20 Oct 2021 – 1st Around-The-World-Trip

Sat: more of some favourite local foods (only 1dish~S$5) from outdoor Hawkers/MarketFoodCentres (max 2ppl and vax for now!) in SIN. 1 Kadayanallur St, #01-10/11 MaxwellFoodCentre, TianTian HainaneseChickenRice天天海南雞S$5 – Bib Gourmand in SIN2021MichelinGuide.

Picked up enough food from downstairs for dinner with SL tonight as well as enough leftovers for myself over the next 2-3days. The appetite is not like what it used to be, and that is to my advantage as I need to lose weight to prevent more underlying health issues. Have been told that I have to use Relvar daily to prevent asthma attacks!

Dealing with those attacks as well as I know how, and choosing not to wander about thus keeping myself busy by going thru’ papers, pix, scraps, etc from pre-social-media-days for some memorable memories before memory&print fade! As it is, some scrapbooks were somehow written in pencil, probably for easier editing purposes then! and now re-writing&editing on top of the faded-pencil-writing with permanent pen. Time consuming, but some memories are worth keeping.

Sun: Fri19Sep1986 from HNL- AKL/Auckland, NewZealand crossing the International Dateline, thus losing a day! 1st visits to HI&NZ.

Mon: Sun21Sep1986 from AKL- SYD/Syndey, Australia celebrating RoyalAustraliaNavy 75th Anniversary.

High points – catching&meeting up with family&friends; uncleJohn, auntieWinnie&Coral in HNL/USA; GrahamGordan in AKL/NZ, Lawrence&family+FreddyOoi in SYD/Australia.

Mon7-Oct1986 from SYD via MEL – HBA/Hobart 1st visit to Tasmania.

MarineWonderland and PortArthur HistoricSite. The past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is the present, so enjoy it.

Sun12-Oct1986 HBA via MEL via ADL – PER/Perth, Australia on the IndianPacificRail~1,650m/2,655k.

Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station – Paulo Coelho 

13-21Oct1986 in Fremantle&Perth/Australia. High points, meeting&catching up with uncle VincentLeung&family (PP&family were in the US on sabbatical ) and GefforyOng&family. 1st visit to Perth. Discovered KangarooPaw flowers and have liked them since.

21Oct1986 PER – SIN in SIN/Singapore until 9Nov catching&meeting up with family&friends and visiting temples for Deepavali.

Tue: Sun9Nov1986 SIN via ATH – IST/Istanbul,Turkey.

Sat15Nov1986 IST via FCO – NAP/Naples, Italy. Take only memories, leave only footprints ~ Seattle

Thu20Nov1986 NAP via FCO via BCN – PMI/Palma, Spain and here in Palma/Spain (1st visit there) for one day – sweet&short with a funny&memorable high point bringing in the MightyMo.

Sat22Nov1986 PMI via MAD – LIS/Lisbon, Portugal here until 17Nov,

celebrating ThanksgivingLunch on board the USS Missouri with her crew&guests. Somehow I do not know why, but do regret that I did not take any pix from the official social receptions on board with the crew&guests thru’out this trip.

Fri28Nov1986 LIS via FRA via CPH – OSL/Oslo, Norway here until 17Dec to pick up L&M who were living with their father druing my trip and take care of the logistics for renting out the house. Highest point of this trip was receiving mail from them. The traveller has reached the end of one journey! But life journey continues.

Wed17Dec1986 OSL via CPH via FRA – LAX/LosAngeles, USA.

Wed: have managed to fit 3months of round-the-world trip here in 5days! With age, our memory, our attitudes, and our wisdom changes!

I want to visit Memory Lane, I don’t want to live there – Pogrebin

15 Oct 2021- Real Food

Tue: has been a rough night last night trying to breathe!  Looks like this worn-out body&soul survived yet another night and the breathing goes on!! Have not been out for nearly a week, slowly but surely emptying foods from the borrowed freezer.

This is what I could consider to my taste a Perfect10 – appetizing well-balanced&presented healthy&tasty foods. Avocado Tacos (minus the sour cream for me) and a true&thru’ real fruit-cake (fruit pix credits to MichelleTan). Real food dosen’t have ingredients; Real food IS ingredients – our bodies are not meant to deal with fake foods.

LucianoPavarotti (1935-2007), my favourite tenor who would have been 84 today. Was sooo totally blessed to be in the same hotel (The Regent then) as he was for his 1983 Gala performance of La bohème in Sydney/Australia. I was, am and still is a total fan of his – a voice that can being me to tears! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dxWA2vqv7U

GeofferyK posted about GaietyTheatre, SouthKingSt, Dublin/Ireland. This year, the GrandOldLady is marking her 150yrs.

Vivid and memorable 1960s memories of my 1st time in the Gaiety with VladimirAshkenazy performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5/Emperor. It was not until 2003 when I had the chance to see him again at another performance in SIN – he was all ears with many questions when I told him about his 1960s Dublin performance.

Wed: family&friends in HKG take care&stay safe from Kompasu and a good midweek to all. Tkx to Garry for this CaringHand/HR Giger (quite surprised to see this as he is more famous for his alien art!), Switzerland. More caring&helping hands: Lorenzo Quinn/Italy,

MB Eriksen/Norway, JohnButler/UK, CarrieFischer/USA.

My favourite building in this area of SIN, House of TanYeokNee, a gazetted national monument (1974) at ClemenceauAve/PenangRd, is up for sale again – owned by Perennial Holdings & Charles Quay International is the last remaining traditional Chinese-courtyard-house is being marketed at an indicative guide price of S$92mil-S$1,573/ft² Old pix shows its time as the Salvation ArmyHQ.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Tan_Yeok_Nee

Thu: Magne and Zai what is happening in your neck of the woods? Plx take care and stay safe everyone in Norway and the rest of the world. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58906165

Been watching so many cheesy, mediocre, silly, trashy, etc movies the past year that I do not even remember what I have watched? FrankVsGod stood out not just because of the title, but also questioning the different institutions of religion, thought provoking – highly recommended. After his house is destroyed by a tornado, what his insurance company deems an act of God, former hotshot lawyer David Frank is determined that someone must pay. He decides to serve God…with a lawsuit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjGU-9EhcyQ

Fri: TGIF – borrowed freezer is now finally emptied and cleaned to be returned with tkx to CalvinT. Small freezer in the fridge is now stocked up enough for one week of food supply, but will need fresh produce&fruits for the week. Follow-up app@SGH. Looking forward to a FriedKwayTeow dinner@my favourite ZionRd-stall and grocery shopping@CS/GWC, all within walking distance from SGH.

Many thx to PP/Australia for this book by her son, Joel – snailmail from Perth 16Sep, arr today.

Cheerful&delightful illustrations – lovely way to share your dreams.

11 Oct 2021 – Living With COVID-19

Thu: the new JamesBond/DanielCraig movie No Time To Die is out. Was thinking about viewing it in the cinema, but as the movie title so approperately implies, think it will be wise to wait! Numbers of C-19cases here are high ~3,000+and that would be tempting fate to wander about, considering my age with whatever underlying heath issues which might be within. Memories watching the first JamesBond/SeanConnery DrNo in Dublin/1960s – and have watch all the SeanConnery/JamesBond movies during student days in Dublin/Ireland, but have not watch any since then, for real.

https://www.cnet.com/news/james-bond-movies-ranked-the-best-and-worst-of-007-dr-no-no-time-to-die/

Fri: TGIF – a good weekend to all and again 6yrs later, the same 6multiple birthday greetings this time from SIN to FBfamilhy&friends Angelina/Belgium, Audrey/SIN, Erin/USA, HengSun/SIN, Larry/Malaysia, Tom/USA. And how mistakened can I be to think that so many Bdays on the same day&month happens only in Sep, but seemingly it runs into Oct too! Do wonder if 3generations in the LAM-family will share the same day&month like in Sep?

Sat: SIN PMs speech today – we concluded a few months ago that a ‘Zero COVID’ strategy was no longer feasible. So we changed strategy to ‘Living with COVID-19’. 

S’pore to allow quarantine-free travel to 9 more countries, including US, UK

Those unvaccinated can no longer eat at hawker centres, enter malls

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/pm-lee-full-speech-covid-19-path-new-normal-2232531

More of some favourite local foods (only 1dish~S$5) from outdoor Hawkers/MarketFoodCentres (max 2ppl and vacc for now!) in SIN. ChangiVillageHawkerCentre  2ChangiVillageRd, #01-03 International Muslim Food Stall Nasi Lemak 椰浆饭 S$3.50 https://www.jointhawker.com/en/shops/34551

The 2nd time round using Deliveroo and this time for Carl’sJr. No complains with Deliveroo, fast&efficent, but should have known better to order fried&onion-rings as these kind of food should be consumed fresh&hot! PortobelloMushroomAngusBeefBurger (low-carb/lettuce-wrap)+cheese S$15.90 is one of my favourite burgers.

Sun: have been efficient&productive here placing orders from WineCountryGiftBasket/USA

6 Oct 2021 –  130 Total Deaths Due to COVID-19 In SIN

Sat: MOH unveils new COVID-19 map with areas in Jurong, Bedok, Sengkang among those frequently visited the past 3days by cases – the darker colour being the most visited areas. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/areas-in-jurong-bedok-sengkang-and-woodlands-among-those-frequently-visited-by

Death toll in SIN has crossed 100-mark today with a total of 103ppl have died from COVIDcomplications.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/8-singaporean-seniors-die-covid-19-complications-death-toll-crosses-100-mark-reach-103

Sat2-Oct: more of my favourite local foods (only 1dish~S$5) from outdoor Hawkers/MarketFoodCentres (max 2ppl for now!) in SIN.  ZionRiverside FoodCentre 70 Zion Rd, #01-17 ZionRiverside FoodCentre, 18 Zion Rd FriedKwayTeow 炒粿條S$5 (with Michelin Recommendation!). Although its name is No.18 Zion Road, the stall is really No.17. The man who runs the stall has mastered the skill thru’ many years of operation and there is usually a long line.

Yummy steamboat dinner at Clement’s and we did justice to the food.

Tasted one bite in every piece of these desserts from Sinpopo which I have tried some other fusion sort last year – do remember that they were too heavy&sweet for my taste then and now, but like the Roasted Apple Tart

Jul2020: located in a conserved shophouse on JooChiatRd, SIN Peranakan heritage district, Sinpopo (Local Artisanal Restaurant) heritage menu with a twist, a fusion of local dishes for the most discerning palates. Have been wanting to try this place ever since it started  into this neighbourhood in 2013 (the same ppl who started&continue to run Awfully Chocolate, also born in Katong in 1998). Will be back to try the other dishes.

Sun: cheerful memories from Mar2011HKG trip@Johnny’s – 10+yrs have gone by too quickly. Harry is now busy being a GhostNetHunter and leading many beach clean-ups; Johnny has since moved to China and LokLok is in DogHeaven. 

Mon: funnies to cheer myself, got news today that ChrisT/CC was admitted into NUH yesterday for Bell’sPalsy, praying&hoping that it is nothing serious. Overseas-FBfriends Kim/Australia, Tracy/USA are being hospitilized – hoping&praying for their speedy recovery. RIP MichaelO (pioneer of SINs florist scene) who passed away on Sat from complications due to COVID-19, condolences to his family.

Tue: bright and early on the buses (#196 changing@Bedok to #2) heading to ChangiV bringing back memories of some childhood weekend trips to our seaside bunglow there.

Changi prision has always stayed in the memory as when I see that, it meant that finally the drive from TemenggongRd together with my then car-sickness would soon be over. Today part the old entrance+turrets are still standing+new entrance. 2016 Changi Prison’s entrance gate, wall, turrets gazetted as SIN 72nd national monument.

Traffic was heavy into ChangiV and nice to still see some old houses standing.

Pleasant short strolls before and after the downpours, nice to see all the greenery flourishing.

Delighted for the Kedondong (Spondias dulcis) 沙梨 S$3 at the food centre, seldom can I get this juice fresh in SIN.

Catching up with cousins JohnW, Yeng&Ching+HH at the memoial sea-burial for 10thauntie LAM PohChee who passed away in Mar2020.  Due to present circumstances, only 4ppl were allowed on the boat while the rest of us stayed on land to wave our final farewells. https://amylamsg.com/2020/03/27/kedondong-spondiasdulcis-ambarella/

Met with DaisyL&Darryl@CC for him to pick up a pair of climbing shoes and for me finally a new pair of black Chaco. The first and only black pair I had was burnt down in L&Js housefire/Sep2013. Introduced my favourite thin pizza to DaisyL@OwlsBrew – appreciations to DaisyL.

Wed: will need a couple of days to rest&recover after such a busy day like yesterday!

We’re so busy keeping busy that we fail to see the error of our ways ― Frank Sonnenberg

1 Oct 2021 – The Month For Pumpkins And Halloween

Tue: it is amazing that I could hardly recognise #4 in the pix (far left here, credits to Linn) who is now also running and they were in one of my favourite Southern US towns, Charleston/SC – not even sure what meet or race they were at over the weekend? But looked like they had fun&amazing weather.

Also over the same weekend was the 44th annual Cooper River Bridge Run – beautiful day there, pix credits to JohnW/MoFo

Many thanks to all for your concerns. Doing OK so far, no side-effects, arm not even sore today! According to Clement, am now officially boostered0up. if only I could also feel and be boostered-up mentally too! ABRACADABRA to keep my sanity – books, dreams, illusions, memories, movies, music, etc… hopefully do the trick for now, but will be taking it easy for the week.

Wed: appreciations to Barbara/SC,USA for this share about news where most of my flock in USA attends where I have also been countless of times – pix downloaded. Why would someone like Resuda who has no connection with this HighSchool want to vandalize it? What is his problem or what is he on?? https://www.wistv.com/2021/09/28/arrest-made-connection-with-vandalism-irmo-high-school/

This is the second day in a row SIN has reported a record number 2,258 of new COVID-19 infections, after 2,236cases were announced yesterday.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-covid-19-sep-29-8-more-deaths-2268-new-cases-2209956

Thu: Happy Bdays to yet another 6FB-family&friends on this last Sep2021day – not sure if it will be that many family&friends Bdays on the same day for other months?? Today, 3generations in the LAM-family, sis-in-law Mabel, nieceDaisyL&grandnieceValerieL share this day!

A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life – Amit Kalantri

The total numbers of the latest COVID-19 deaths in SIN is quite a worry, considering that last month in Aug2021 it was 55, and with 93 today – 38deaths for just the month of Sep2021, making it an average of 1+death daily for Sep!!

30Sep2021: WorldOmeter of COVID-19 deaths are as follow:

27 Sep 2021 – 3rd COVID -19 Pfizer-Shot 

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Fri: TGIF – have been quite engrossed into audiobooks and time goes by quicker with these interesting reads as the eyes need a break from the screen. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss read by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt. An amazing heartfelt candid share with the public about their personal life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUB46dh6oGo  Do look forward to watching the HBO production of Nothing Left Unsaid.

When we learn to live well in this life with nothing left unsaid or undone we find peace, freedom and full self-expression. With that, we are capable of anything — Jacqueline Harrison

Sat: more of my favourite local foods (only 1dish~S$5) from outdoor Hawkers/MarketFoodCentres (max 2ppl for now!) in SIN. TiongBahruMarketHawkerCentre, 30 SengPohRoad#02-06, TowKwarPop豆乾薄 (Stuffed Tofu Puffs) S$3. That is the market our family frequented in the 1950-60s, bringing back fond childhood memories, considering that our family used to own the row of houses on 3SengPohRd (now NewCapeInn) – https://amylamsg.com/2010/06/22/3-seng-poh-road/

Some shopping at PP before dinner@Theresa&CJ. Appreciations to yummy foods by both bro Les and Theresa celebrating an early Bday for Les as from next week, SIN will be back to 2ppl for gatherings. What else more can you ask for when a bottle of 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild is served!

Appreciations to SL for the reminder. To those who are eligable in SIN for these 2boxes of free masks, today 20.00hrs is the last day for collection, but need to check which area still have stock. Also remembering the SP-bill or AC# when collecting. Was lucky to be@BedokMall just before 1100hrs with 2ppl ahead of me. Dinner@Jo’s

Mon: Good Monday morning, a good week to all with the result of the ART-test from early this morning before heading out for my shot – the few times when negative results are good! Efficiently in MPCC at 0800 and out before 0900hrs for my 3rdPfizer-Shot, hopefully without side effects besides the usual sore arm for the week ahead! Another box of free mask and a bottle of water+hand-sanitizer given – must now have enough masks to last me for a lifetime!

There is no consensus among scientists and agencies that 3rd dose is necessary, but many scientists believe that a third dose may help protect the very immune suppressed, transplant and cancer patients. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid19-vaccines-booster-third-shot-what-you-need-know-2136941

With local Covid-19 cases climbing, the authorities will be tightening restrictions again today to prevent daily infections from rising at the current rate – group sizes for social gatherings cut from 5 to 2. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-dining-group-size-two-social-gatherings-reduced-moh-2199456

A nice surprise call from cousin Yeng who has braved the journey in these circumstances and is back in SIN from Canada to spend some time with her parents, 13Aunite&Uncle and to take care of a memorial service for 10Auntie who passed on in Mar2020.

23 Sep 2021 – mOOn/Lantern Festival

Tue: Happy MidAutumn/mOOn/Lantern Festival. It is not a public holiday here in SIN, but many, including me will be marking the day with mOOnCakes in our menu, enjoy. Fond childhood memories with big family gathering playing with our lanterns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMMU1YJadzE – interesting  and recommendable watch on YouTube for the legend of this festival. Must make a note and remember to post this for JulieR in NC/USA annually as requested by her and being a teacher, also a good link for kids to learn from.

We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself ― Anaïs Nin

Some downloaded amazing perfectly-timed moon pix.

2 of my favourite moon songs, one in English, Somewhere Out There – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkI-B2JWSZI

and the other in Chinese The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心 – Teresa Teng – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B5gAczFJps

Another forgotten item for this festival is what I rememberd to be LingKok, and it was no wonder that we only played with them as kids; it is nearly impossible to crack and when you do manage to do so, the taste reminds me of BrazilNut. Lovely memories of many talks (the flock seemed to like volunteering me during my US-visits!) given @IrmoElementrary SC/USA –  https://amylamsg.com/2012/10/03/the-lady-on-the-moon/

Discovered only recently that these nuts need to be cooked! WaterCaltrops 菱角 pix all downloaded – https://www.thehongkongcookery.com/2014/09/boiled-water-caltrop.html

Had a bite@TiongShian 長城粥品 did not feel like their famous frog-leg congee/porridge; a plate of ChickenFeet S$6 nice&tender, but missing some flavous that use to be! Do miss their raw fish/WolfHerring, must have been 5-6yrs ago since I last tasted it here – https://amylamsg.com/2015/03/05/zuno/ Now no longer permitted (my favourite place for this dish), but such is life when health issues are concerned.

My usual durian-shaved-ice S$5.50 haunt@MeiHeongYuen 味香园甜品 with my new butterfly S$6 (the only thing I bought besides food) and nice to catch up with Linda who I managed to catch as she was just done with work at her family’s dried-goods store next door. Favourite mOOnCake place TaiChongKok 大中国@SagoSt was closed – had no plans to get any, just like that shop, decor and presentation boxes there.

Enjoying the lights on a quiet evening without the hustle&bustle in Chintown – good for me! but not for businesses, feeling sad&sorry for them.

Crossing the overhead pass to the bus-stop! The bus ride with my butterfly was with few pessangers and for once, this bus-driver did his job 100% when he stopped the bus to tell some ppl to not talk on their mobiles, quite rightly so as they were loud&annoying!

Wed: family&friends in Australia (especially in the Melbourne area), and Spain/LaPalmaIsland – praying that you are all safe&well. Appreciations to MOH for these which just arrived in the mail. Will remember to use one of them before going into my 3rd booster shot next week, also will try to remember to pick up the 2boxes of masks before Sep is over. Not good news with 3 more deaths bringing SIN C-19 toll to 65. https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/3-singaporean-seniors-aged-62-74-and-83-die-covid-19-complications-death-toll-reaches-65

One beautiful bright full-mOOn outside my maindoor&windows. Tonight’s mOOn is supposedly larger than last night’s, but to me all mOOns are beautiful and when I just concentrate and look up at it, I can dream&imagine myself anywhere I want to be!

Thu: fully-vaccinated Singapore residents can visit 143 countries and territories without quarantine. https://milelion.com/2021/09/22/where-can-vaccinated-singaporeans-travel-without-quarantine/

FAQ: What you need to know about COVID-19 quarantine orders, health risk warnings and alerts.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-quarantine-order-health-risk-warning-alert-faq-moh-2193851

Autumn2021 in the Northern Hemisphere starts today. Will be missing yet another year of the FallColours – pix from 2019 in Norway.

20 Sep 2021: Gate To Heaven!

Fri: PostOffice@PP mailing belated Bday greetings to Norway. FB-account seems OK now, sorry about it being hacked and appreciations to all for their concerns by informing me. Was out all day yesterday and did not get back online until late last night to fix the problem. What a surprise to see these artificial-flowers neon-blinking lighted wreaths, bright enough to wake the dead! This is the first time seeing a such a wake!! Looks like the Gate to Heaven here leads straight up to my floor, but only for 3days and not sure if its my time yet – hahaha

Hell and heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of heaven – Rajneesh

For my wake or memorial service (if any), I want ppl to turn up in bright colours, drink pink champagne&cocktails, dancing all night to celebrate a well-lived life, like the one (that was a close call!) I had in my delirium in the ICU-ward@RafflesHospital – but please, NO mahjong and neon lights!!

Sat: more of my favourite local foods (only 1dish~S$5) from outdoor Hawkers/MarketFoodCentres (max 2ppl for now!) in SIN – OldAirportRdFoodCentre, 51 Old Airport Rd, #01-98Whitley Road Big Prawn Noodles 威利大蝦麵 S$5.50

Dropped by CC sharing some Mid-Autumn cheers for Chris’s kids – had a bite of this yummy pork-satay tkx to DavidW; to AllanW, might have finally found the bike I would like to have, but will first need to test it out – a Taiwanese-made-foldable 6kg.

More Bday celebrations with appreciations to Les&Ivy for a lavish-scrumptious BBQdinner under a beautiful fool-moon-lid-sky; tkx to Lee&Adeline for the best chocolate cake (from Jane’sCakeStation) tasted here in SIN with 3generations including Clement and Isebelle who was the only PG here tonight. On the bus heading back to the EastSide, some annoying ppl who was asleep left her alarm on her phone and we all heard a child singing TwinkleTwinkle all the way for me! When I got off at my stop, it was still ongoing, wonder if she woke up and got off her stop??

Sun: looking good there #2&3 at their first cross-country season meet – The MikeMoore LakeMurray Invitational yesterday@CrookedCreekPark in Chapin, SC/USA with their mother being their coach. Do miss cheering for them there, but will always cheer for them in my heart&mind. Has been awhile since I made a steaks, good of Clement and Leonard to take time to share my lunch today.

16 Sep 2021 – COVID-19 Cases In SIN

Mon: a good week ahead to all – missing overseas family&friends, autumn-colours, etc etc. With 520new COVID-19cases yesterday in SIN trying not to gallivant about, thus sharing memories from some of my favourite places on this earth. https://amylamsg.com/2018/09/14/tromso-kvaloya-2018/

Tue: 9/14/2021 07:34hrs ST MorningBriefing – 607 new Covid-19 cases yesterday here in SIN, rather concerning & depressing with 500+ and 600+ cases the past 2days! https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/new-covid-19-cases-sept-13-21

Needed this uplifting, heart-warming pix&write-up to share today!

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/hikers-rescue-dog-wicklow Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen ― Orhan Pamuk. But only very very few know how to listen!

Memories of taking care of Ram, a golden retriever in the late 1970s when we were living in TOS/Norway while the owners (Ellen&JohnSr+Nils&Cathrine) were in UK for 6months. Ram was such a good well-trained dog and gentle with L&M but working part-time and living in a small 2nd storey-house (Anne&Roar were occupying the ground-level), felt guilty&sorry that he could only be outside when one of us had the time to take him out then. Unable to locate the 1977-78pix, the only one with Ram is from 1980 after we all move to OSL/Norway.

Those who do not really know me believe that I do not like dogs and that is such an incorrect observation. Do not like any pets who are not well-trained and really dislike any animals jumping on me or licking me. Feel sorry for dogs being cooped up, especially those living in cities – they should have the space to roam&run around freely. How many can take the responsibilities&time to take their dogs out in the nature to do that??

Wed: https://www.worldnews.easybranches.com/amp/10157377

Oh no! 837new cases in today’s news, need to stop keeping taps with these figures!! The 3above downloaded pix are from a FB-posting Trust Me, I’m Singaporean – maybe at the rates of all these high figures, it might be the way to go on public transport – better safe than sorry!

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/837-new-covid-19-cases-in-spore-including-755-community-cases

Bring in the good memories&thoughts now that I should not be roaming around too much and as for travel, that is definitely out of the question at present.

Must be missing Norway to watch this documentary – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B25DbSNoyRs Not a fan of cruises but have been on the Hurtigruten a few times on short trips and once from Bergen-Kirkenes before moving away from Norway/1985, it was in my bucket list – really enjoyed&glad that I went on it then.

Revisited a section of it with my oldest friends KK&PP 9yrs ago/Sep2012 – tkx for wonderful memories. Hurtigruten – The coastal highway to the soul of the north. Even I who do not like cruises will go on the Hurtigruten any time – highly recommended.  https://amylamsg.com/2012/09/11/svolvaer-goat/

Å – World’s shortest place name is located on the Moskenes island in Lofoten is the civilization most far-out on the Lofoten islands.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it ― L.M. Montgomery