Well, i have officially started Blogging, i am still not sure why ... cybergeekchic?... more likely because I am in Bangkok and the hooker staying in the room next door was sitting on my floor playing cards ... more about that later, ill start with Singapore and see if i can catch up to myself (don't hold your breath).Singapore is a nice and soft landing into Asia (especially when your staying with family+ having a maid on hand made it feel surprisingly like 44), a capitalist friendly government with few natural resources & the large and influential expat community seem to have ensured westerners can stay in Singapore without experiencing too much culture shock (though a fair bit of cultural ambiguity).
I enjoyed spending time with Adam, Ange, Jack & Isla (Jack's gurl) - visiting Ange's School, wandering Singapore city, wakeboarding in the diesel between Singapore and Malaysia, watching live comedy (the gay Indian comic was particularly taken with Jack ... much to his delight;), attending a service of the 14,000 member New Creation Mega Church and generally hanging around the house. Adam seemed intent on proving to me that a Golf R32 is not redundant in the island/city/country by screeching throughout the streets, swerving around anything slower than his +50% interpretation of the local speed limits, and Ange was intent on making sure I actually organised some of my trip (fortunately).
Unfortunately even Ange's handwritten notes, ph numbers, guides, maps and net shortcuts couldn't save me from reading blink and looking into Implicit Association Tests - check them out, interesting stuff on association with race, colour, weight ... the George Bush one is just funny(https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/australia/) ... er, whoops there i go again .... consequently i jumped on a train to Jerantut (Malaysia) hoping I'd find a taxi and a place to stay when I got there at 2am (sorry Ange - didn't want u to worry)
5 comments:
Hi chris,
Thanks for your creative writing - makes for compelling reading! Trust your having a great time. Good news: Geelong beat west coast today.
The Lord's blessing to you.
Love Dad and Mum
hey christo you're cool now that you've got a blog!
glad that you can make it back for the wedding - hope it doesn't interupt your travel flow too much...
Hey Chris
Good to hear from you. Glad to hear your blood wasn't sucked dry by leeches & that you are making some new...friends.
Look forward to hear the next bit.
Love Suz
Great to hear from you guys, and great to hear that Geelong are travelling better - i read they also gave the Tigers a thrashing.
Tommy, no problems with travel flow, will be good to be back - though time is going quick, There are a fair few art copiers around here - was tempted to get you a modigliani, tho thought Amanda may not be as keen .... hey what happened with u and the GMC?
Suzi Q, did you get the card from Jen + I? + u better stock some lollies 4 the kids, trust me ;)
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