29 Feb 2012 – Greetings from HKG Last day in Feb and this is a leap year. According to folk tradition, women on the British isles may propose marriage only on leap years. No worries, not heading to the British isles, and even when SIN & HKG were once part of the colony, have NO intentions to propose [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Leap Year
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
SPACE…
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
28 Feb 2012 – with a good moral! Shared this on FB with a pix uploaded, thanks to KiWi. A secretary got an expensive pen as a birthday gift from her boss. She sent her boss a Thank You’ note via SMS. The wife read the text and angrily shows her husband the message: ‘Your penis [...]
150km Round Island Route
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
26 Feb 2012 – Park Connectors & Parks A new loop linking four parks in Punggol and Sengkang was launched on Saturday by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean… DPM Teo also announced plans to develop a 150km Round Island Route to link more than 3.5 million residents along the route. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_770641.html From my understanding this [...]
A Teacher from 1962
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
25 Feb 2012 – RIP Mrs Molly ONG Fri: Condolences to Lynne and to her family for the passing of her mother. Mrs ONG was our teacher in 1962/CHIJ where Lynne was also in the same class. At the wake Thu and have not seen Lynne’s brother Yew Huat since mid 1960s, when was just [...]
100 Kilometers/61.13 Miles
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
23 Feb 2012 – with Tai Mo Shan… 957m/3,140ft, being the highest peak in HKG and between Section 8/9 on the MacLehose. AT is 3,500km/2,175mi with the highest point there, Clingmans Dome 2,025m/6,643ft. That hike was done 7yrs ago, and now it is time to challenge the mind and body again! Being out in nature is [...]
Camper’s Corner
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
21 Feb 2012 – Preparations Mon: Happy President’s Day, public holiday only in the USA. Tkx to Chloe, Grace, Leonard, TohXin & Tommy for meeting up@Camper’s Corner/51 Waterloo St where you can find your camping, hiking and trekking gadgets all under one roof. Gave the AT talk there 29 Apr 2011 and that was when [...]
Annual Visitors
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
19 Feb 2012 – Catch-up Time Sat: great to catch up with Richard (HongSze’s cousin) & Judy who are here on their annual visit from Sydney/Oz. Tkx for lunch and congratulations to them for their first grandchild to be born sometime soon! This is also catch up time with HS. Glory***our usual local food joint was [...]
Nature vs Arts
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
17 Feb 2012 – Thoughts & Quotes Feeling kind of losing grip with nature and lazy, this is the time when one has to really make the extra effort to do the things one enjoy. Thus planning this 100km thru-hike in HKG. But not having lived in HKG, have to research and read up about [...]
Condolences to Auntie KeiChan & Family
Posted in Quotes, Thoughts on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
16 Feb 2012 – Visitor from Palo Alto/CA Wed: lovely to catch up with Winnie. Must have been some years ago since our last meeting. Winnie is in SIN for a week visiting her bro & his family. Her parents and 2 elders sisters did not survive the 1962 Alitalia plane crash, 50yrs ago. She is [...]
MacLehose Trail
Posted in Days & Nights, Thoughts on February 14, 2012 | 4 Comments »
14 Feb 2012 - Happy ♥ Day Mon: had to be at the Norwegian Embassy to get some papers signed and stamped. It is still located on the 44 floor, Hong Leong Building, Robinson Rd/Shenton Way. The camera saw a chance for a shot on the way out of the building! First thought, was he really [...]
