Alain Robert

Spider man came into town yesterday and it was great meeting up with Joan again.. His climb was fun to watch but it would have been more exciting if there weren't any 4 arrest systems in play.

National Day 2008

climbing up the cat ladder squeezing a little here and there at the top group pic

Every year we cover the National Day Parade and every year we complain it looks exactly the same. This time round, for the preview, a few of us had the priviledge to climb up the north column of the Singapore Flyer which would bring us to the pivot point or the exact center of the wheel. It was a process which involved an advance briefing and some check lists. Climbing is easy. Climbing with all the camera equipment and harnesses becomes a challenge but i'm happy to say that we all made it up safely and nothing was damaged thanks to our dive marine experts. It took us about a half hour to get up and we did have some ventilation as we pulled ourselves up the verticle cat ladders. The view was spectacular and so was the breeze. And as tradition would have it, we'd find oursleves making fun of oursleves in the process of our work. One person even asked if i was the first female to climb up that column and yes i am. So i guess that makes me the orginal Singapore Girl, What a Great Way to Fly-er.

The Farm, July, 2008

Hanabi, July 2008

Hello

So it's been a while since i last wrote.

Was really ill for 2 weeks. I caught some secondary infection from my kid and i've never experienced breathing incapabilities like that before. Long story short, i was hit with the bug, stuck in bed (literally) for 2 weeks, had an x-ray, was nebulised too many times, coughed my eyeballs out (tried too at least) and formed ab muscles along the way from all the hacking. Missed my Osim OD race and the Shape Run - which i felt was harder than being sick. But i couldn't even if i wanted too. Now i'm knocking on wood as i say i feel much better and am running around like a mad woman again. Thanks all of you who smsed and emailed asking if i were still alive. Bad news is i still am. Will be uploading more pictures which are long overdue. In the mean time... what's cooking? The guys from the East and Woodlands, thanks for the wonderful card, you all are too sweet.