I experimented with my small Casio digital camera to capture a few movies that I could use during my vodcasting workshop today. I wandered a little around Singapore and simply caught people going from one place to the other.

Having an excellent time in Singapore. The people are wonderful and I enjoy the time here with the team at the CED. had dinner with Alan in one of the canteens attached to a Hall of Residence. I had a Korean barbecue chicken meal with some very hot kim chee. Spotted an interesting little shrine on the campus walking back to my digs on the campus and took a photograph of the scenery that I used to pass each day. Quick photo of the morning as well from the top of the building in which I conduct the workshops.

Shao Ping and I went for a drive north to The Entrance and Toukley at the end of the day. We walked around The Entrance and found another little Thai takeaway where we could sit outside and enjoy the view. The temperature had reached 35 degrees Celsius that day and it was nice to sit out in the open and enjoy the cool of the early evening.

John and Shao Ping enjoy a Thai meal.

Uncle John, myself and Aunty Pauline

Uncle John, Shao Ping and Aunty Pauline

Bateau Bay bush fire

After that we drove north to Toukley to visit my Aunt Pauline and Uncle John. John is 90 and still possesses all his faculties. We drank a nice bottle of red given to my by the NavCon team as thanks for the presentation. Uncle John and I talked about politics, recycling and town planning. Quite a deep and meaningful evening. We also chatted about family and what is happening among all the relatives. It was a lovely evening. On the way back we spotted a bushfire close to homes at Bateau Bay and I took a couple of photographs from about 1 kilometre away. It was as close as we could get.

Shao Ping and I drove to Terrigal last Tuesday to attend the NavCon2K7 Conference. The conference is being conducted at St Edward’s College in Gosford. It is an amazing school with magnificent grounds and extraordinary facilities. It is right on the Brisbane waters. My friend Siva woud love this school. If one walks across the school oval you will reach the shoreline of Brisbane waters. The shore is rich with mangroves.

After registering Shao Ping and I went back to the motel and then went down to Terrigal Beach. We went for a walk, took a few photographs of the beach and then strolled along the foreshore shops. We bought some groceries and then looked for a place to eat. We decided to eat a restaurant called Terrigal Thai. It was at the end of an arcade. There were three Thai restaurants on the foreshore. Two of them were called Terrigal Thai, metres away from each other. The dinner was quite nice.

Arrived in Singapore last night. Straight to NTU and the NEC where I am putting up. Prepared some additional materials for Tuesday’s Web 2.0 workshops. The flight was fine.