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Nocturnal

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It was just about cool enough this evening to go for a wander.  It's a spectacular city, there's no graffiti, no chavs, and everything is largely spotless.  There's also no obvious security; no police, no CCTV.  Strangely, no insects either.  It may actually be a Star Trek holodeck simulation.

Sicky

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I've felt quite unwell since arriving, I'm not very good at handling broken sleep.  I'm not really compatible with this kind of work, I like being at home with the family (and motorbikes).  Being stuck in Guildford wouldn't be all bad after all.  Managed 20 minutes in the office today before having to withdraw back to the hotel, but I'm full of orange juice and paracetemol now and feel almost human.  We went out for dinner this evening and had Chinese, I clearly need further chop stick lessons.  Especially included to freak out Russell - it's a seafood restaurant and yes, they're alive!  This is the F1 chicane with the high kerbs; it's surprisingly narrow A gecko we found running about on the pavement

Singapore

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I've been sent far away for another office installation, this time Singapore.  Nearly 13 hours on this: It's an impressively smooth and quiet plane, a long way from a Ryanair 737.  Business class too so had a nice cubicle on the upper deck that converted into a bed - it's still sleeping in a dormitory with a shared toilet though, isn't it?   It's 31C and 8 hours ahead of the UK, I'm feeling frazzled.  View from my hotel balcony, using the fancy landscape mode on my new camera: Should make a good photo after dark, assuming I'm not unconscious by then...

I've got a new camera

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It does 16:9 photos and HD video.  Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to snap next weekend.

This really happens

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