Packed&Ready For Norway&USA

3 Feb 2026 – Hello February

Sun: Happy Thaipusam to those marking the day, a festival dedicated to HinduGod SriMurugan. Here it is one of the most significant Hindu observances, drawing thousands of devotees who walk the procession route from SriSrinivasaPerumalTemple/SSPT to Sri ThendayuthapaniTemple/STT@LittleIndia of course will not be found alive there, hahaha – pix downloaded. https://thaipusam.sg/

Hopefully this will give ppl the incentive to recycle, even my youngest grandson has been doing this to earn his weekend goodies since he could count and now he is 14 and still recycling. 2022 posting below and now finally in 2026, 4yrs later it will be a reality here in SIN as I head back to Norway to check if it is still the same as it was when last there = pix downloaded.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/public-can-use-ez-link-card-to-get-10-cent-refund-when-recycling-drink-bottles-cans-from-april

Above posting from Apr2022 with informative info from today’s ST – even #6 in Norway has been collecting recyclable bottles&cans to trade in for his Sat-goodies since he could count! Good to know how to save with all these prices going up. Recycled beer cans save enough electricity to run a television for 3hrs according to DenisHayes. Note that being able to choose if I want to keep, donate or put in the value for some draw. Not sure how those new machines work nowdays?? Have not been back to Norway for 3yrs and alot of things can change!!

There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere – Leonard

Water activities, including swimming and kayaking, were halted at Sentosa’s Siloso,Palawan&Tanjong beaches, a day after a crocodile was spotted in the waters off SentosaCove yesterday evening.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/crocodile-sentosa-beaches-siloso-palawan-tanjong-search-5898686

Gold 財神 Caishen=God of Wealth ready to tell your fortune at the jct MC/MP-Rd. Decent HokkienMeeS$6.80 dinner @ChangChengMeeWah,MT-Blk59.

Red 財神 by MT-MRT-sta/Exit1 where the overall fortune is highly favourable, relationship is favourable, particularly attracting the attention of the opposite sex – hahaha!

Mon: BombCyclone wreaks carnage across SE of USA with worst blizzards in decades – concerns about the roads’ conditions for everyone there and feeling for the farmers in these affected areas. Frozen blueberry plants in Clermont/FL – do feel for their agriculture producers as these kind of produce do not take the freeze well and will be ruined – pix downloaded.  Memories when there was a severe freeze when living in Casselberry,FL and the citrus farms suffered a great loss.

https://edition.cnn.com/weather/live-news/winter-storm-bomb-cyclone-snow-east-coast-01-31-26-climate

Want not waste not, cooking up garlic,onion,scallion broth ready for the freezer and items to be pack…

Delivery of MaruMaru PineappleTarts – each piece is individually packed handcrafted with home-cooked pineapple jam, 2boxes/24pcsS$90 including delivery – pix downloaded. Have been getting these for the past few years, nice presentation and decent taste, best that they will travel well when individually sealed&wrapped – pix downloaded.

LuckyPlaza to pick up dress repairs that was not within my skill to fix.  Worn this for TraceeWorel/Craft wedding in FL/USA many moons ago. Tkx Clement for fresh CoconutWater, nice to hear about his recent HKG&China trip.

LaSportiva/Gore-Tex (Italian) with the FrixionAT SoleSystemS$280 from Jul2016 new then from CampersC, now 10yrs later still good&ready for another trip. Usual footwear Chaco open-toes-sandels but now heading to weathers where toes will be frozened if not covered.

Tue: FinnAir from SIN(T1)-HEL/13+hrs with 1+hr transit in HEL–OSL/1+hr –  no direct flights from SIN-OSL, over the years of experience, the preference is changing in HEL/Finland, a smaller and less hectic airport compared to all the others – pix downloaded.