It has been hot this week. Very hot. The first week back at school for our students. Each day the temperature has exceeded 30 degrees celsius. This afternoon it was siting on 34.5 degrees celsius during the afternoon from 1.30PM to 3.00PM. When the clock struck 3.30PM it was 35.4 degrees celsius. In Fahrenheit that(…)
Last year Shao Ping and I visited some friends in China. We stayed with the family of Crystal, one of our friends in Shanghai. Crystal’s mum is quite adept at the computer. Her name is Xiang Ying. I will not divulge her age but she shared with me her vivid memories of the changes that(…)
Melbourne is an interesting city. Shao Ping and I just spent 4 days there. Tourists we were and also observers of the human condition. We enjoyed our break in Melbourne and we intend to return to catch the Tutankhamun exhibition in April. We went to the National Gallery of Victoria and checked out the Gustave Moreau(…)
This photograph takes me back. The family lived near the beach in North Wollongong on Bourke Street. The old house is still there. Seven children, Mum and Dad in a three bedroom home. The house is still there yet high rise and apartment buildings are encroaching. I was filling up the back of the Cyclops(…)
Bike riding on Pulau Ubin, an island located off the north-east coast of Singapore. One of Singapore’s remaining untouched areas with memories of yesteryear.
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