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Archive for March, 2005

23 Mar

Just how bad is Air Canada????

BAD!!! Ok, I didn’t have anything seriously go wrong – no lost luggage, no plane crash, no unexpected deviations. In fact, the lady at the checkin counter was even nice and informed that my travel agent,  and the checkin counters at both Australia and Singapore had neglected to add my frequent flyer number (half way [...]

22 Mar

Doing the tacky thang in London

Sure, sure… There are plenty of noble things one can do in London, or historical sights to see… But I’d done most of that back in 1998 (per-Blog). That leaves me free to entertain the bizarre – and tacky.
So after doing several ‘noble’ things ( visiting the ever-improving and highly educational and interesting Natural History [...]

21 Mar

On the right, right??!!

Having arrived in Cambridge, I’ve discovered a weird phenomenon since my last visit 3 years ago – everyone walks on the right.
Many of you no doubt are wondering what is wrong with that? You’d be the ones from Europe or the America’s…. For those of us from Britain or Australia, why is everyone walking on [...]

18 Mar

Singapore: Skin whitening

It is the weirdest thing – it would appear Singaporeans are OBSESSED with whitening their skin! I mean, these are people know exactly reknowned for having lily white skin to begin with so to me this is utterly bizarre.
However, walking along the streets, standing on the escalator to go down to the MRT, browsing the [...]

17 Mar

International begging

Has anyone noticed the increase in panhandlers lately? I mean, you walk the streets of Sydney, and there are people EVERYWHERE thrusting tins and/or clipboards at you, wanting you to give up your time and money.
It seems in Australia since the Tsunami, every charity under the sun has backpackers out on the streets of Sydney [...]

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