SIN-SFO-IAD-CAE

29 Apr 2024 – So Long For Now, SIN

Fri: durian season has started and will be eating this King of Fruits for the next few days now that I can get it@MTmarket and take it back to eat in my 4walls – this is the only fruit that I know of is prohibited to be on public transport, for real!

Forgot all about the beautiful full moon last night because of durian – too preoccupied choosing my first durian for the season, hahaha! Tkx to AaronL&HelenS for their FBpix reminding me how beautiful last night’s moon was and for Helen’s comment Durian vs Moon. The winner is …… Durian. lol

With my photography skill and without high-tech-equipment, might as well borrow some the younger generation’s pix! Imagine if I had to carry this to take pix, there would no pix to share from me. I, for one certainly will not be carrying this with me and as it is, no matter how much the outdoor life attracts me, would always prefer to hike with just a daypack – vividly memoires with a fullpack when hiking thru’ certain sections of the AT in 2005.

Sat: looks like this will be my last time at this temporary bus-stop – looking forward to the new one when I get back in Jun.

Bus36 directly to TanglinMall for OSSEA’s OrchidShow.

Congratulations to AhHong/NeoChengSoonFarm for his Brassocattleya(C-Portia x B-LittleStar)+DendrobiumUnregistered(Den-Goldenrod x Den-gouldii). Good to catch up with Yusof.

And to PeggyT for her DencrobriumCaesar (Den-Striaenopis x Den-Stratiotes).

Pix or words do no justice to these beautiful exotic blooms, you need to be there in person to see them. This Orchid Show starts today Sat27Apr thru’ Sat5May – organized by OrchidSociety of SouthEastAsia/OSSEA. There will be a plant booth selling plants,etc at B1 & info for those interested.

The master of wit&eloquence OscarWilde in his play A Woman of No Importance – Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins. This comparison evokes both the allure of the orchid’s delicate beauty&intrigue of the darker aspects of human nature. Just as the 7deadly sins captivate our imagination, so does this exquisite flower provoking some of us to contemplate the complexities of existence, where beauty&temptation intertwine like petals in a mysterious bloom. Perhaps that orchid, with its sinuous curves&intoxicating fragrance, embodies not only physical allure but also the hidden desires&contradictions within us all.

AssamFish+AcarAcar@ArungPadang,FoodRepublic/ShawHouse lunch knowing that these kinds of local foods will not be in the menu until end Jun! Not a complain, just to mentally prepare body&mind to be ready for a change of cuisine.

Sun: appreciations with thanks for yummy family dinner@Rochalie. Delicious fresh-steamed-fish and sweet Yangmei 楊梅/Myrica rubra, also known as Chinese bayberry, red bayberry, or yumberry – have not had these since last trip to HKG! So good to see Ivy excising&moving on her legs again.

Mon: dep 21.00hrs SIN-SFO-IAD-CAE arr CAE Tue30Apr ~22+hrs flying-time with UnitedAir and ~6+hrs layovers@SFO&IAD. Having just ~2hrs to keep my fingers crossed for no delays into SFO and hoping&praying no hold ups at immigration to be in time to catch the flight-IAD. I am still waiting for space-age to be advance enough to zap me to wherever in the world I we want to be instantly – hahaha!

Nobody ever thinks clearly at the airport – Nicolas Cage

All was good&well with no delays – ChangiT2 has changed since last here with a towering multimedia digital waterfall display 4storeys@the dep check-in level. In the dep transit area after immigration is Dreamscape, a new garden that combines digital content, plants&fish. Nice to have these calming effects when the line for SFO-flight was long with a full ~15hrs flight.

No time for pix@SFO, thank goodness they put in 3 additional immigration officers after being in a very long line for ~30mins. Overheard a conversation from some Americans – quite a contrast to come home to this when we just breezed thru’ all the immigrations in SIN. I was just happy to not miss my next ~5hrs flight!