Lost Luggage and Found Cake
The day before my departure for Bangkok went by more quickly than I anticipated. Yang and Ling each had busy days, and I once again whiled away the morning at the The Rivervale awaiting word on the status of my
Pulau Ubin . . .
. . . AKA: The Mosquito Coast. Or so I’d been led to believe. So ferocious are the mosquitoes of Pulau Ubin, so insatiable is their thirst for human blood, that local custom demands that an ang moh devour a
Photographic toys
Here’s a picture of the equipment that Matt brought me, alongside a few other items I’ve picked up in the last month.:) From left to right: Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Zoom Nikkor Lens Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Singapore 1, Matt 0
Well played, Singapore. Not only at the end of each night did you relentlessly stuff me until I waddled back to The Rivervale like a cross-eyed duck, but your strategy of playfully misplacing my luggage for over 72 hours was
Ultra-wide angles
One of the best things about having an ang mo friend is that every time he comes by to visit, I go wild at Amazon and order all the lenses and accessories I need and have them sent to him,
Day Zero: Ang Moh Direct
Carry-on luggage, Lowepro CompuDaypack: 15.4’’ Dell laptop, Nikon D40 w/ kit lens, 80gb iPod classic, 8gb USB flash-drive, Samsung A-737 handphone, printed e-ticket, and accompanying itinerary—all mine; also containing: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G VR
Checklist – checked
Ling posted up a checklist of things to do when Matt was in Singapore, and the foodie items for him to try out. Here’s the current report after Day 2.:) Paranakan Cuisine: laksa (Katong of course!), nonya curry, mee siam,
O Mosquito, Mosquito, wherefore art thou Mosquito?
Truth to tell, I wasn’t eager for the Pulau Ubin trip that Ling had planned on Day 2 of Matt’s stay with us. She’d been thinking of bringing us to this favorite school spot of hers over the years e.g.
Ling half-wondered if it was a hoax…
… when Matt didn’t appear at belt 41 after the flight landed. As it turned out, his luggage had been misrouted, and that took a while for him to sort out. We’ll leave him to tell the story hopefully soon.
Stallone vs The Reds
There were three big huge Hollywood actors in the mid 80s, and whichever movie they appeared in, it’d be a big hit at the box office, even if the movie was a turkey. The three were Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis,
What I really wanted to be
Truth to tell, I didn’t always want to be a teacher. Heck, growing up with a family where nearly every person on my maternal side was a language teacher, I wanted to be anything but a teacher. Why I eventually
7.9
I was talking to Matt yesterday and somewhere along our on/off conversation the topic got into the state of toilets in Singapore. He said Singapore rocks, and I said Singapore is probably the only country in the world that regularly
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