10/25/2014 ‒
The dinner service

I never went through Terminal 3. This is all a matter of circumstance.

Thankfully the whole of Changi has free wi-fi - free and reliable wi-fi - so I was able to send a few more messages to my parents. Just the usual things. You tell them where you are, so they don't have to check on you, and get overly worried, and maybe prevent an awkward situation or two.

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10/22/2014 ‒
Chopstick etiquette

Let it be known that Y2 is not terrible at using chopsticks, and not terrible at eating xiaolongbao. This was all an accident, one that, unfortunately, befell her favorite flavor...

"Am I doing this right?" I ask my Vietnamese colleague, stopping in the middle of chowing down my bowl of laksa. She is watching me, and has this grin in her face that said I wasn't.

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10/19/2014 ‒
The loneliness of a solitary scooter

Hours after the rain, during evening rush hour at Orchard Road.

What do you do when you realize that you've seen everything you can see, and done everything you can do, in Singapore?

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10/09/2014 ‒
Neon green

Someone else is wearing sneakers in this shot.

"Everybody claims to be socially awkward," I said, very much aware that, one, I am riled up again, and two, I shouldn't be, because I am in a coffee shop, talking to someone who, until three hours ago, was a stranger.

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