Hi From Singapore

As I followed the directions for overseas travel, I arrived at IAH 3 hours before my flight. Saying that I had plenty of time is a bit of an understatement. Of course, I'm sure had I not given myself all that extra time, the pilot would have decided that he wanted to leave early. There is precedent. ;)

With all of the hoopla about not bringing liquids, gels, pastes, or any other possibly dangerous items on board, you would think that the security personnel at IAH would have stopped the woman in front of me who walked on with a water bottle. Drinking from it. Walked right onto the plane, ha-yup. WTFBBQ?

The good news is that Singapore Airlines, which I took over from LAX to Singapore, gave out toothbrushes with little toothpaste tubes to all of the passengers. They also had moisturizer in the bathrooms. Yay! The flight over was really very pleasant. It was scheduled to run 17 hours but we made it in 15.5 hours. So, we got in at around 4:30 am Singapore time (that's 3:30 pm for you Houstonians -- everyone else, do your own math!).

I slept most of Sunday, so I won't get to run around at all until this weekend. At least I'm back in the Shangri-La hotel. Happy sigh.

Hi from Singapore II

We went to a marvelous curry restauarant for lunch yesterday. Mutha's, I think it was called. They are famous for their fish head curry soup.

I ate the fish eye. It was kind of chewy. :)

Today they brought in Pizza Hut for lunch. :(