I and my housemate have settled down nicely in our little cottage in Samoreau, between a lake and the river Seine. Naturally if I ever waded *into* the river, you could rightfully call me ‘insane’.* So far we’ve attended one house party in Barbizon (classmate GE’s birthday). Still contemplating the Masquerade. Definitely going for the …
Sunday, Day 2 – went to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Wonderful sights! I am uploading some photos to [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/vantan), so check that out later. Internet connection is patchy, even in this expensive 5 star hotel. Day 3 – Real class began. Met 2 Government officials and 4 young enterprising men. We gave some …
**Legal, administrative stuff** Got my Indian visa and travel tickets. Mustafa’s services are amazing. Also changed my money there. I assume they should have the best rates for rupees, seeing how so many Indians use their services. Trying to get my early hotel stay confirmed. Also had some issues with my Kingfisher internal flight – …
In 2 days I’m going to Delhi, India for a study trip. CNN Weather says that that tonight is ‘dreary’ in Delhi. And it’s going to be hot. So hot that from Sunday, the ‘sunny’ icon makes way for a thermometer that’s gone off the charts. This is so not comforting. Need to pack lots …
Our internet connection has finally been restored after 2-3 days of sporadic availability. We’re going on tour today and I hope the persistent drizzle stops. Here’s a summary of our last few days since my previous post. So far, we’ve played two rounds of golf. Considering this is my second and third time playing on …
We woke up at 5am and headed to the airport. It was a comfortable 2-hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City. However our connecting flight to Dalat required several hours’ wait, so we left the airport, took a short city tour, had a pho lunch and walked around the Ben Thanh market where we were …
We in Singapore should be thankful for having a relatively incident-free subway service. Of course, the London subway is much older and complex and so it is understandable that there would be more disruptions. We experienced line closures over the weekend for planned engineering works, but when this notice came up it shocked some of …
I used to marvel at the [Harrods](http://www.harrods.com/) [food hall](http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/Product/Browse.aspx?Breadcrumb=foodhall) in my younger days. Somehow, this time I wasn’t wowed very much. In fact, despite the sale the place was relatively empty. It was late morning. We managed to grab seats at the Japanese restaurant. Check out the caviar! BTW these weren’t even the most expensive …
The price difference at M&S in London.
We had a brief stopover in Bangkok en route to London. We landed at Heathrow Airport. Unfortunately it was at the old terminal, which was fully showing its age. The red carpet we stood on was so worn out, that in some areas the underlying white threads were showing. The airport staff was as brusque …