My tweets

• 01:46 morning tweeters all! Day 4 in Singapore, still jet-lagged, my dinner dance card is almost full...if it weren't for the rain it'd be heaven! #
• 03:30 singapore tweeters: i'm free for lunch and dinner today if anyone's interested in an old British tourist... #
• 04:45 having coffee with Devin this afternoon, still free for lunch and dinner...Funan DigitaLife IT Mall later on to shop... #
• 09:34 @ErnieAtLYD Mary was entirely Jewish, as was Jesus. #
• 14:24 had dinner with HWMBO, Tiow Hua, and Devin...very nice. back home now playing with eee... #
• 14:59 @dirrtysean it the UK a twitcher is a bird-watcher. Do you like to watch birds? #
• 17:15 well, tweeters, it's no longer good night, it's good morning from Singapore. Reading Smith's new biog of FDR--very inspiring! #

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Photos from Singapore

I have actually taken some photos this week, and now that I've discovered I can get them uploaded and put into my blog through Flickr (I normally upload them to my website but that's not possible at the moment for various reasons I won't bore you with), here are some selected photos.

First, smlee4. What a handsome man!



While we were looking for a restaurant at Bugis Junction, we came across this particular place that seems to cater to tourists, of which there are not an insignificant number in the centre of town. I got my picture taken.



You may remember the cheesy pod picture that the Singapore Flyer staff took of our party before we actually got on the wheel? Well, here is a picture of the picture, a bit blurry, but you can see the general idea.



And when we were actually in the pod, I gook a picture of Nein and one of his fathers, Joe. Joe is holding up the "circular map" of Singapore that you can look at during your "flight" which tells you what everything you can (or can't) see is. But, it looks a little bit like he is recognising Nein as the little angel that he is.



In the background are Louie and Leslie, our great friends here, who are just lovely people.

More about the Cambodian e-Visa

I have just learned that the Cambodian e-Visa program I blogged about before has a blog site itself. It seems quite interesting and newsy, besides being a plug for travel to Cambodia. They have made a real effort to be of service to tourists and I'm still doffing my cap to them.

I will tell you about my experience in getting through Immigration at Siem Reap next week, after it's happened.

Tuesday in Singapore

Woke up oddly refreshed, given that I'd rolled over Mount Everest all night. I decided that yesterday was the day to shop for tech stuff.

I went to Funan digitaLife centre downtown at City Hall. Went around, looked at stuff, and specifically looked for a wireless Skype-enabled phone. This phone will connect to Skype directly through your wireless router, thus obviating having to connect up your pesky computer and put a very primitive USB phone into it. I found one, priced Sg$219 (about GBP 85) and bought it. Then, idly looking at small laptops, I discovered the Asus Eee 1000H, which with 2GB RAM and 160GB HDD, seemed pretty inexpensive at the equivalent of GBP 384. So, I bought it. The keyboard is almost normal size, the only exception being the right shift key, which is small. I thin it'll be good for the Cambodia trip, as it takes a camera card so I can upload pictures directly. The hotel has WiFi, I am told.

After buying that, I had lunch (late) at Subway, returned to Bishan to unload my prizes, then went to Orchard to have dinner with HWMBO, Tiow Hua, and Devin, whom we had dinner with in Kiasu, in London. Very nice dinner at Wisma food court, which is a step up from the usual hawker senter here. I had Indian food, and the plate was piled so high that I couldn't finish it (good thing, too).

Home, and continued reading FDR until 12:15 am...my bad.

Of to lunch now, and to the Art Museum with HWMBO, then dinner with my friends George and Chen this evening.