5 Dec 2025 – Welcome Lynne
Tue: Ευχαριστώ/Efharistó/Greek – cool wet&windy morning to hopefully help the mood to get with the snail-mail out today, the very limited last few ones whose online info not found in my contacts. With the local PostOffice@PP now closed+postage upS$1.55 to mail just a card internationally will need to go GREEN in future. Coincidentally bumped into Carmel who informed that the SiglapPostOffice is still opened but in today’s volatile world who knows if it will still be opened in 2026??
I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You’ve got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail…
Safest countries in case of World War III
With a global stockpile of around 13,000 nuclear warheads, we all know that a nuclear war would be catastrophic. And while you probably don’t want to think about a nuclear apocalypse, you might wonder which countries are the best to live in when it comes to survival. A study, published in the journal Risk Analysis, has narrowed down a few island nations that could continue to produce enough food to feed their populations after an ‘abrupt sunlight-reducing catastrophe’ such as a nuclear war, super volcano, or asteroid strike – pix downloaded.
SolomonIslands & Vanuatu’s residents will probably survive. Iceland, the only nation in the NorthernHemisphere in the study is also one of the safest nuclear war zones – largely due its remoteness. NewZealand has an efficient food export economy that could feed their population multiple times over just from exports – pix downloaded.
Wed: Teşekkürler/Turkish – lunch+Xchange of season’s greetings&gifts with Aileen. Much changes since my last walk via MP-Rd-AbovegroundShadedWalkway route to PP. Bushes&creepers have really grown, so nice to have more shade from the sun under this covereed walkway. Looks like a well-needed new traffic-light is under constrution at the junction of MC&MP-Rd/ TaoNanSchool&CHIJ/Katong, hopefully ready in time to relief the traffic issue when schools start.
MPCC to be completed sometime in 2026. Crossing StillRd to continue underground – impressive MP-UndergroundSpaces est. time of completion ~2027? now no AC at this section! Do not be deceived by these pix with hardly anyone, being not a fan of crowds will find the time or go out of the way to avoid ppl, and in familiar surroundings would know how&when but might not be like this if found in unfamiliar routes…
Thu: Cảm ơn/Vietnamese – tkx to Peggy for the picking some of us from MRT-TEL-KatongPk-Sta, the KatongPk from my childhood days is nothing like what is is today!
CHIJ-1962ClassmatesLunch to welcome Lynne back from UK for a visit. MakkoTeck Neo=AuntLadyBoss/35TelokBlangahRise, affordable & decent Peranakan food. https://teckneo.com/
Appreciations to Eve&Lynne for arranging&getting Penny, Lynne, Evelyn, Peggy, ChengHwa, Angela, Rebecca, Susan, Mary and myself together – a good time was had by all despite of the heavy on&off tropical showers. Tkx to Mary for interesting info on some of the PacificIslands, especially Kiritimati.
Tkx again Peggy for dropping me@TeoHongRd – sooo very tempting@99OldTreesDurian but resisted and headed up the stairs to the walking path for a short cool lovely stroll towards The Pinnacle@Duxton for bus196 directly back to the EastSide
Fri: Toda תודה/Hebrew – FairPrice/OysterNight with Gel@PP and a delightful walk with a full moon.