The old Government House (Istana), the official residence of the President of Singapore, is open to the public today! During the Open House, there's going to be a "variety of performances and demonstrations". I'm not sure what the people are going to demonstrate about, but I'm all for "More jobs for gay christian whales!".

No presidents have actually lived there since 1959 And no one seems to know where the president, Mr Nathan, lives these days. Maybe in one of those nice HDB estates in Hougang? Did you know that Singapore has the highest per capita "Home Owners" in the world! A third of our wages goes into a special government fund (CPF), which can be used to buy a HDB apartment. Each floor of the housing estate are divided up by race. For example: Ten apartments on one floor. Six apartments would be allocated to Chinese families, three to Malay, one to Indian/Eurasian, that way everyone is living in harmony and happiness.

And talking of happiness, I'm all excited to cue up and walk the grounds of what has been described as "the finest "country house" east of British India". Maybe even get to see Mr Nathan himself! So today I started to cue to enter the old Government House grounds, when an officer came up to the line and said "No Dogs Allowed", at first i thought he was talking to someone else, then i realised, "Oh my gosh, I'm a dog!"

I thought ALL Presidents liked dogs. That nice man in the big white house likes dogs AND beer. I like beer breath. Anyway, I left the cue and asked the officer why can't i come in? He said it was because there were "Children inside". I looked at him with my big brown sad doggy eyes and sweetly said "you're kidding, right"? but apparently not. So, with my tail between my legs, I walked to The Prince of Wales, had a doggy bowl of beer and dreamt of the nice President in the big white house.

See you soon for tummy rubs and big face licks.
Love Jessica