Jumping into the Singapore River, a new fad or fatal attraction?

HE body of a 35-year-old Singaporean man was found yesterday, after he fell into the Singapore River following a quarrel with his girlfriend in the early hours of last Saturday.
The body of Mr Bharat Singh was seen floating near the river bank opposite The Riverwalk complex at 9.30am.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force was called in to retrieve the man's body and he was confirmed dead by paramedics at 10.25am.
The above was noted on the news today. Yet another taste the Singapore River ,a dunking with fatal effects.May he rest in peace.His name Bharat Singh, forever added to the four other that I remember that love their live in this part of Singapore. This river has historical link to the founding of Singapore , the Paradise in the East, if I can claim it. A bit of the East , with a Western twang, its original name is Singa Pura, or Lion City. Both the Lion have never been ,or the Claim to be a City even dubious. It is an improbable red dot ,describe by some ,carved out of a contentious real estate, in just south of the equators.
Now back to the river. The founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles landed somewhere along the same locations a hundred metres on the site where the Merlion spout, spilling water onto the passing bumboat of tourists. If anyone else wanted to feel history or be historical or hysterical and feels the water ,just like Stamford , a hundred years ago , in 1819, they are entitled to their opinions. The Coleman Bridge itself are as old as the River. That reminds me of the River Tiber in Rome, when every spring, the local llike to plunge into the River to prove something ?
Now the previous plunge into the River was after a drink, of Tiger Beer, the one with the high alcohol contents made locally and exported all over the world. Anyway after a good drink until the wee hours, two buddies or more wager another to prove his mettle or whatever to swim across the narrowest part of the River. Situated next to the General Post Office, which is now renamed and called itself the five stars or more hotel. The GPO itself had history on its side,; including tunneling into the sewer system to to rob the post office in the 1800. Also on the movies Pirates of the Carribean.
Meanwhile , in Dec 2008, the new item below was reported.
A SECURITY guard who jumped into the Singapore River at Robertson Quay to save a drowning woman early yesterday morning has been reported missing.
While details remained sket-chy, the woman appeared to have surfaced. The 25-year-old Saran Sauntharapandian, however, had yet to be found, according to his cousin, Mr Vicky Munisamy.
The 27-year-old sales officer said Mr Saran was working at a serviced apartment when he saw the woman fall into the river.
The map of Singapore River is below. It is the lifeline of since the 1800 and as reek of histories as much as River Seine in Paris .Singapore River represents the heart and soul of Singapore. to be continue.