Singapore: First impressions

Straight from the airport I went to take over our appartment in Heritage View, which is a condominium in walking distance to INSEAD. Quite a nice place, with swimming pool, palm trees and sports facilities. Most INSEAD students stay either here or in Dover Parkview, which is the condo next door. These condos are probably the main reason, why INSEAD Singapore is dubbed "Club Med", by envious Fonti (INSEAD Fontainebleau campus) students, of course.

My apartment is on the 8th floor and features a good view of the pool, and also a corner of INSEAD (between the blue/white school building and the highrise construction site).

By late July already a few students had arrived and we met down at the pool - due to the lack of studying materials at that time! Also Patricia, my travel mate for the following four weeks had arrived the same day. After four days in Singapore discovering Orchard Road, settling in and getting used to tropic climate we left again, to get the best out of our time here in Southeast Asia before classes started!