Back home in Singapore, time seems to pass faster, or maybe time passes slower when you are on the road, and your senses are heightened, you are more alert so you can react to whatever the unfamiliar surroundings throw at you. You take in the foreign sights, marvel at the differences, the surprises. I haven't lost my sense of wonder. - An elephant on the streets beside cars and tuks tuks in metropolitan Bangkok, the cute puppy at Chatuchak market with "take me home" eyes, reminding me of Candy and eliciting a brief moment of sadness, the indescribable sunrise at Angkor Wat.

Went for a movie with Davidof and Gwen today. The Da Vinci Code may be the "in" movie, but instead we opted for Paradise Lost, which to me is a must watch, putting you in the shoes of a Palestinian suicide bomber, giving you an insight on life in the West Bank under Israeli occupation.

"there are no such things as failure and success. you just live, that's all, the best you can, a little everyday; it's like a journey without a destination: it's the getting there that counts."

Isabel Allende in the Infinite Plan