Well, it’s my last week in Singapore and this weekend I’m going to…….SINGAPORE! I know, I know….not that cool. But, damn, there is so much shit to get done!

I’m not going to bitch about that, however, because I have another bone to pick with the universe. I like to call it WORST_FLIGHT_EVER! Check it out:

Leave Singapore on the afternoon of the 28th. Fly for 5:45 to Delhi. 6-hour layover. Fly overnight (9+ hours) to Paris, CDG. Arrive around 6AM on the 29th. 13-HOUR LAYOVER in CDG, leave 7:15 for a 12-hour overnight flight to Johannesburg. Arrive 7:45 AM in Jozi. . I think it comes in at just shy of 48 hours. Two days in airports/airplanes. Just like that. It’s a little nutty, if you ask me, and, if you’re reading this, I’m going to assume you did.

I have to say, the Dutch Week team in SGP has done a pretty slick job. Almost too good, really. It’s been polished, pro, and sold out…but where’s that Dutch edge? Where’s the old guy passed out in the corner of the coffeeshop? Where are the hookers (don’t tell me you couldn’t find any in Singapore)? Where’s the euthanasia (cue “youth in Asia” pun……NOW!)? Where are all the drunk British tourists????? Oh, right, there they are. Sorry, nevermind. Seriously though, [funny] hats off to the team. I’m fucking impressed.

Pics from Kuala Lumpur are up…I forgot to mention (because I actually forgot about it until I dl’d a photo from my camera) that riding back on the bus, Colin and I saw what was far and away the worst traffic accident I have EVER seen. Basically, there was a jack-knifed semi, with the trailer blocking three lanes, and the cab in the median ditch, burning pretty fiercely. Stuck under the trailer was a car that must have hit it head on. None of its doors were open. Then, spilled across the median and the opposite road, was a smaller (but still big) truck, which had been hauling logs, now strewn all around the scene, which I think had been the first impact with the semi. And while lots of people stopped and watched, there were no rescue vehicles in sight, despite the fact that the truck seemed to have been burning for a while. Basically, it was absolutely horrifying. I’m not really sure why I’m writing about it, other than because of how shocked I am that I was able to forget it so quickly.

Here are some nicer pictures: