To live out of India

I just realised that my posts are getting longer; god knows how! (Do not say, obviously, if you type, they will become long, silly!) and it is increasingly difficult for even me to scroll down all the way to the end of the article and check for comments. Let me try making them short... this is a test for my English skills as I was very famous in school for busting the word limit!
This being my first ever visit to any foreign country, it was also my first experience to know how Indians living abroad feel. What I'm writing is a purely personalised opinion; no reason for anyone to get offended.
Even 9 months after coming to Singapore I sometimes cannot believe I'm out of India; it is not that Singapore is so much like India and I'm not missing home, but it is just that I'm not able to believe I've actually left India to come to a whole new country to study. Every time I go out is only when I realise I'm not in India.
As I was preparing to leave India to come here, many people told me that Singapore is a beautiful place to stay, so nice "that you won't feel like you've left India". This did make me happy. But I could recognise everything was different from when I landed here the first time and went to a relative's place to stay. True, those were my first few days away from home in a totally alien country, but I was lost. it was something more than homesickness; rather I never let homesickness get over me as I was all enthusiastic about living my life so independently and responsibly. But there, staring at my face, were differences. I could find them as I struggling to find how to open the shower tap in the bathroom, how to drink water from the cooler, how to get many things done using a machine, etc. These will obviously be present and I made up my mind not to notice these.
But I could still not ignore the differences. A visit to the temple here rarely leaves me satisfied. They are air conditioned, granite floored, have idols made of marble, priests recite the mantras over a mike, and ultimately I don't feel like I've visited a temple at all. Yes, true, these temples are in Singapore where things are highly advanced... but I feel that we have let technology overpower us; with the result that the subtle things I used to enjoy in our temples in India are lost here.
Elaneer (I don't know if I'm getting it right, it is coconut water I'm talking about) was sold for $1.50. Well, I just think I should accept all these without any questions; I should be happy I'm getting these in a foreign country, while many in, say, the US or Canada won't be able to.....
Now I have learnt to ignore these differences; or rather not think about them....maybe that is an improvement.
Nothing beats India!
There is something I forgot to mention though; the reverance Singaporeans have for the indian temples. A visit to one of the temples here put me in awe. The temple was one for Krishna, and right next to it was a Chinese temple. I was really in awe and wanted to take a bow as I saw most of the Chinese who passed by praying outside our temple in their own Chinese way. There were many chinese inside the temple too, and there was one Chinese father who was showing his son all our idols and reading out the mythologies. This is truly amazing! I take a bow.
I really hope everyday that India will also become as advanced as Singapore one day, soon, but still retain its own form and its simplicities and niceties.