allrite@

allrite
allrite
@allrite@allrite.at

Irreverently irrelevant.

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

1,116 posts
2 followers
Blog

allrite.at

Profile

allrite.at

Homepage

allrite.blog

  • Down in Chinatown

    The next morning Alex obviously was not well. We gave him fluids and rest but eventually it came time to check out of the hotel. Wanting to keep him out of Singapore’s heat we decided to take him to a airconditioned shopping centre. But B was determined to visit Chinatown, an area that had seemed…

  • Of laksa and chicken rice

    It’s funny, but all of my best meals of laksa have been in Sydney. I’ve had some okay ones in Malaysia and Singapore, but until recently my favourite laksa was at the well known Malaysian Chinese Restaurant in Hunter Street. It was exceeded a few weeks ago by an amazingly good chicken laksa at Sinma…

  • Rocky and Singapore

    Just to clear up a little confusion over dates, we visited Singapore from Wednesday 13 October and arrived back in Sydney on Sunday 17 October. Due to exhaustion and illness I am only updating the blog retrospectively. This week on Tuesday and Wednesday Alex and I visited Rockhampton, which I will write up once I…

  • Breakfast was curry and dinner cereal

    Downstairs again for a breakfast of curry puffs, fried banana and roti prata. Not as nice as the roti canai of Malaysia, but really, could you ask for a better start to the day? Overhead flew Singaporean military aircraft, including transport aircraft and F-15 jet fighters. The Paya Lebar MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) station is…

  • Sardines to Singapore

    It’s time for Alex to get his own seat. That was the inescapable conclusion from the flight to Singapore. In less than a month’s time it will be out of my hands anyway. He’ll have to travel in his own seat because that’s all they will allow for children over two years old. Until that…

  • A short stay in Singapore

    In less than 12 hours time Alex and I will be flying off to Singapore for a few days, flying Jetstar via Darwin. B will follow a few hours later flying Qantas. While we are trapped in a narrowbody A320 with no inflight entertainment, she will be enjoying the offerings of the much bigger 747.…

  • Inclement weather

    “Unfortunately the service will have to be stopped due to inclement weather towards Sydney.” That kind of announcement has had me break out in sweats at the thought of approaching turbulence. Would my new found confidence in flying hold? I spent the last couple of days down in Canberra attending a workshop for the organisation’s…

  • If only…

    I was so tempted to take a couple of days off, combine them with a weekend and fly to Singapore for a quick holiday. I’m so tired I need a holiday. All I wanted to do was to relax in the hotel, swim in a pool, play with Alex and eat, eat, eat in a…

  • Above the clouds to Canberra

    Another day, another trip to Canberra. You would think that this route, my most frequent of all time, would now be so routine as to be boring. After all, it’s only 30 minutes of flight time. Yet every journey turns up something new and today’s flights were no exception. The passengers were already boarding when…

  • CJ2010: Travels with the toddler

    Prior to this last trip I had been very nervous about the difficulties of travelling with a toddler. On a previous flight to Japan there was one little child who raced up and down the aisle, even during descent, and then caused havoc for his parents at the immigration queue. Was that going to be…