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A festival for every religion
On my first ever visit to Malaysia I was there for Christmas. I don’t think that there was any special festivity during my second trip, but when I was in Singapore and Malaysia en route to Europe in October 2005 it was the Hindu festival of Deepavali. In February of last year we watched fireworks…
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Baby’s off to the tropics!
I’ve been rather slow in posting this, but we are off to Singapore and Malaysia at the end of the month. B wants a holiday before she returns to work and was rather envious of the dishes I ate while in Singapore recently. Qantas has had some absolutely amazing airfares lately and so we decided…
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Hong Kong and Home
A little before midday I woke from my slumber, still sleepy, but determined to do something in Hong Kong. I already had a shopping list and, thanks to our location, an easy place to start. The air of Hong Kong was distinctly tropical. A reminder of the local weather was a chart in the hotel…
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Goodbye London, Hello Honkers
Not enough sleep, never enough sleep. You would think that I would take advantage of being away from my restless baby to finally get a whole night’s undisturbed rest, but somehow it never worked out like that. For starters, I don’t think that I ever adapted entirely to the different time zone. I would come…
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Last day in London
Finally, I have found something decent on British TV. Or actually rather indecent. I was just watching the first episode of Psychoville, the new comedy thriller from a couple of the folks behind the League of Gentlemen. In other words, a very twisted and depraved program. Damn, now I want to watch the rest of…
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The streets of London
Men wearing pearl necklaces. That’s the weird thing for today. I’m not talking Ian Thorpe necklaces either, but the full set. The two young blokes looked reasonably normal other than that. Lots of Eastern European folk smoking, their guttural accents belying their origins. But London doesn’t feel like a healthy city. It exudes a sense…
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A little bit of Britain
Britain, Britain, Britain. Or at least the little bit of it called London. To me it’s not the mother country, not a spiritual home. Just a place that makes some damn fine comedy and the occasional great science fiction drama. Speaking of which, there is a TARDIS in front of Earl Court Station. Walking through…
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I went to Ghent
The European Parliament, child rapists, fine chocolates, waffles, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Almost-Aussie-Kim Clijsters. Does anyone know anything else about Belgium? I admit to being quite ignorant about the rather forgotten country of Belgium. Okay, I also admit to knowing a bit about their devastating colonialism in the African Congo and that our…