Despite the old saying that the trains always run on time, just about everything else seems to go to hell. Note Singapore is one of the few modern examples I c

Despite the old saying that the trains always run on time, just about everything else seems to go to hell. Note Singapore is one of the few modern examples I can think of of a dictatorship that turned out pretty well. Of course the plain-clothes police everywhere probably have something to do with why in two solid days of counting I never saw a single person laugh or grin. I didn't even notice that it had been happening until crossing over to Kuala Lumpur I was struck by seeing laughing and smiling people.