The view from my "office"

[DejaBrew]

Who ever said AFF isn't a caring community.

The main pool was a struggle by ourselves but eventually another couple turned up. We retreated back to the villa pool. The struggle is real.

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Proof positive that not all heroes wear capes....

 

[Cossie]

Malacca - my wife in front of her Great Great Great --- Grandfather's house. It is on Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock (formerly Herren St aka "millionaires row". It was built around 1799 using bricks bought from Holland as ballast on the trading ships. He was a German working for the D.E.I. Coy.

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Small frontage but very deep. Like this plan of a house around the corner.

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And then to Christ Church where there is a memorial to her Great Great Great Grandfather

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Wow, that is so special, were you tempted to knock on the door?

Just out of curiosity, do you know if he was religious and what his religion was?

 

[OZDUCK]

Wow, that is so special, were you tempted to knock on the door?

Just out of curiosity, do you know if he was religious and what his religion was?

It was all sealed tight. We have been inside the house in 2003 during a family reunion and it was lovely.These days it is a 'memorial house' to the person who the street is now named after - Tun Tan Cheng Lock. He was a major force in the Malaysian independence movement. The house has been in that families hands since 1879.

He was probably a Lutheran - there are memorial plaques in the Ulm Minster for the family. In Malacca he married the daughter of what must have been the last Dutch governor so probably became Dutch Reformed. He died in 1815. Christ Church Malacca became re- consecrated as Anglican in 1838 and that is when I assume his descendants became Anglicans.

This article gives a good description of the house.

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[OZDUCK]

Malacca River by day.





And by night



It is home to some pretty healthy water monitors -at least 1.5 metres

 

[OATEK]

A touch of the US in Bromley, South East London.

 

[LinaLee]

QF 35 today lunch service was held back due to turbulence. Actually for real not just caution. Enough to rattle cutlery, water sloshing out of glass n the dreaded salad bowl moved from its position. Regret not taking up some bread to go with yummy Pepe Saya butter to counter the waft of strong vinegar during the one hour of interrupted service

 

[LinaLee]

On time arrival into Singapore. The amount of reclaimed land I no longer recognise the coast line

 

[MARTINE]

A touch of the US in Bromley, South East London.
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Are those sacks of spuds meant to be some sort of interior design feature or are the boys too ‘busy’ to pack them away?!

 

[SYD]

No, not Rotterdam but AKL Viaduct Harbour. You can pay to sail. €3K pp 14 day “cruise” AKL-SYD (with a wait list)!

 

[Flyfrequently]

Home office for the local community market yesterday- cracker of a day

And our singing group flash mobbed the band's Beatles medley

 

[RB]

For anyone travelling through Coonabarabran NSW I can recommend a visit to Crystal Kingdom Crystal Kingdom rocks its 50th anniversary - Coonabarabran Times





Photo doesn't do justice to the curved mural



Petrified wood sample

 

[Daver6]

Been hanging out under this guy's office (umbrella on our deck in Koh Samui)

 

[OATEK]

Are those sacks of spuds meant to be some sort of interior design feature or are the boys too ‘busy’ to pack them away?!

All part of the vibe. Big sign on side wall said "today's chips use potatoes from Wham Farm, Yorkshire".

 

[Daver6]

What are the odds that the wildlife shares the same name as me?!

 

[DejaBrew]

What are the odds that the wildlife shares the same name as me?!

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Is that one of those rare specimens from the genus "Ursus Infinitus Poolus"?

 

[Daver6]

USM airport and Blue Ribbon lounge. This is a great airport!

 

[Daver6]

USM airport and office

 

[Wing Nut]

The Nut's departed SIN on Friday (25th Oct) bound for AKL via MEL. Granted, not the most efficient way of getting from point A to point B but there wouldn't have been any Qantas F lounge visits and experiences along the way.

Did a quick lap through Fort Canning before check-out. It was super humid that morning. Stunk up a singlet I had to pack!

Fort entrance built circa 1860.

With time to kill between check-out and flight check-in, we wondered around Jewel. Not a bad spot to kill a couple of hours, plenty of places to eat and mooch, couple of beer and wines, all good.




Goes without saying....

Check-in time came around soon enough and we headed to the F lounge.



Tip: get onto the QF2 courtesy of the London Lounge Signature Gin Bar.

A mix of Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin, Fever Tree aromatic tonic, Aperol ice cube and orange. Awesome. Mrs Nut and I thought it was an upmarket G&T, the waiter explained the concept. Both took a sip and "yeh, that's amazing"...three later...


There's no pics of dinner because we, well, got stuck into it! Mrs Nut had the rice flour gnocchi and I had the pan fried Barramundi. The Barra was fantastic, well cooked. Mrs Nut had fusion confusion over the gnocchi. Said it was really tasty but rice flour gnocchi was interesting. Some pieces were not quite cooked but overall a good dish.

By this time the F lounge hit peak hour. Had a pleasant though clearly and obviously upmarket vibe. The SIN First lounge is nice but lacks the wow of SYD or MEL being internal. We had a couple of drinks by the bar and decided to head to QP for a look. No pics, the QP was busy but not packed. Plenty of food offerings and the red wine was god awful.

Time to board QF36. In short, the A330-200 is a step back in economy time that aviation had forgotten however, we had a decent beef brisket and noodles for dinner. Not sure what bright spark thought that a scrambled egg and mushroom filo thingy served at 4 am was going to be appealing. Even the hosties were sympathetic to our puzzled looks.

A decent breakfast, coffee and tea awaits at the MEL F lounge awaits!




No Mimosas this time, gave it a good nudge in Singers and on the plane. Great airside views over breakfast with plenty of traffic. We ended our trip as we started. Mrs Nut had the corn fritters with bacon and I had the Signature breakfast less the pancakes. Apologies again, forgot to take photos. Too busy eating. Both agreed, the MEL F lounge breakfasts, teas and coffees were better than the SYD.

We departed the serenity F lounge and entered into the AKL/CHC boarding cluster. Who'd have thought that boarding two full 737's at the same time between gates 11a and 11b was going to be smooth? The same dill who though a scrambled egg and mushroom filo was a good breakfast option at 4 am? We all felt for the solitary Qantas lady trying to heard this pack.

In the end, all good and now in windy, rainy Whangarei. Until the next time, happy and safe travels everyone!

 

[OZDUCK]

Deepavali lights on Serangoon Road Little India Singapore.

 

[OZDUCK]

Deepavali lights on Serangoon Road Little India Singapore.