Kim and I managed to wake up at 0900 despite the unfavourable time change.  We spent the day shopping at a couple of IT malls in Singapore and managed to get ourselves a Palm Pilot each.  Normally, tech products in Singapore are cheaper than in New Zealand but with the exchange rate at present, it […]

Due to my body being on Auckland time, I woke at 0330, then 0430 and 0630.  But I lazed till 0730.  Kim’s mum, Fiona rang while we were having breakfast.  Last night, their taxi driver had a little trouble finding their hotel.  Then their aircon malfunctioned which necessitated a shift to a different room. Kim […]

We have a night flight back to Auckland tonight, which meant we had plenty of time to kill. After a trip to the supermarket where we bought some fruits, we visited my aunt and uncle. They were both well and in good spirits in their old age. Back in the city, we collected our printed […]

Mum took us for a Nyonya lunch at a restaurant called Ivin’s. Nyonya (or Peranakan) food is hard to find in New Zealand and parts of Malaysia, so I really appreciated the choice of restaurant. We had otak-otak, beef rendang, chicken curry, ayam tempera and bubor chacha. The tempera was a dry version, different from […]

We woke at 0500 and were in the courtesy shuttle at 0600 for the short ride to Dubai airport. Check-in was swift and we used up our remaining dirhams before boarding the Emirates B777-300. We departed about 30 mins late due to having to offload the bags for people who were turned away at the […]