Back in Singapore!

It took me over 25 hours from door to door, from Skipton to Singapore but I am here! In the past day so much has happened and I was powerless to find out more! I only had snatched bits of news as I was on a train, waiting in airports and on planes! The euphoria of London turned to anguish, chaos and tragedy... I was very much mindful of the pain and suffering of the Londoners and people like my fellow Dominican Volunteer in Manila who has family in and around London. I continue to commend them, victims and loved ones all to Our Lady.

My flight to Singapore was routed via Paris, adding poignancy to the Olympic 2012 bid... Yes, I had to take a different flight from what I was booked on, for complicated reasons but in recompense, I was upgraded to Business Class which was a lovely first for me!

Now that I am back in Singapore I just want to share two paragraphs from yesterday's Guardian, an article by Paul Kelso in Singapore that epitomise this super-efficient nation:

"London's victory was announced only after a presentation ceremony that scaled new heights of kitsch. Two Singaporean sopranos and a tenor dressed like a maître d' subjected the Olympic anthem, a tune whose primary virtue is to be heard only once every four years, to a fearful mauling."

Hilarious but true!