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25 January 2024
Above: Flight path after being struck by lightning. I had trouble getting to sleep last night and had to wake around 0600 to prepare for the 1030 flight. The included breakfast at 0615 looked amazing. However, quite a few things didn’t pass the taste test. The chicken was hacked Asian style with lots of bones […]
2 December 2023
Friends and family in Singapore After spending yesterday with old uni friends from New Zealand, I spent today with my 94 old aunt. I visited her straight after the hotel’s 1100 check-out, sat with her for a while before having a late lunch. To my surprise, she fed herself quite well today, whereas mid-year, she […]
30 November 2023
Above: It was hard to believe that the sunny scene was a -1 degC. Leaving Fukuoka Today I fly to Singapore on standby, via Seoul Incheon, as I was not eligible on any direct flights on staff tickets. I left my hotel at 0745 for the Fukuoka airport’s international terminal. I had last night confirmed that […]
30 January 2023
I woke at 0130 after 7h of sleep and continued to doze and sleep till 0600. That’s nearly 12h in bed. I must have needed it after the stress of the last few days. The included hotel breakfast at 0730 was awesome. I chose the Vietnamese style kwayteow with pork steak. I went for a […]
10 June 2022
Above: Sign on the MRT suggest people not to talk to each other or on the phone to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Likewise, singing and wind musical instruments are not permitted indoors. While in Korea I had been waking up early around 0530, being somewhat on New Zealand time. This should have continued here […]
16 November 2020
Leaving Kuala Lumpur Having retired early last night, I woke at 0515. I took my time readying myself and checked-out at 0630 and made it to the 0700 train from KLIA2 back to KLIA. With a half-hourly service being a weekday I wasn’t too concerned about missing that train. Once at KLIA, it was a […]
10 June 2019
Leaving Semarang I needed to sleep in today to adjust to Athens time in preparation. But the pre-dawn prayers around 0400 woke me up. Strange I didn’t hear them yesterday. I managed to sleep in till around 0800 with the curtains tightly drawn. I had a light breakfast of fruit and muesli, and did plenty […]
9 February 2017
I walked out to Serangoon Road nearby after breakfast hoping that the Thaipusam procession would be underway and sure enough it was. Devotees witih various forms of kavsdis dribbled through. It wasn’t a continuous stream. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Since I couldn’t get any antihistamine cream and my sandfly bites were in […]
8 February 2017
I chose to take the 1130 ferry to Singapore as it meant I could leave close to my hotel checkout time and get to Singapore around the checkin time (with an hour time difference). After my breakfast of muesli, papaya and milk, Anton picked me up at 1015 and dropped me at Harbour Bay a […]
29 July 2016
Today I flew to Singapore (which I jokingly call the breakaway republic for historical reasons). It was a cheap way to get to Phuket and actually costs about the same as transiting in Kuala Lumpur. It is less efficient in terms of time but I get to spend some time with my aunt. Singapore culture […]