Today marks the end of my Vietnam journey. Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An. Coincidence they all start with Hs.
Vietnam marks many firsts in travel for me. A first travelling alone, on a sleeper bus, on a rail train etc. These experiences simply reinforces my love for backpacking and the unpredictable.
2 experiences stand out. Halong Bay and Hue. Will elaborate on them once I get to Laos.
A big shout out to my friends in Hue.
Dear Kelvin Chin,
Happy birthday to you. May you profit in love through keeping the proper formal integrity. Keep up your wisdom, and be clean and healthy.With love,
xxxxx
Integrity questioned. Cleanliness too?! At least I’m wise.
1. My butt freezes whenever in contact with toilet seats.
2. Beef is cheaper than chicken.
3. Poinsettias are for real.
4. Hard water had me scrubbing and scrubbing, thinking I still had soap on.
5. Elections are way interesting.
6. Petrol prices are higher than Singapore’s.
7. Kenyans think seafood is poisonous.
8. All straight hair you see are fake.
9. You will never catch a Kenyan man wearing shorts.
10. Black sushi chefs simply made my day.
275 for 3 day pass. First F1 night race. First F1 race in Singapore.
I prefer watching it on TV. Maybe the 1 day pass. Or maybe SRC have some festivities planned. I hope there will be beer and stuff along the Padang.
If you got a million bucks, maybe the Fullerton roof top is a good choice.
Did you know engines of F1 have compartments made of gold. Lucrative shit this industry. Big boys and their toys.
I quote from my IVLE forum:
When you microwave food, it is the water molecules that are heated, and the heat is generated through the agitation of the water dipoles. Hence, the temperature can never exceed 100C since the boiling point of water is 100C. So long as the plastic can stand 100C, it will be OK.
There is however the nagging fear that the plasticisers in the plastic container might leach out of the plastic and into the food. But there is no scientific evidence for this.
In other news, my aircon spoiled, last paper tomorrow, bristles on my toothbrush are fraying big time, aston’s steak at pgp is pretty good, the drink stall is fucking inefficient, the fong seng prata millionaire drives a fucking big lexus, my nails are a disaster, I haven’t bought clothes in 2 months, Kenya in a couple of days. Back to civilization in a wee bit more than 24 hours.
ps: the facebook applications invitations and shit, stop it already. pls.
are 4 monsters who chase me everyday. Sometimes they are stupid, sometimes they display flashes of intuitional brilliance.
Fruits keep me strong, invincibility pills stronger. Unfortunately there are only 4 pills available at a go.
Miss J loves being chased by them too. We strive towards excellence. With excellence comes bragging rights.
May the best Pacman win.
music is a powerful medium. yet shutting everything out was easy. resoluteness? or just plain stone cold? i like to think i can balance them.
Weddings are social boxes of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.
Auntie-ism is characteristic of some females from age 30 to 50 odd. It is a unique blend of many character traits. It stems from Singapore’s obsession with being kiasu, kiasee. With a huge dose of ignorance and myopia.
Auntie S from the office is steadily rising up the ranks of my ‘Top 10 Aunite Hits’. She has the credentials to be auntie. Curly hair. Tick. “Aiyoh”, “Aiyah” before every sentence. Tick. Silly ideas about health. Tick.
Hit single 1. There was an article about this couple murdering their daughter. “Wah, the girl very pretty, very cute lei.” And she went on to say what a pity it was etc. She lost the plot. The point is not how cute the victim is. I’m not sure if she feels the same for a uglier kid.
Hit single 2. S made a mess of this medication instruction. 2 tablets, 2 times daily, for 4 days. Many numbers but pretty straight forward. S spent 10 minutes discussing with fellow auntie, J. Amongst some of the ideas that came up was this ingenious one of breaking the tablet into 2. It is no wonder that ever since I started my internship, she is still taking medication.
This single takes the cake. It happened a couple of weeks ago. I used to pack my lunch. It was pasta with tuna for that day. J went “No meat in your meal? As a guy, you can take it?” Fuck. Are vegetarians weaklings then? What about Shaolin monks? They don’t eat meat and yet they have balls of steel.
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