent access to the Mekong river, which runs between it and Thailand for quite a ways. Laos is shaped kind of like an otoscope and its primary export to the United States is the Hmong people, many of whom live in St. Paul, MN.
