Roughly the size of New York, New York.
(This map is taken from here, which has images generated by this nifty tool)
Update:
Apart from having received my plane ticket finally, (kind of important),
I'm now in touch with the ten other international teachers joining me on this "adventure," and I am pleased to announce that they are just as confused, alarmed, and strangely excited as me when it comes to the overall "lack of information" that has marked every turn of this employment arrangement. :) I'm sure the Ministerial bureaucrats in Singapore are getting a kick out of teasing us with this very slow trickle of information ... kind of like Chinese water torture. I'm trying not to be too hard on them though. I mean, what else can one expect from a culture that prohibits the begetting of pleasure and fun (let alone doubling it) through the chewing of certain sticky treats? It would make perfect sense to assume that the next best thing is to inflict pain and suffering on foreign employees... and, oh, on their fellow citizens. (Might as well!)
The other teachers starting work with me on the 29th are mostly from Canada and the UK. There is one other American, who I believe is from Oregon. How fun! I have to make sure I talk about In-N-Out Burger and Hollywood a whole bunch.
All in all, I'm feeling much more at ease now that I have my travel and [temporary] lodging arrangements settled. Thanks be to God! (For about one month I was biting my nails worried sick thinking my trip would not go through - I even applied to other teaching jobs as a back up). Yes - I'm still in the dark when it comes to what this upcoming position actually entails - cue nervous laughter - but then again so is everyone else in my group, and that is comforting.
so the neat thing about going back and reading your past posts, is that you can say good-bye to all your backup plans. :)
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