In Other Words

Just a Moment

We’re starting to get a little bit worried about Shazam. We’ve been trying to reach him ever since the Tsunami hit and haven’t heard anything from him yet. He was in Sri Lanka when the storm hit, though we’re hoping he stayed with his family in Columbo. If that is that case, then he should still be alright. Let’s hope the same for his family and friends.

I hope this disaster has made all of you stop for a few moments and realise what we’ve got. Especially those of you that are reading this from Lil’ ol’ Singapore, if that earthquake would have been a few hundred miles to the north or east you would all have been buggered by the waves. Indonesia saved Singapore (and a whole host of other countries) from being smashed to smithereens. That would have been a disaster. I wonder how well Singapore would have done if hit by a tidal wave the height of palm trees. Knowing how many Singaporeans can actually swim, not that well I imagine.

Important lesson to all you people scared of water, get a grip and learn how to swim. Sometimes it isn’t our choice whether we get wet, or not. Another big one, if a big wave is coming at you, dive /under/ it. That is where the least force is. Yes, you’ll still need to come up afterwards, but at least you wont have to come up after being tumbled around fifty five times and being slammed into five walls, two cars and a phone box.

Anyway, out here things are still as they were last time. We did manage to finally go out without anything going terribly wrong, last night. The worst thing that happened last night would probably be that my wallet got a bit lighter. Though I guess liana laughing about my penis wasn’t all that great either. (But then, she can laugh about anything, so I guess you have to take it with a grain of salt).

Oh yeah, I also managed to win two games of chess, to the chagrin of Ken. It was close, the second time, but then he buggered up and I was able to take the game. I really missed playing chess in Singapore. It’s so strange, out here people can just have fun without having to spend tons of cash. Hell, I used to be able to do the same before I came to Singapore. Then you come into Singapore and suddenly everything that is fun costs money. It’s as if the government had somehow brainwashed everybody (including me) into believing ‘the more it costs, the more fun it must be’.

Funny, I keep talking about Singapore. I guess you can’t help but relate everything about where you’re at with where you were. We are and remain creatures of memory. Unfortunately my memory doesn’t generally go back further then a few years, so it’s filled up with Singapore. Eek!

posted by Symbol @ 29.12.04