Nassim Road, Singapore
Nassim is the name of a Jewish family that once owned a lodge there that they sold, and several of their family migrated to Israel.
Topic
Travel
Stories from my travels on work, and travels that I've done to escape work …
Singapore, Arrival
Taking in the moment, I sensed another, presently inaudible rumble: cars revving up; buses starting at their terminals; the MRT starting up — at various points across this small island, all to converge here, on Orchard Road.
Muay Thai — a Sport for Kids?
Two kids fought the first match. Their eyes were locked hard on to each other, intense, brutal even. I wondered if it was right to be watching this at all.
MM Is Right
"Let's call the whole thing off," the great old man said, going all the way to the brink. "We'll lose talent, and then we'll lose some 210 billion dollars of yearly business."
Thai Writing: Sightseeing
The farang lurks in every tale, tales of family, of parent and child, of people in a complex society, and of how the farang impinges on Thai life.
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
King Rama V went and fell in love with Victorian Europe, came back and built a Windsor-like palace in his capital city.
Arriving In Amsterdam With My Son
The whole world appeared to have arrived at Schipol, and the lines were long at immigration. George Bush was going to be visiting the following day, Sunday.