1 Apr 2023 – The Garbage of Eden is No April Fool
Wed: SIN Changi Airport – where many have been, but probably few(including myself, as I was living in Norway then!) can remember the 1970s land reclamation. Today it is voted the top airport in the world by Skytrax, once again reclaiming the No.1-spot- pix downloaded.
1st SIN airport was KallangAirport where I remember flying out from SIN to then Malaya in 1959 to welcome 1st nephew LAM JenMun born in KotoBahru – pix credit to my father. https://amylamsg.com/2015/03/13/former-kallang-airport/
2nd SIN airport was PayaLaberAirport(pix downloaded) in 1965 to London/UK. https://amylamsg.com/2021/05/27/nostalgic-sin/
Thu: this is still on my list to visit knowing that I will not see what can and will be built on PulauSemakau, known as The Garbage of Eden 8k SW off SINmainland. This landfill is no dump, but a manmade island that resembles a nature preserve, despite the 9.8 million tons of incinerated waste lying just a foot under the parklike surface – pix downloaded. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/science/16landfill.html
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-does-pulau-semakau-smell-bad-tio-zhi-kai
https://pipap.sprep.org/news/journey-landfill-future
A good productive day – got to finally taste the BakChorMee from TaiWah@CrawfordLn. Despite that there were only 4ppl ahead of me, had to still wait ~10mins(every bowl is individually made as you order) and there were at least 10ppl behind me! Yummy, but not worth the wait.
Shared a table with a young charming couple Maria&Klaus from Austria. Refreshing to hear how positively adventurous they are exploring&travelling to this part of the world for the first time and being the only non-local here, am impressed how they managed to find this place.
Shopping@ArabSt, success at getting some suitable material despite having to pay S$35per meter! Continued to Diaso&Spotlight@PlazaSIN for sewing accessories and ended with a well-deserved tea-break@MujiCafes LemonYuzaTart – slightly too sweet for me. Pleased with getting most with what I needed spending a total of S$120 for today including drinks&food. Running around on my feet for most of the day did give me abit of a headache, but thank goodness it was short-lived.
Fri: Happy 86Bday sis Jo on this last Mar-day.
31Mar2023: WorldOmeter of COVID-19 total deaths are as follow:
SC/USA/pop ~5+mil in an area of ~82, 932km² – 19,684
Norway/pop ~5.3+mil in an area of ~365,268km² – 5,213
Sat: hello Apr, a walk when most are asleep and the best time to wander around without anyone to annoying me with AprilFool’s jokes or pranks! LOL
Happy 5Anniversary to Hannah&Heiko – only they could pull off a wedding on 1Apr. If I tried anything like this, no one will turn up – hahaha!
1Apr2018: Congratulations to Hannah&Heiko. Wishing these lovely young ppl the very best and a safe&happy honeymoon when they start their cycle trip from Germany to SIN!
Thank you for a beautiful&blissful reception@BlissRestaurantChengSanCC/AMK. The sky opened up when I left and the shaded walkway to the MRT is certainly appreciated!
Happy AprBdays to family&friends
2 Apr – NEO EngHuat
4 Apr – KHOO Amy, MayaH, RichardY
8 Apr – TorillW
10Apr – LAM Danielle
12Apr – PeggyT
13Apr – LAU Yvette
15Apr – LynneO, AileenK
17Apr – LAM Sara, AnneS, SharonK,
19Apr – KLUSMAN Claire
22Apr – BOROWSKI Ike
29Apr – LAM Stanley