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Month: July 2005

Singapore Posted onJuly 31, 2005September 9, 2021

hotel transit

I had to check out of Fraser Suites this morning, even though I’m not leaving Singapore until tomorrow. After staying there for nine months (minus […] Read More

Singapore Posted onJuly 30, 2005September 9, 2021

j-girl

She was walking a few steps ahead of me, on the the way back to the hotel from the market on the ground floor. I’d […] Read More

Singapore Posted onJuly 26, 2005September 9, 2021

marwan

I recently went to see a fortune teller named Marwan. Three of my colleagues visited him the week before me, on a referral from our […] Read More

Singapore Posted onJuly 24, 2005September 9, 2021

lazy (not) sunday

You know your work has gone to a bad place when you feel guilty for working only a half day… on a Sunday. Which is […] Read More

Bali Posted onJuly 13, 2005September 9, 2021

padang bai

I jetted off to Bali over the weekend to visit my sister (who’s there for a month with her husband and their four kids) and […] Read More

Singapore Posted onJuly 6, 2005September 9, 2021

crazy raymond

Raymond Seet, our dive instructor, is the Singapore embodiment of a “dude” – dark-skinned and constantly grinning, with the kind of impressively wild hairstyle that […] Read More

Singapore Posted onJuly 4, 2005September 9, 2021

open water, day one

Last Friday, eleven of us packed ourselves and our dive equipment into Raymond’s small van and headed off to Malaysia for the weekend. Our mission […] Read More

Singapore Posted onJuly 1, 2005September 9, 2021

open water, prologue

A while back, I met a woman named Sharon at a bar. I have to say, I have no memory of what she looks like. […] Read More

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