Survived Switzerland!

So three days of skiing and drinking. So much fun but so tiring. Great snow, not too crazy slopes and the odd baileys coffee saw my skiing improve markedly. Muscles ache today but trying how to get one more weekend of snow in before heading back to the equator... any ideas?

Gone Skiing

Off to Flims in Switzerland for a weekend of falling over. Back Monday!

(photo from decembers skiing in val)

Blogs from 44,000ft above sea level

OK so this is pretty cool. Free internet trial on Singapore airlines. Connexion by Boeing. Currently somewhere between Singapore and London... Not sure I would pay for this though.

Not sure which timezone and pretty knackered and 100 crap films to watch so going to keep this short.

Just wanted to say hi. Missing you all in Singapore x. Looking forward to seeing you all in London :-)

Distribution of Sargeants

Seems Spatial Literacy has proven my Dad right that all the Sarges are descended from the Angles. Seems we are all mostly in East Anglia and Kent. However the 1881 census seems devoid of Sarges at all. What does that indicate?

Asian gambling

OK so it finally dawned on me that I better get involved in some gambling while over here. Previously had very unsuccessfully dabbled in the horses, including big losses at the SIA Cup. Time to learn some real Asian style games...



So one fine Singapore evening over a tasty HDB-dinner I was taught the rules of Pai Gow, Chua Die Di, and a great game that would sit tastily alongside Shoot the Pot in a pub scenario. (The faces of the not-so-innocent have been blurred to obscure their guilt).



And then at the weekend I was introduced to Singapore style Mah-Jong. Not only did I have to learn the rules but also the Chinese characters for 1-10 and the winds. I must say I had a good teacher (even though she kept distracting me so I kept missing my 'Pongs'). By the end of the lessons I was $3.40 and even won a game all on my own!

So with success riding smugly it is probably a good job Singapore does not have a casino yet to lose all my winnings in....

Singapore... Yay!

So arrived in Singapore to the delight of Dim Sum from the cute one. Then she only went and packed me off to 90mins of pure pleasure of a Chinese massage. Getting beaten up by a small Chinese woman doesn't sound relaxing but it was the perfect way to get over the jet lag. I am getting worse and worse at dealing with the dreaded lag but that was one fine way of getting over it :-)




End of day 2 and already get a days holiday. Can't be bad. So Andy invited us along to his first foray into club organising Broken Temple. Some teething problems but had a very nice evening. Am sure the next one will really kick off...

Onwards and upwards!

2006 - The Travel Begins

So am off to Singapore today. Gonna be a mix of hard work and fun social activities.

Am very excited because a certain someone is taking me for Char Siew Bao within about an hour of me landing...

A hot and humid couple of weeks before heading back to Europe for some Swiss skiing...