I added five galleries of photographs taken at various points in Singapore and Southeast Asia during 2001 ~ 2005. The photographs were taken in Kanchanaburi, Thailand and three points in Singapore: Kranji War Cemetery, Labrador Park and the Ford Factory Museum. I also added a gallery of photographs taken at the ANZAC Day dawn service at the Commonwealth War Graves in Singapore.

I walked around Mount Sophia, Mackenzie Road and Short Street area of Singapore taking photographs. I often went through Mackenzie Road in a taxi and I had promised myself I would photograph some of the old buildings there. A bypasser advised that I should walk around the Sophia Road area.

The flight home was better than the flight to but as always there was a bunch of thoughtless, noisy imbeciles who do not realise that the majority of passengers want to sleep when it is 4:30AM in the morning. Well, I got that off my chest. Last time I fly British Airways by choice.

I conducted my last workshop yesterday. Digital Still Photography. It went well and I am sure the participants picked up some skills. There were participants from other workshops present yesterday. It was a pleasure to see them again.

Afterwards Daniel, Vivien, Sharon, Paul, Woan Ling, Alan, Daniel’s son, Jonathan, and I went to Tiffany’s at the Furama Hotel for dinner. We ate well and we laughed well. I was exhausted by the end of the night and I crashed at the hotel.

Flying home today. British Airways. Can’t have all the luck. Hope this red-eye flight is not that bad. Today I will do some shopping and take a few photographs.

The second workshop was a great experience. The venue was packed and it was full on the whole time. I dispensed with the presentation… summarised the main points on butcher’s paper and focused on the illustrative examples, the curriculum integration components and the fact that the tool must match the task if the application of technology in the classroom is to succeed. A number of the particpants are captured below.

I will have dinner in Chinatown tonight.

Took a taxi to NTU. The driver was nice and I have arranged for him to pick me up each morning. He drops his kids off at a school near the hotel so he does not charge me a booking fee. That is excellent service!

Spent the first couple of hours at NTU chatting to colleagues and some of the other presenters. Everyone is working hard. During the day I attended Daniel Churchill’s workshop on Learning Objects. It was very interesting. I have some material that I can share with my colleagues downunder.

I met some of the participants for my own workshops and I asked them what did they expect. Our expectations were different so I spent most of Monday night and Tuesday morning making changes. The presentation worked well and the added hands-on component was a blessing.

After that I went back to the hotel and then into town. Finally tracked down the beautiful re-issues of David Live and Stage by Bowie in the HMV store in the Heeren Centre on the corner of Orchard Road and Cairnhill Road. Met a friend at Orchard MRT and had dinner at Bukit Batok followed by durian in Geylang. The durian stall is illustrated below. Click on the image for more.