Still in Singapore/Temasek/Shonan-to/Singapura, somehow I got roped into singing a few gigs here. Last night I sung for a large business dinner put on by this very large church here (13 000 members). The speaker was a brilliant black American named Dr. A.R. Bernard. A wizard of words who if he sung would sound like Marvin Gaye (great voice).
I'm going to take a hike (by car, it's just a saying) into a bit of the Malayan peninsular today. Hopefully I'll see a bit of jungle but the jungle won't see me. (I don't want to meet a tiger) I won't go too far though because I've got a smaller pub gig with some of my new friends tonight.
I went into the expat part of town last night - I've been staying in a Chinese area - and up to an Australian mates apartment that was total 'Blade Runner'. 21st floor, a view to die for and a rent that'd kill you. Funny thing was, this dinner was the first western meal I had since being here, and the only time I got the runs..... very odd.
Thanks for the well wishes guys! It feels like I'm taking a bit of home with me when I log in.
Draconia you guessed right. I'm a muso, make my living either session singing (mercanary vocalist for recordings/commercials etc) or by producing/engineering independent albums for smaller artists. I have a few records of my own but if I lived off them I would be starving Moiraine probably has the biggest collection of some of my stuff on MP3 so if you want to hear some and she's cool drop her an email request as I can't send any at the moment
I made sure I caught up with the history of the place over the last few days. Normally as I love history, I have some sort of knowledge a place I'm in - as it inspired a reason to visit in the first place. With Singapore I was unnervingly ignorant, so have asked LOTS of questions, gone to a museum, watched a small historical film, and read a bit and now feel like I have a bit more of an understanding not only of the history, but also as a result, the 'collective psychology'.
It's a fascinating place. Like a trade based city state of old. A sometimes futuristic meeting point for travellers and businesses. It feels very 'hublike' in the scheme of things.
Well I'm off,
A bientot for now
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