in anticipation of leaving
yesterday we started our last full week in kansas city before flying to sydney next thursday, 9th november
it's been a fun time but we're both ready to move on - k. because he's champing at the bit to do some proper work and me because a change of scenery will be good, and it's the final stage on my return journey to singapore, where, hopefully, i shall
resume work - this event will in turn lead to far less postings on this blog of mine, to which i have been devoting far too much time for lack of alternative stimulation - i'm rapidly approaching my half-century posting within a month and this cannot be healthy - i should be travelling in the footsteps of lewis and clark, the great explorers of this region of kansas and missouri over a hundred years ago (before they went to work at the daily planet and clark started dressing in blue and wearing his underpants on the outside) - however, the freezing cold near zero temperatures make this a rather unviableproposition - instead i should be reading all the history books i bought and re-acquainting myself with alfred the grate, norman the conker and edward the turd - but do i? no i don't - instead i'm in the advanced stages of vegetative lethargy, so sydney, with its better location for our apartment , its better public transport system and compact city centre, is a very attractive proposition right now
not that i'm complaining - if i had a job and a car and somewhere permanent to call mine, kansas city would be a great place to live - the people have been very laid back and friendly and there's plenty of entertainment, both high and low brow, to keep you busy - there are lots of great places to drive out to, picturesque western towns surrounded by beautiful countryside and spectacular views, tall grass prairies and rolling hills and wide roads which seem to go on forever
and, then there are the steaks - ah the steaks - i've never tasted meat like it (as the actress said to the bishop) - and let's not forget the ribs - they are barbeque-finger-licking out of this world - this place is an atkins dieter's paradise and it's so cheap to eat out - cheaper than eating in, actually - i suppose that in this respect it's similar to singapore
which brings me back to singapore - at the end of this month i'll have been away from the lion city for two years - it seems strange to think of going back - so much seems to have happened since december 2004 - it's odd that over the last couple of years, i haven't missed singapore or thought about it as much as i believed i would in the months before i left, probably because i knew i'd be going back - although i haven't returned for a holiday there since i left - a two week trip back might have set me off missing the place really badly once i'd stepped off the plane at heathrow
odd that - i suppose i've come to regard singapore as my adopted home
it's been a fun time but we're both ready to move on - k. because he's champing at the bit to do some proper work and me because a change of scenery will be good, and it's the final stage on my return journey to singapore, where, hopefully, i shall
resume work - this event will in turn lead to far less postings on this blog of mine, to which i have been devoting far too much time for lack of alternative stimulation - i'm rapidly approaching my half-century posting within a month and this cannot be healthy - i should be travelling in the footsteps of lewis and clark, the great explorers of this region of kansas and missouri over a hundred years ago (before they went to work at the daily planet and clark started dressing in blue and wearing his underpants on the outside) - however, the freezing cold near zero temperatures make this a rather unviableproposition - instead i should be reading all the history books i bought and re-acquainting myself with alfred the grate, norman the conker and edward the turd - but do i? no i don't - instead i'm in the advanced stages of vegetative lethargy, so sydney, with its better location for our apartment , its better public transport system and compact city centre, is a very attractive proposition right now
not that i'm complaining - if i had a job and a car and somewhere permanent to call mine, kansas city would be a great place to live - the people have been very laid back and friendly and there's plenty of entertainment, both high and low brow, to keep you busy - there are lots of great places to drive out to, picturesque western towns surrounded by beautiful countryside and spectacular views, tall grass prairies and rolling hills and wide roads which seem to go on forever
and, then there are the steaks - ah the steaks - i've never tasted meat like it (as the actress said to the bishop) - and let's not forget the ribs - they are barbeque-finger-licking out of this world - this place is an atkins dieter's paradise and it's so cheap to eat out - cheaper than eating in, actually - i suppose that in this respect it's similar to singapore
which brings me back to singapore - at the end of this month i'll have been away from the lion city for two years - it seems strange to think of going back - so much seems to have happened since december 2004 - it's odd that over the last couple of years, i haven't missed singapore or thought about it as much as i believed i would in the months before i left, probably because i knew i'd be going back - although i haven't returned for a holiday there since i left - a two week trip back might have set me off missing the place really badly once i'd stepped off the plane at heathrow
odd that - i suppose i've come to regard singapore as my adopted home
posted by Tallulah Showerhead at 4:40 PM
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