after a six+ hour flight punctuated by only three bouts of minor turbulence, i touched down in sydney at 5.45am and nearly ripped out half a fingernail trying to drag a very large backpack off the carousel.
the sun started to rise as i whizzed homeward in a taxi. the city skyline was sillhouetted against a golden sky and dramatic swooping purple cloud backdrop. it was a crisp 8 degrees. refresca!
everything seems okay.
the other night i dreamt that i had a chocolate camera. at first i thought it was just an ordinary chocolate camera, but just as i was about to have my way with it, it became apparent that it was actually a working camera! i could wind the little wheel on the top to advance the film, and the shutter release button seemed to work. i took a couple of photographs and realised that i’d have to work really quickly before the camera melted into a chocolatey mess; already the film advance wheel was starting to stick. unfortunately the photographic adventure was cut short, because a maniac was trying to kill us, and we had to throw him off the balcony.
buried in the midnight slot on channel 5, singapore, is the rather good but tragically shortlived australian tv series, love is a four letter word.
having spent the afternoon cleaning out my childhood cupboards and rediscovering letters from people who have since dropped out of my life, seeing those familiar innercity grunge tv types again filled me with a twinge of wanting to be sometime else.
the day i heard that the daimaru department store on river valley road was closing down was a sad day indeed, even though i’m ever in singapore for a month, max, and the last time i was back here i only went to daimaru once.
that was enough time to discover the pokka gelato kiosk in the basement supermarket, where the scoops are light and milky and the flavours are like, kiwi yoghurt.
so, happy day, i poked my head in the other night to investigate the new japanese supermarket that has inherited the basement, and lo, the pokka geloto kiosk is still there. six words: sweet potato with roasted chesnut bits!
in a little over a week i fly back to the real world. how much gelato can i eat between now and then?
