Best Fried Rice

Great fried rice from this hawker stall in China Town, Singapore.

Go and try it if you're in the area.

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Half Century

Taking it easy beside the pool at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang.

Indulgent? Well it is my 50th birthday.

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Irregular Airlines

I'm in kidnap central (Mindanao) on a flying (literally) visit.

We're up early for the flight back to Manila but the flight's been cancelled without any prior warning (coming here yesterday it was delayed over an hour and we spent that time sitting - and sweating - on the plane on the tarmac).

We were cheerfully told by the Cebu Pacific rep. that we would be transferred to Butuan for a flight leaving there this afternoon. Unfortunately, this means a 4 hr journey in stinking hot mini bus with a broken aircon and a mad driver on a road through kidnap alley. Really, I do wonder sometimes why I'm here.

The leg room gap in the mini bus is only 6" (see photo above). Torture. And they tried to pack us in like sardines but enough is enough, and I kicked up and refused to have another person jammed in beside me.

And I have to come back here again next week for probably more of the same. I do wonder sometimes.

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Bad Communications

We're in Manila doing various chores. The last one of the day is to pick up some materials from a supplier (note: this is an alternative supplier as the first one constantly changed his mind about the price, the location for pick up, the availability, the specification).

So the driver calls (on my phone) to get directions and proceeds to head so far out of Manila even I know we're heading in the wrong direction. So, and starting to get impatient, I get him to pull over at a service station.

He calls the supplier again and is (shouting) on the phone for 7 1/2 minutes. When I eventually get him off the phone I ask him where we're going and says he doesn't know.

I'm speechless.

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Liquid Relief in a Capsule

If you've never had neuralgia, lucky you. If you have you'll understand what a wretched curse it is and how debilitating the pain is.

I seem to get more often these days, along with migraine (I can just about deal with the migraines which are more sparkly lights than pain).

With the neuralgia, if I can catch the first twinge of pain early enough I can stop it in its tracks. If not, there's a whole load of misery in store.

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Your Safety Is Our Concern

Seen in the foyer of Legaspi domestic airport.

What are you supposed to do: deposit your shoe/underpants bomb there before boarding?

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