Singapore and looking ahead

Arriving into Singapore last night it still all hadn't hit me. Both the heat and the realisation that I'm actually doing this.
The heat was a nice surprise - walking out from the terminal (after a FRIENDLY customs experience) was like walking into a damp, stodgy mattress. Not that I enjoy damp and stodgy mattresses, but it is certainly a nice change from -very- mild Auckland.
Anyway, my first impressions of the streets by night were fond - everything is ridiculously clean and meticilous... Almost sterile. Which is amplified during the day - no rubbish, mess, or even grafitti in sight.
The second part - the fact that it hadn't sunk in where I am and what I'm doing, finally clunked in my brain as I checked in to my hotel. It's basic, clean and semi-central, but after today I need to get out of here and find some people to talk to. This will hopefully be achieved by a change in accomodation type to guesthouses and backpackers...
I've been writing a bit in my journal a bit. I've not felt so lonely in a while, as I have today in Singapore. It's been a bit hard on my mind, both battling the local bugs (I spent a couple of hours in various bathrooms around the city) and trying to get around and find things to do and keep me occupied - as I'm noticing all of my personal warning signs for that downward spiral.
But I'm keeping that at bay for now. I booked a bus for tomorrow that will take me all the way up to Pulau Penang, which is an island off the northern coast of Malaysia. It's a god-awful 11 hours, but as it's overnight I should sleep most of it. I was going to head to Melaka first, but I've scrapped a lot of my travel plans as they keep on changing on an almost hourly basis.

But this is all OK - I'm figuring out how I travel, what I need to do (one thing is I need to prepare more) and continuing my mantra of trusting the process of life.