To live in another land is a gift and education

To travel between lands is to see them clearer, from inside and beyond, their flaws, charms and peculiarities. — The Straits Times

A person I’d rather not name, from a nation you don’t need to know, on a blind date both of us should forget, left a fleeting impression on me.

In the many years of living in Singapore, she seemed somewhat untouched by the land. As if this city was just a terminal, a safe harbour, a place of utility, and that was all.