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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc

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  • Return to KL

    Remember how terrified I was a few days ago of flying through storms that never eventuated. Well today I started confidently on the slightly longer flight back from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and… We checked out early and without breakfast, catching the MRT all the way from Tanjong Pagar to Changi Airport with a change…

  • Babboon bums and breakfast

    The greatest pleasure of Singapore (and Malaysia) comes from enjoying the local cuisine. We returned to Maxwell Road Food Centre for a breakfast of mee sua, apom balik pancakes from my favourite store, mee siam and a really nice laksa. Mee is noodles, by the way. I was planning to take Alex to the science…

  • Everything is awesome!

    When it comes to dream jobs I suspect that professional Lego builder would be at the top of many people’s list. There must be quite a few of them judging by the number and size of models around Legoland. Wow! Another too early morning from Alex. He and I snuggled up in the bottom bunk…

  • Props and blocks

    Sleeping in is a skill that Alex has forgotten lately. I don’t think they teach it at school. So we were up before sunrise. But Malaysia wakes late and it was another few hours before we went out seeking breakfast. On our last trip to KL we discovered some great food along Jalan Imbi, so…

  • Deserts and storms

    Though it was a pretty good flight yesterday I couldn’t wait to be on the ground. Maybe it’s the colour red, maybe it’s a cold and lack of sleep, or maybe the amount of flying I’ve done is finally catching up with me. We walked out of the house into a cool foggy morning and…

  • The weather up there

    The forecast for Sydney to Singapore tomorrow courtesy of a Qantas Facebook chat: Dave Egan: Very broadly out of Sydney tomorrow will be an excellent day. On route there is currenlty a jet stream expected to be about the NSW/QLD border at about 10am. There could be some mild turb here. Then usually as you…

  • The do in Pudu

    I was flicking through the television channels tonight when I came across the movie Entrapment. I’ve never watched it before, but I knew that part of it was filmed in Malaysia. At this point the protagonists were climbing up the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Shortly afterwards the action moves to Pudu station. Great,…

  • Neon pilgrim dreams

    I’ve thought more about Dempster’s experiences in Neon Pilgrim and I realise that I’ve often imagined many of them in detail myself. As a youth up in Queensland each evening I used to fantasise about walking down the hill from the family residence (Not my home. It was not my home) and trekking all the way by…

  • Henro Michi

    I’ve just devoured Lisa Dempster’s book Neon Pilgrim about her 88 temple pilgrimage around the Japanese island of Shikoku. She’s a depressed and overweight Australian lady who walks the henro michi, a 1,200 kilometre pilgrim trail around Shikoku in the hope of regaining her health and confidence. The rugged Eastern coast of Shikoku Today many Japanese…

  • Passport

    I cannot go anywhere overseas right now. I don’t have a valid passport. They sliced the cover, all adornments faded into obscurity, right before my very eyes. But that’s okay, a new one should arrive soon. My passport wasn’t quite the full decade old, but it would have been on the border of six months…