Monday
The operating system Android is based on Linux.
Tuesday
The Nokia ringtone was composed in 1902.
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Author: mc
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Body Clock Stuck Out East
In early evening my eyelids start to sag,
As I get attacked by my recent jet lag,
So without any booze,
I just want to snooze,
But my mornings are now less of a drag.
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October Dancing Animal
Due to the world tour the October animal is not yet scanned. However good news is that he should be appearing by the end of this week…
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Final October Lessons…
Friday
I learnt how to make fish head curry.
Saturday
October is the least lucky month to be born.
Sunday
In general monkeys cannot swing in trees, apes do. Monkeys run along the branches.
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Lessons From the East
Thursday
Heathrow handles more international passengers than any other airport.
Friday
Today I found out that in Singapore a platter may well cost more than buying the seperate items on different dishes and that you should always get the prices first!
Saturday
A snapper turtle from the US can break human bones in its jaw.
Sunday
Asia has more sepcies of rhino than Africa
Monday
The Fountain of Wealth in Singapore was designed to be the palm of the hand with the suntec towers being the fingers.
Durian brown sugar and ice has a popcorn aftertaste.
At Thaipusam people don’t just spike themselves they also dance around once spiked.
The two newest Singapore MRT lines have driverless trains.
Even numbered streets in Geylang tend to be the red light district (although there as beeen sepage onto the odd numbered streets).
Prawns can be cooked in a way so that you can eat the legs head and tail too.
Chilli Crab is made with crab roe.
Dhoby Ghaut was named after men who did laundry.
There is a bar called Clinic in Singapore which serves drinks in drips and syringes, you can sit on whelchairs and generally look like you are sick.
Tuesday
Today I learnt that I like fish head curry.
Wednesday
The Esplanade in Singapore is known as the Durian by some locals. The last tiger in Singapore is said to have been shot in the billiard room of raffes hotel.
Thursday
Keely Hawes is the voice of Lara Croft.
Life seems great when you are in the east,
It is warmer and more relaxing at least,
Curried heads of some fish,
And frogs on a dish,
Both combine to create quite a feast.
There once was a merlion so swish,
Half lion and also half fish, He was socially a winner, And when invited to dinner, Would eat anything put on his dish.
Half lion and also half fish, He was socially a winner, And when invited to dinner, Would eat anything put on his dish.
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Clarke Quay
Had a lovely stroll by the riverside…
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A few last lessons from West of Greenwich
Wednesday
There used to be a football team called Blackburn Olympic, who have won an FA Cup
Thursday
Today I learnt that the place where some of my dad’s weirder Singapore photos were taken still exists under the name Haw Par Villa rather than Tiger Balm Gardens.
Friday
I learnt how to make chilli jam without pectin.
Saturday
Cats can let out a claw at a time, although I probably would have thought this I witnessed it.
Sunday
GIMP can be used to create GIF animations after downloading an addin.
Monday
I found an even more general proof of the inability of hexagons to create a ball like polyhedron without the help of 12 pentagons.
Tuesday
Trombone is french for paper clip.
Wednesday
Syphilis was known as the f4ench disease in Germany and Poland, the Italian disease in French. basically named after the nation whose travelloers spread it to a country.