The seventh day will always be about the first time i attended an English Premiership game.
It was Fulham versus West Ham.
There were no goals on the day.
Just one red card.
The West Ham fans sang and sang.
A few Fulham stalwarts tried to get the rest of the crowd going, but to no avail.
The players fought hard [...]
Archive for December, 2006
My Seventh Day
Posted in Musings on December 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
My Sixth Day
Posted in Musings on December 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
i’m already back in Singapore.
i honestly can’t remember what i did on my sixth day in London, except for the fact that we watched Les Miserables in the evening.
It was my fourth time watching this particular musical, a perennial favourite, though my absolute favourite musical(s) are Rent and Cats.
i thought the actor who played Jean [...]
My Fifth Day
Posted in Musings on December 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
We stood in the centre of time and space.
That’s what the sign said anyway.
More accurately, we stood in the exact spot where the imaginary line known as the Greenwich Meridian divides and provides a standard of distance and time for the world.
It’s not so imaginary actually, because a green laser shoots out from the observatory [...]
My Fourth Day
Posted in Musings on December 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After a rather hectic pace during the first three days, we decided to take it a little easy.
So we decided to catch a matinee performance of Much Ado About Nothing at the Novello theatre, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Prior to that, being truly Singaporean to the core, we paid a visit to Bond Street, [...]
My Birthday
Posted in Musings on December 22, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Today i turn 27.
One year older.
One year closer to returning to the Lord.
Give me grace that i may live the coming days worthy of Your calling, Father.
Let me not be unfaithful to the love You displayed at the Cross of Calvary.
Humble me and keep me on my knees in utter weakness that Your power might [...]
My Third Day
Posted in Musings on December 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday was Arsenal Day.
i made the long-awaited trip to Ashburton Grove (which is what most Gooners prefer to term The Arsenal’s stadium, rather than the Emirates Stadium), which will be for me the highlight of this trip.
i was not disappointed.
Walking out from Arsenal station, turning right instead of turning left, which would have taken me [...]
My Second Day
Posted in Musings on December 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
As you can see, i’m running a little late with the reports of my London trip.
All i can say is, whether in Singapore, London, and, i’d hazard a guess here, Timbuktu, shopping is absolutely the most draining activity known to man (or men).
Let me run twenty kilometres and i”ll still be raring for more after.
Shopping?
*thud*
(That’s [...]
My First Day
Posted in Musings on December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Quite conveniently, there’s high-speed internet access where i’m staying, and it’s free too!
Day One
i arrived in London at about 5.15am. Then waited another 45 minutes before i could claim my luggage.
i really don’t want to compare but Changi Aiport whups Heathrow’s butt.
Then it was off to the hotel where my mom and sis had been [...]
My London Loll
Posted in Musings on December 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »
So i’m writing this in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 and there’s one more hour before my flight departs for London.
It’ll be my second trip there.
My last trip to London took place in 1999, while i was still horribly quagmired in the bogs of National Service.
So this trip will be different. Simply because i [...]
My Reservist Reflections
Posted in Musings on December 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
So i’m back.
From reservist, or NSmen, as they like to term it nowadays, training. And the surprising thing is, it wasn’t as bad as i thought it could’ve been.
The training programme was pretty easygoing, since the goal of this in-camp training (ICT) was to build cohesion within the company. This meant that the focus was [...]
