Happy Easter from SA!!!!

Thanks to Clara for making this!!

Botham Wisdom

"form is temporary, but class is permanent"

HOLIDAY!!!!

OK so after a great, but hectic, week exhibiting at a trade show I sooooo need a holiday. Good job I have 10 days in Coron, Philippines coming up. Aiming to stay here for a week then head for 4 days in HK...

Photos coming soon!

Returned to Singapore

Mixed feelings about being back in Singapore. But the FT ponders whether we all really are becoming more Singaporean...

Underground fun

What a great transport network London has...

The Man on the Moon

Sunday evening and a bit of sci-fi culture meets reality when a talk at the Roundhouse saw a talk by Alan Bean the 4th man on the moon while lunar module pilot on Apollo 12 as well as being the commander on the 2nd skylab mission.

He was an enthusiastic and positive speaker with a true lust for life which he said was instilled in him by seeing the fragility and uniqueness of the Earth from the Moon in contrast to the Universe:

"Earth is the garden of Eden. I'm living in the Garden"

He was very definite about space exploration continuiing and the installation of moon bases:

"someday people will build cities up there"

He was very positive about George W. Bush's Mars exploration programme but he wondered about the harshness of such a long trip to reach Mars:

"6 months in space is like living in a coal mine, but the view is better"

The Moon landings obviously had a very significant effect on Alan Bean and he has devoted himself to painting his experiences. The art he works on is imbued with moon dust, and etched with the tools and moonboots that he took to the moon so his paintings carry some of his experience with them...

He tried to instill a sense of ambition, purpose and drive in us all. When talking about the laws of the Universe and how it is controlled by the laws of physics and therefore quite predictable, he said the only things that were not predictable were us and therefore:

"the only thing that limits us is ourselves"

The talk and q&a session was chaired by the charismatic and informed Andrew Smith who interviewed every man to have walked on the moon for his book Moondust. Have to pick that one up soon...

Horse Riding!!!

Ok so it was one of those evenings that saw the end of the summer sunshine. Me and the 'zone were taken outside the M25 and placed on some horses in a attempt to learn to ride.


Riding through the forest with the sun streaming through the leaves it was beautiful. I took to riding ok. Even managed to trott quite well after a few attempts.


The zone was having trouble finding his horses 2nd gear which was even more annoying as the others seem naturals.


Well we were then introduced to the joys of polo. I was having enough trouble with the horse to worry about hitting a ball. Thankfully the evening sun departed and our bruises and aches were left alone. Nothing a few beers didn't solve...