Month: February 2007

  • Wealth for toil

    It now looks like we left Sydney at the right time, because she’s got flash floods and thunderstorms resembling Singapore and Malaysia in December. But really, though, there isn’t ever a good time to leave Sydney. I spent nine good years from 1992 – 2000, and ten days there last month. One difference between the…

  • In-Camp

    Approved Mindef Photograph I wouldn’t recommend doing this: Arriving back from a holiday at 4am and having to book-in to reservist training at 7.30am. Which is exactly what I did. I also got my hair cut by a not-so-skilled barber in camp. I’d say a lot, lot more if not for the fact that I’m…

  • Fled, but coming home soon

    Patchy internet over here. Where? Some call it the lucky country. It is, generic quite. Blessed with amazing flora and fauna, and though girt by sea, it is a very, very big place.

  • A matter of time

    Last week I read about Singapore thinking about legislating biomedical research. I suppose you can think all you want but don’t expect the rest of the world to wait while they find new and interesting ways for the latest biomedical advances. Yes, in Japan, they’ve come up with stem-cell enhanced breast implants! Now you can…

  • Yay, weekend

    Would you just look at that? Clear blue skies with only a trace of cloud. That’s what I saw on my Saturday morning walk around where we live. And, really, how about that weather? I know in other necks of woods, you sometimes get comfortable weather when you’re normally not supposed to, and this is…