Please Mind The Gap

The mass transit system here is simply wonderful: efficient, easy to use, and inexpensive. You can get just about anywhere you need to go using the subway. And if it doesn't get you close enough, you can take a bus.
The mass transit system is primarily operated by two companies: SMRT and SBS. Both companies run trains and busses, although you wouldn't know there were two companies. They both use the same fare card system. (This is better than Tokyo where there are two subway operators that don't share the same fare system.)
Reflecting the multi-cultural nature of Singapore, the transit system's signage is in all four languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil. (Tamil is the language with curvy characters in the photos.) So are many of the announcements, particularly on the purple line which includes stops in Chinatown and Litte India.
Of the announcements, our favorite is "Please mind the gap" or (on the North-South line) "Please mind the platform gap." The gap (as illustrated above) refers to the space between the train and the platform.
The MRT (subway) is our predominant method of transport on weekends. Paul takes it home from work a couple of days a week. Our apartment is between the Orchard and Somerset MRT stops and it's perhaps a 6-8 minute walk to either station. We've found the best route to take when it's raining: there's perhaps 25m that is not under cover.
The architecture of several of the stations is also pretty amazing. The ones at City Hall and Dhoby Ghaut ("dobie got") are particularly good examples. They have multiple levels, all interconnected by various escalator routes. ("Lifts" are also available.) We describe these stations as being very Escher-like. The photo at the left and the video below are good illustrations of what we mean by this.

It really is a terrific system.
PS: Updated the "At Home in Singapore" posting.