I don't mean to be horrid to you Oldman..but if I'd ever eaten Monkeys' Brains' even learning about it after the fact.. i would
never breathe that to another living soul!!
Why? Actually, I bragged about it when I got home. How many people do you know that would even try it? As I remember, the taste was kind of indescribable.
We went to this place called a âwet market.â There, they sell live animals, as well as prepared animal food. I saw a lot of ducks hanging that looked like they were smoked, fried or whatever. This one old woman had a big metal pan with fish in it. When someone bought one, she would take this big stick and flip one out onto the cement floor, then take the big stick and club it to death before wrapping it in newspaper and handing it to her customer. Weird to me, but others just kept walking by.
At another stand, a customer buys a live chicken, the man takes the chicken, cuts off the head, lets it flop around until it dies and then hands it to the customer. Again, weird to me. After they are done killing the animal or fish, they take a hose and wash the blood off of the cement. Thus, the name wet market.
One of the things that I ate was a fruit called a Lychee Nut. I have looked for them here and found them in a can in an Oriental food store. Sweet and good, but not as good when eaten fresh.
They also have a fruit called a Durian. It looks like a spiny cantaloupe to me. At first, I refused to taste it because of its terrible, terrible smell. The smell is so bad that they donât allow anyone to bring it on public transportation. At the airport, most airlines, including United has a sign posted, âNo Durian Allowed Onboard.â I took one small bite with my eyes closed. Unbelievably, it wasnât too bad, but I wouldnât eat a bowl of it.
Singapore is a very culturally oriented country. They are very loyal to their President or whatever term they call their leader. The woman are drop dead beautiful. The men are just the opposite. We went to this place called The Glass Hotel. My escort, another Singaporean engineer, told me on the way not to worry, I would like it, the place is legal and I was fed a lot of hype. When we arrived there, we each paid the equivalent of $15.00 dollars U.S., which is $20.00 in Singapore money. You are then given a Singapore female escort while there. You have your choice for two hours what you wish to do. You can sit and talk, dance play games on different machines, etc. You must buy two drinks for yourself and the escort. Herâs may be non-alcoholic. NO SEX. Prostitution is illegal and strictly enforced in Singapore. There is one section of Old Singapore that they do allow it, but only because of its location. Old Singapore has a few laws that are a bit relaxed compared to New Singapore.
The day before we arrived there, two Aussies were hanged for drug smuggling. We also witnessed one thrashing, which they usually do to juveniles that cause havoc or break laws.
I made several trips to Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and a few trips to Korea. Singapore was my favorite. Very clean. They use prisoners to keep it that way. Itâs the first time that I saw monkeys swinging from trees. One of their favorite sports, besides soccer is archery. Kind of surprising to me.