Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Can you see any hamburgers?
...that is, of course, one of the questions asked by a Youth Choir member as we flew into Frankurt airport a few minutes ago.
Singapore was amazing! Among the highlights were finding a stall - in one of the shopping malls - called Parasite, drinking lychees pureed with ice and fresh lychees floating on top, and exploring Chinatown and Little India.
It was in the mid thirties for the day and a bit that we were there, with ninety-something percent humidity. Wach, it was unbelievable. I spent most of the time totally slick with moisture, but it was actually really cool! You get used to it pretty quick, and it´s nice to be able to go out with only minimal clothing, a wallet and a camera.
Our concert went really well, with the audience screaming as though we were pop stars. As another choir member said however, "Asians screaming is like Americans giving a standing ovation: it means absolutely nothing." Hmmm, maybe that guy needs some anti-cynicism pills. As luck would have it, Linkin Park were performing an open-air concert in the park across the road from our concert venue, so sometimes when we stopped you could hear their contrasting style faintly.
I am now standing at a free internet kiosk in the airport, so I´m not very comfortable on my tired swollen feet. There should be internet facilities at the hostel in Slovenia (Maribor); I think it´s a uni hostel. I´ll try write in more detail there. We catch another plane in two hours for Graz, Austria, and then take a coach from there to Maribor.
Bye for now!
Singapore was amazing! Among the highlights were finding a stall - in one of the shopping malls - called Parasite, drinking lychees pureed with ice and fresh lychees floating on top, and exploring Chinatown and Little India.
It was in the mid thirties for the day and a bit that we were there, with ninety-something percent humidity. Wach, it was unbelievable. I spent most of the time totally slick with moisture, but it was actually really cool! You get used to it pretty quick, and it´s nice to be able to go out with only minimal clothing, a wallet and a camera.
Our concert went really well, with the audience screaming as though we were pop stars. As another choir member said however, "Asians screaming is like Americans giving a standing ovation: it means absolutely nothing." Hmmm, maybe that guy needs some anti-cynicism pills. As luck would have it, Linkin Park were performing an open-air concert in the park across the road from our concert venue, so sometimes when we stopped you could hear their contrasting style faintly.
I am now standing at a free internet kiosk in the airport, so I´m not very comfortable on my tired swollen feet. There should be internet facilities at the hostel in Slovenia (Maribor); I think it´s a uni hostel. I´ll try write in more detail there. We catch another plane in two hours for Graz, Austria, and then take a coach from there to Maribor.
Bye for now!
# posted by Doug @ 04:04 
