After a hectic week at home, it was time for a flying visit to Singapore. I’d had a stop over at the island years and years ago, so I didn’t have too many ideas about the place. All I knew was that it was a smallish island very close to Malaysia and Indonesia. And some pictures I’ve seen in magazines and television. Firstly, I must say, what particularly surprised (and distressed me at the same time) is that the women in Singapore are extremely… thin! And I must say that I did notice that several of these thin young women tucking in many delicacies. And yet, they were as thin as a needle. How do you do this, I asked a nice Singaporean girl, who surprised me by admitting that she had had 3 kids already and still looked like she was still in her twenties. Of course she wouldn’t divulge the real reason – she was hardly about to make it easy for me! Anyway, apart from this alarming trend, what really surprised me …