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Hi,
sorry for the late reply ... yes we encountered the same problem but we just booked an extra room to solve it, since it ended up costing about the same that way. Hope that helps! -
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Hello, P
What's with the ape??? :huh: The joys of childhood, indeed. I always enjoy your reminisces about Singapore, keep 'em coming.
I haven't had the time to look around the forum for a while ... but that is a lot of water! I'm not exactly having a good Christmas - the children are sick. Yes, the joys of childhood. Anyway hope you're having a good one too, and all the best for the coming year.
MM :blush:
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So would I, so would I.
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Given the government's track record it's likely that many of the measures will be implemented ... I think that raising public awareness with regard to climate change will be more of a problem.
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Temperature variations? Can't think of any way to access that at the moment, however you can get a lot of other haze info on this page.
The world seems to be getting smaller ...
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Fabulous, Michelle. I had never heard of them, now I want to know more. You're a gem!
Fergus.
Well, I like you listing "Anything & everything which entails learning new skills or acquiring knowledge, if not wisdom" under your interests.
MM
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What about some photos of her dancing?
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Why, you're most welcome.
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Hope things will get better for you.
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Hmm... so if the JRS was disbanded, who rescues people who get lost in the jungles of Singapore?
You just said it, the SAF, of course.
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It's likely that the Jungle Rescue Service was absorbed into the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). If I'm not wrong, the SAF helped in some rescue operations where people got lost in the jungle in MacRitchie Reservoir in the recent few years.Just thought I'd say hi, Michelle, and that I enjoy catching up on your blog every week or so.
A couple of extra oddities for you from my family; my auntie, who was also in Singapore in the sixties, once told me that she was taught Chinese cooking by Mrs. Lee Kwan Yew in person - apparently, she ran a course for a short while!
In one of your blogs you mention the air sea rescue; do you still also run a Jungle Rescue Service, or has that gone over to Malaysia? The reason I ask, is that my father and uncle were founder members of the service in the early sixties, apparently the first of its type in the world. They started it up after a crash rescue arrived at the airplane, only to find that all the survivors had died waiting. They introduced surveillance flights and low-level parachute drops into the jungle (very dangerous), in order to reach casualties more quickly. They also worked a lot with locals on Jungle Survival, learning many important lessons about using the resources around them effectively.
Look forward to the next instalment.
Regards,
Fergus (Parmenides3).
It's also possible that the JRS was simply disbanded. Most places would have developed their own rescue capabilities.
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All the best.
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Beautiful
, thanks for sharing.You're welcome!
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maybe u can use this:
Done it, thanks!
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Just thought I'd say hi, Michelle, and that I enjoy catching up on your blog every week or so.
A couple of extra oddities for you from my family; my auntie, who was also in Singapore in the sixties, once told me that she was taught Chinese cooking by Mrs. Lee Kwan Yew in person - apparently, she ran a course for a short while!
In one of your blogs you mention the air sea rescue; do you still also run a Jungle Rescue Service, or has that gone over to Malaysia? The reason I ask, is that my father and uncle were founder members of the service in the early sixties, apparently the first of its type in the world. They started it up after a crash rescue arrived at the airplane, only to find that all the survivors had died waiting. They introduced surveillance flights and low-level parachute drops into the jungle (very dangerous), in order to reach casualties more quickly. They also worked a lot with locals on Jungle Survival, learning many important lessons about using the resources around them effectively.
Look forward to the next instalment.
Regards,
Fergus (Parmenides3).
Hi Fergus,
that's interesting. I didn't know Mrs Lee taught cooking - she is a lawyer, you know. Could it have been Mr Lee's mother, Mrs Lee Chin Koon? She was well known for her cooking and published a cookbook.
Met. Service assists in any rescue that the Rescue Coordination Centre is involved in ... whether over sea or jungle. I think that would be mainly for accidents involving Singapore like our navy or one of our airlines. I'm sure Malaysia has their own rescue service, though. It's really interesting to hear about your father and uncle ... what has happened to the Jungle Rescue Service now? Has it been absorbed into another organisation? (like perhaps the Malaysian army?) I don't suppose there'd be anything online about it.
Perhaps you should start writing your own memoirs, you certainly have a lot of interesting stories to tell. I look forward to hearing more, some time!
I was thinking that in a way, it's true that there's no point you returning to Singapore to visit, the old Singapore you knew is largely gone. If you wanted the old charm of kampungs, etc you'd have to go to Malaysia to see that now.
Michelle
PS Is Fergus a Scottish name? I thought it was Irish (after watching The Crying Game)
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Hehehe... I was pretty tickled too. Thanks for the humour. I guess the people in technical jobs are more eccentric. I know, I'm in one.
Yes ... you are.
M
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Contrary to popular belief, some light-heartedness in moderation isn't a bad thing for work- if people are trying to be ultra-serious, it can make them depressed, and work less productively. It's all very well someone looking as if they are busy and working all the time, but if their work rate declines in the process, they don't necessarily get any more work done.
Most business people don't seem to factor things like that into consideration, but I believe there to be a lot of truth in it.
You're right, Ian. In fact, I believe some companies even advocate short naps for employees in the afternoon. Those companies that take good care of employees usually have much higher productivity.
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Hey Hey!! What a giggle - looks like you have tons of fun out there! Must have taken you ages to type all that. Thankyou for a laugh over my cherrios
Nearly spat them out at the bit with the guy and his toothbrush, think I would have been in tears if I was you! (With laughter)I just hope I don't get sacked from my job for writing all this!
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Lovely photos, thanks for sharing them.
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Hi, it's difficult to comment because you don't mention exactly what behaviour you're referring to, but I do think you should be who you are even if it means being different ... otherwise you only live half a life. Besides, then you'll know who your friends really are.
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I hope to see one of these some day...
Keep trying ... it depends on luck, but you also have to be near the sea & there must be a thunderstorm (or at least some showers) nearby.
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Thanks for starting a blog on yr professional life, now I feel I know more abt this aspect of yr life that had always been quite obsure to me. I'm also amazed at the amount of detail you remember in yr past, even though they may have happened many years ago. I can't even remember what I ate for lunch yesterday. ;p
Yep ... I think meteorology is something most Singaporeans don't know anything about. Hope you enjoy reading the blog.
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