“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin Februa...

“Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.” – Amelia Burr The sweet melancholy of our days colours our thoughts and dims the...

“I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert.” - Jason Love A short blog entry today as I am travelling for work and I am ...

“That dire disease, whose ruthless power Withers the beauty's transient flower.” - Oliver Goldsmith Vinca major , the white periwinkle ...

"If I know what love is, it is because of you." - Hermann Hesse Many years ago when I visited Italy, I listened to a song on the r...

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.” – Thomas Fuller I am reading a book by Pauline McLynn at the moment, in case you can’t place the...

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” – Iris Murdoch I usually hate seeing movies on...

“The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” - G.K. Chesterton One of the pleasant surprises I have had in ...

Here is a video that I found on YouTube that gives you a little taste of the diversity of Singapore. Once again I iterate that the varied mi...

“The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” - Hanna Rion If you read this blog, you probably know that I start ...

“To live is not to live for one's self alone; let us help one another.” - Menander It was a rather full on day at the conference today w...

“The sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanities.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Last time I was in Singapore was two years ago when I w...

This morning I had to go to the National University of Singapore as I had to attend a couple of pre-conference meetings. The University is o...

"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." 
- George Washington Singapore City is ...

“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Tomorrow I’m leaving for a work related trip to Singapore for a w...

"A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins." - Laurie Colwin Friday is the day that I usually talk about f...

"A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children. - J.J. Audubon A ...

“A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.” – Edith Sitwell For amusement and entertainment, how...

"Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time, But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime." - John Dryden I am currently reading a...

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” – Alfred Hitchcock Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) is a famous French playwright, whose wor...