This photo was taken only five days ago, and my mood couldn’t be any more different now. I am going through a mildly stressful time at work planning a campaign in Jakarta. It’s not so bad, but this campaign could either be a happy success or a serious and expensive disaster, and it kills me that I do not feel in control of the outcome.  So when I woke up this morning, I fantasized and fantasized about staying in bed to finish this glorious book, which I have not had the time to continue after returning from Singapore. 
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This photo was taken only five days ago, and my mood couldn’t be any more different now. I am going through a mildly stressful time at work planning a campaign in Jakarta. It’s not so bad, but this campaign could either be a happy success or a serious and expensive disaster, and it kills me that I do not feel in control of the outcome.  So when I woke up this morning, I fantasized and fantasized about staying in bed to finish this glorious book, which I have not had the time to continue after returning from Singapore. 

Ranunculus season. Can anything be more perfect than this flower? Yesterday, my social brain went into overload after a dinner with strangers, and I woke up today at the very abnormal time of 6 am. The replays, oh, I wish they would stop.  That thing that sports talk shows do, where they recap all the game’s little moments and freeze the scene and discuss it — if I don’t stop doing that I will never be allowed to leave the house. 
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Ranunculus season. Can anything be more perfect than this flower?

Yesterday, my social brain went into overload after a dinner with strangers, and I woke up today at the very abnormal time of 6 am. The replays, oh, I wish they would stop.  That thing that sports talk shows do, where they recap all the game’s little moments and freeze the scene and discuss it — if I don’t stop doing that I will never be allowed to leave the house. 

I saw this photo years ago on Tumblr and thought it was so awesome I emailed it to my friends.  My good friend Mar and her boyfriend Wes are coming to Seoul next month, and they asked us to take a side trip to another Asian country with them.  When they decided it was to be Singapore, I was really bummed.  Who wants to take a holiday to Singapore?  I vividly recalled reading two travelogues that despaired, just despaired, over the charmless megalopolis Singapore had become. We called Mar and Wes’ decision “a major blunder.” THEN, I remembered out of the blue at 2 am while eating tacos in LA that the pool of my dreams was in Singapore.  I don’t know why it came to me then — that part of my memory suddenly wanted to play ball, I guess.  Isn’t that funny, how your brain stores or discards information independently of your orders?  Anyway, I instantly became Singapore’s #1 fan, and applauded (the-now) our great decision to go there.  Guess where we are staying?  Yes, yes, yes.  At Marina Bay Sands hotel, where this pool will be awaiting us. 
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I saw this photo years ago on Tumblr and thought it was so awesome I emailed it to my friends. 

My good friend Mar and her boyfriend Wes are coming to Seoul next month, and they asked us to take a side trip to another Asian country with them.  When they decided it was to be Singapore, I was really bummed.  Who wants to take a holiday to Singapore?  I vividly recalled reading two travelogues that despaired, just despaired, over the charmless megalopolis Singapore had become. We called Mar and Wes’ decision “a major blunder.”

THEN, I remembered out of the blue at 2 am while eating tacos in LA that the pool of my dreams was in Singapore.  I don’t know why it came to me then — that part of my memory suddenly wanted to play ball, I guess.  Isn’t that funny, how your brain stores or discards information independently of your orders?  Anyway, I instantly became Singapore’s #1 fan, and applauded (the-now) our great decision to go there. 

Guess where we are staying?  Yes, yes, yes.  At Marina Bay Sands hotel, where this pool will be awaiting us.