One Direction Watch {Singapore & Malaysia)

It's official, there is evidence of One Direction on every continent I've visited!

To seal the deal in Asia I heard some of their songs on the hostel's common-room radio as well as spotting some books in a shop and then in Malaysia I spotted some 'I Love 1D' T-shirts in a market.

We know they are known in Europe (Because they're from there obviously) and we know they are known in North America. That just leaves Africa and Antarctica...if they are famous in those two places that means they are known on every continent on Earth!!! World domination would be complete.

Isn't it a bit of a scary thought that you might have someone that thinks they know you on every part of the planet but you have never met 99.9% of those people?!

My (Short) Time In Singapore

With only a couple of days in Singapore there are only a few things I can mention:

1) With a S$500 (£250) fine for littering you'll not be surprised to hear that the streets are really clean.

2) There are some fantastic buildings about. Apart from the Supertrees there are many other big, modern constructions to see including a waterside football stadium with a floating pitch!

3) It's very humid. I don't mind the heat so much but I'm really not a fan of when it's humid and Singapore has been a suitably humid introduction to Asia!

Did You Know?: Singapore has four official languages (English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil). Can you work out which one's which? There is also an unofficial language of 'Singlish' which is when people speak the English language really quickly and with a speech pattern like Mandarin or Malay!

Singapore's Super Trees

These aren't your ordinary trees, they're made out of metal and concrete! There's a total of 18 'supertrees' at Supertree Grove with over 150,000 plants planted on them.

The tallest is 50m high and has a restaurant at the top. The others are 25m high and some have solar panels on the top to generate power while the others act like exhaust pipes to let out the hot air from the huge conservatories nearby that have thousands of plants on display to the public.

A Zoo In Darkness

Have you ever wondered why zoos open when most of the animals sleep in the day? Well, Singapore Night Safari's solved this by only opening at night! A zoo at night is very different to one in the day, there is so much more happening and I thought it was brilliant (And a little bit scary at the same time).

I started with a 'safari ride' (Think Longleat but with a long golf cart style vehicle) and drove past some very interesting creatures. The most dangerous animals, like Asian lions and hyenas, were only seperated by moats instead of fences or glass and the others could come right up to us. I don't think the lady who had two kiss-chase playing tapirs accidentally run into her part of the cart at high speed will forget those creatures for the rest of her life!

Afterwards I was free to wander the rest of the zoo and got to see fishing cats on the hunt, porcupines battling over food and even a rare Malaysian tiger come out of the darkness and roar so loud it was heard in other parts of the zoo.

Activity: Google a picture of a binturong and for smell-o-vision ask your parents to make some popcorn because this curious, bigger than you think creature, makes a smell like popcorn to mark it's territory!