Here are a couple pictures of the front and "yard" of Dan's house. I would contrast it with a picture of the front of my house, except that it just looks like an apartment building with the hallways outside (kind of like those $59/night motels).
Most people in Singapore live in high rises, and even those who have landed property very seldom have any sort of yard, so Dan's parents are very proud of their "lawn". This doesn't mean they actually ever use it--like barbecue on it, sit on it (directly or in lawn chairs), plant stuff in it. They basically look at it, which is cool too I guess. Once I walked out on it barefoot and then sat down on it; Dan was kind of horrified. :)He calls it the grass patch, which is probably more appropriate. It's about the size of your average patio, if you can't tell much of the scale from the photo.
Front of the house. That's pretty much all of it. All of the landed property in Singapore is long, tall and thin. So Dan's house basically consists of three wide hallways stacked on top of each other.
Most people in Singapore live in high rises, and even those who have landed property very seldom have any sort of yard, so Dan's parents are very proud of their "lawn". This doesn't mean they actually ever use it--like barbecue on it, sit on it (directly or in lawn chairs), plant stuff in it. They basically look at it, which is cool too I guess. Once I walked out on it barefoot and then sat down on it; Dan was kind of horrified. :)He calls it the grass patch, which is probably more appropriate. It's about the size of your average patio, if you can't tell much of the scale from the photo.
Front of the house. That's pretty much all of it. All of the landed property in Singapore is long, tall and thin. So Dan's house basically consists of three wide hallways stacked on top of each other.
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