Deborah, reading your blog makes me miss California.
And that's bad.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Swine Flu!
Thank God that I'm here in Singapore instead of in California. Mexico is just 4, 5? hours away from where I used to stay.
How ironic that in my US classes the threat was always far away, like bird flu from Vietnam, terrorists from Afghanistan etc., and yet the Swine Flu came from Mexico!
I just read that the virus is a new strain mutated from the bird, human and swine viruses. The US only has so many doses of Tamiflu, and it probably won't work against the new strain!!
Friends in the US, please take care...
How ironic that in my US classes the threat was always far away, like bird flu from Vietnam, terrorists from Afghanistan etc., and yet the Swine Flu came from Mexico!
I just read that the virus is a new strain mutated from the bird, human and swine viruses. The US only has so many doses of Tamiflu, and it probably won't work against the new strain!!
Friends in the US, please take care...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
...in the snow!
Sean and I went to Chinatown to eat Dim Sum, then abandoned our plans to walk to Eaton Centre. It was too cold! And it was snowing! Ok technically, it's called a Flurry - a mixture of snow and rain. Somewhat like a McFlurry - A mixture of Ice-cream and an added ingredient.
Fellow equator-dwellers should visit places such as these to gain a better appreciation of the year-round summer that we have. I miss the sun and the cloudless blue skies of the O.C.! Where my ears don't turn red and painful; where I don't have to wear a beanie and a cap at the same time; where the wind does not blow the snow parallel to the ground.
Fellow equator-dwellers should visit places such as these to gain a better appreciation of the year-round summer that we have. I miss the sun and the cloudless blue skies of the O.C.! Where my ears don't turn red and painful; where I don't have to wear a beanie and a cap at the same time; where the wind does not blow the snow parallel to the ground.
...in Toronto, Canada (Part 3/3)
This no-map thing is getting to be a trend.
It's snowing here! Just when I thought I'd left winter behind.
No Montreal and Quebec cos there's a weather warning. Maybe later in the week.
Meanwhile, enjoying the posh hotel with the large flat screen TV and personal Queen-sized bed! (for the same price as a hostel in Paris/London)
It's snowing here! Just when I thought I'd left winter behind.
No Montreal and Quebec cos there's a weather warning. Maybe later in the week.
Meanwhile, enjoying the posh hotel with the large flat screen TV and personal Queen-sized bed! (for the same price as a hostel in Paris/London)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
...to Mannheim, Germany! (Part 2/3)
For once, the title of the post is REAL. We REALLY didn't have a map to get here, and instead of taking an hour like Michelle predicted, we took 3 hours to get here. And missed two trains, and took an hour to buy train tickets, with much help from the friendly Germans! Seriously. Adventure of a lifetime. Sorry friends, you shall have to hear how long and arduous our journey was for many many years ahead. I don't even know if we were travelling north or south or what.
To begin from the beginning, we left Candy's house at 1130AM, made our way to Victoria station, took an Easybus to Stansted Airport, took RyanAir to Zweibrucken, took a bus to the Hauptbahnhopf, then got STUCK at that place for almost two hours. Good that the falafel place Michelle brought us to rocked and we ate for the first time in 12 hours (during which time we talked alot about PHO and hainanese chicken rice and hokkien mee and duck rice). Indeed. What a day (It is now 2am and Fiona Koo I just called you!!).
Going to the Black Forest tomorrow and we have to wake up at 7am to get to the town centre and see the fountains with water! It's spring! And this whole daylight savings plus change of timezones thing is really screwing up my sense of time.
Nevertheless, I think I like Germany. No more dystopian society here!
To begin from the beginning, we left Candy's house at 1130AM, made our way to Victoria station, took an Easybus to Stansted Airport, took RyanAir to Zweibrucken, took a bus to the Hauptbahnhopf, then got STUCK at that place for almost two hours. Good that the falafel place Michelle brought us to rocked and we ate for the first time in 12 hours (during which time we talked alot about PHO and hainanese chicken rice and hokkien mee and duck rice). Indeed. What a day (It is now 2am and Fiona Koo I just called you!!).
Going to the Black Forest tomorrow and we have to wake up at 7am to get to the town centre and see the fountains with water! It's spring! And this whole daylight savings plus change of timezones thing is really screwing up my sense of time.
Nevertheless, I think I like Germany. No more dystopian society here!
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