Went to the Meritus for Afternoon Tea on Sat afternoon.  It was interesting - obviously not as classic as in England - no scones, no sandwiches - but as well as cakes with REAL CHOCOLATE they also had fresh salad and some hot (well, kept-warm) snacks...

Maggie Ad posted on May 30th, 2006 under: Fun place, Eating in ST | Tag: hotels, Jinsha Road, Restaurant | 5 Comments »

Well it’s raining, and raining, and raining and oo, raining, come on, why so much water?  Last year we didn’t have enough, yesterday flooded the city centre for about the 4th time since March.  ENOUGH!  I feel sorry for the farmers.  T...

Maggie Ad posted on May 29th, 2006 under: Living in ST | Tag: Weather | 1 Comment »

I must comment that the single major after-effect of the typhoon on my life has been the insane number of mosquitos that hatched eggs as soon as the rain stopped.  It’s really quite crazy, they’re everywhere.  Good thing we don’t...

Maggie Ad posted on May 23rd, 2006 under: Living in ST, ST event | Tag: Weather | No Comments »

We had a typhoon! A TYPHOON! A real one! 11 on the scale of these things (max 14). I was quite excited, it was my first typhoon.
It’d been rainy for a couple of days, then on Tue I was eating dinner in the school canteen and one of the ...

Maggie Ad posted on May 18th, 2006 under: Living in ST, ST event | Tag: Weather | 5 Comments »