Year: 2007
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Quake II
I just have to put this here. My Dad just called to see if I had fallen out of bed because of the quake, and says that he was taking his customary walk when the quake struck, and for several moments, thought he had forgotten to take his Parkinson’s medicine. Technorati Tags: earthquake, Indonesia, Singapore
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Quake!
OK, I just woke up because my mother just called me to tell me that there was an earthquake. Don’t panic. Everything is ok. OK? The picture frame on the floor was caused by our cat, Jake, and not the quake. OK? Yahoo! Singapore News says that some people were running, screaming from office towers…
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When two queens met in the harbour
Compulsory Sydney harbourbridgeoperahouse photograph If you thought that Singaporeans were compulsive queuers, lining up for anything, and joining a line even if they didn’t know what they were lining up for, then you ought to take a look at Sydneysiders. We’ve got quite a few things in common with these antipodeans. Two Tuesdays ago (20…
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Pick it up lah!
What reservists don’t look like It rained all of yesterday, pissing down on all of us while we were at the combat shoot range near Pasir Laba Camp (or Pasir Labia Camp, as we called it, which is built around Bukit Vagina, as we giggled some more like secondary school boys, but you know, it’s…
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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…