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The soldiers posted around the city waved and smiled at people passing by, even posing with local people for photographs next to their tanks.
What a sight that must have been! For the first time I wish I was in Bangkok.

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Singapore has set aside an indoor area where activists can gather to express their views, but it is only an eight metre by eight metre square.

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Tagged by pumpkineyes!

1. One book you have read more than once
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (5 times I think)! I've actually most of Roald Dahl's books plenty of times. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory just came to mind because I just had some chocolate.

2. One book you would want on a desert islandA desert island survival handbook. It's nice ( Read more... )

Today my sister and I discussed one of her friends from when she was in secondary school. He's not the most attractive sort of guy in the world. Not even average, I reckon, but my sister kept insisting that he's a normal looking sort of guy, so I told her that there is no such thing as objectivity, especially when you have a sort of relationship ( Read more... )

The day before yesterday I watched with interest the aftermath of Steve Irwin's death on television ( Read more... )