Archive for May, 2006

Gloomy Sunday

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

Gloomy Sunday indeed. When I woke up it was threatening rain. Around here that threat practically a grantee. By the time I got myself going it was pouring pretty hard. I took the time to catch up on some email and practice for the coming PME concert. After a while the rain cleared up so [...]

Singapore Saturday - Sungei Buloh

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

So as I mentioned in my last entry, I have Saturday off so what to do? I’ve been concentrating on work since I got here and didn’t really plan for this eventuality. CH tried to get me to book a room on BinTan island earlier in the week but I never got around to it. [...]

Working in Singapore

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Wow it’s hard to believe it’s been a week already. Time really flies by when you’re working. And working on both US and Singapore time. 9am mtg in US? That’s a midnight meeting out here. 2pm US, 5am here. You get the picture. Speaking of pictures, I mentioned the food so here’s a little food [...]

Singapore Day 1

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Well I am here to work, so this is going to be brief. I have some pics to share. First, one last bit on the journey to the Airport. I can’t believe I forgot this the first time. The iPod vending machine. Of course you’ve probably heard of this. Pretty funny, but what struck me [...]

Off to Singapore, but first . . . BART!

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Oh BART, I want to love you. I really do. But you make it so hard. When I was growing up in the ‘80s you held so much promise. As a kid my grandmother would take me for a day on the BART. We took all 3 lines too every single station. When I think [...]