14 Mar 2022 – Happy 17th Birthday Ellie

Thu: a day to relax with an audio-book, Bridehead’s Revisited by Evelyn Waugh and sewing.

Fri: TGIF and a good weekend to all – my Fabulous-Five in USA. 10yrs ago on a beautiful SpringDay when they could only count their age in single digit! Now #1 in her 20s, #2-4 in their teens and #5-6 will be 11. How I miss my Norway&USA flock!

Tkx to Les&Ivy for dinner@ParadiseTeochew/ScottsSquare. Delighted to meet up with grandnephew Justin (Lawrence&Mabel one and only grandson, John&Francesca’s 1st-born) who I have not seen since Lawrence’s 80thBday in 2014. https://amylamsg.com/2014/02/06/four-points-by-sheraton/

Could kick myself for taking pix of the food but forgetting to take pix of us! Just as well he had to return to Les&Ivy the next day and I requested for him to remember to take a pix.

Sat: tkx to Clement for bringing lunch, but a most disturbing&traumatic lunch. We heard a loud thud; my first initiative thought was that they were setting up something in the common area and headed to see what it was about. No set-up but saw a woman lying on the ground, just at a spilt of a second, I thought she fell, then within another spilt of another second my mind combined the thud and the body lying at the bottom of the neighbouring HDBpoint-block (20+levels). Tears just streamed uncontrollably and the only thing I could say to Clement was call the police, someone jumped.

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An exclusive sneak peek screening of BrotherJoe, a documentary film celebrating the life and work of Brother Joseph McNally@LaSalle College of Art. The film provides a unique insight into the man behind the cloth, the educator, and the artist – the inspiring and much loved BrotherJoe. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_682_2005-01-12.html

Tkx to Carmel for this invite about the most charming priest who crossed my path in 1999 – was then in IGAS/IrishGraduatesAssociation of SIN’s committee when he designed the IGAS logo. Appreciations to the McNally family+all my Irish friends for the fond memories from Ireland with this event to start the celebrations for 2022 StPatrick’sDay/Thu17Mar.

Sun: time springs forward for those observing daylight saving time this morning. Tkx to Judy, Daisy&Clement+Stanley for lunch@NanaThai/GoldenMileComplex. Had to use the tiolets&restrooms @KampongGlamCC so as to be able to continue with a hot&short stroll in that area to discover this mosque which have not been noticed or observed previously, but then I do not remember walking around this area.

Former JavaRdMosque now HajjahFatimahMosque مَسْجِد ٱلْحَاجَّة فَاطِمَة one of the oldest and few to be named after a woman, designed in a mix of Islamic&European architectural. Also known as SIN-LeaningTower, caused by moisture seepage&shifting of the handmade bricks that were used in the construction of the tower; was gazetted in 1973 as a national monument.

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_259_2005-01-06.html 

Mon: 17yrs ago we welcomed this beautiful person to the world and 17yrs ago hiking the AT-Thru-Hike was possible. Happy 17thBirthday to #2 and it has been 2yrs ago since her visit to SIN when we last met.