Lee Kwan Yew

When we returned to Singapore we found a city full of sad faces at the loss of their founding father, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY). He lay in state while thousands of people queued for ours for a thirty second viewing. The partner of one Punggol colleague joined the queue to pay her respects. One child told his teacher that on Sunday he "had to wear black and cry!" Our office staff watched the state funeral on their computers, becoming quite tearful at times. Across the country there is a series of sirens to warn of impending disasters. They were used to start, and end, a minutes silence to honour LKY which we did in our classes.
After such a sombre day a number of us travelled to Holland Village to catch up after our break and hear various travel stories. 
The next morning we were minus our usual walk leaders so Libby and I did the honours from Bishan to Ang Mo KIo and didn't get lost even once.

Tuesday afternoon saw a large group of us travelling in to Somerset to see the 2nd Best Marigold Hotel which was very easy viewing and provided us with a few laughs. We then moved on to SQUE Bar  and met up with the remaining social committee for dinner.

I woke on Wednesday to a cryptic message from Michael regarding scans and blood tests etc! It turns out that perhaps 4 international flights in 2 weeks is not great for your health, especially if part of the 2 weeks is spent as a passenger in a very small car for long periods of time! He has a 20cm blood clot in the calf muscle of his left leg. He has now joined the brigade of elderly people on medication!

As Michael had also accidentally taken the dongle I need to carry out my internet banking I was grateful that Emily and Josh were coming to Singapore for their honeymoon, after their original plans to go to Vanuatu were blown away! On Thursday they came out to the Heartlands for lunch and an inspection of Rio Vista...comments were 'it's like living in a resort!'

Good Friday dawned with the delightful prospect of no work so we had a girl's BBQ (plus Peter for a while). After a few drinks we decided to go for a walk along the Park Connector but only got as far as the Showhome at WaterBay, the condo being built next door. The poor girl who got lumbered with the slightly tipsy, in no position to buy, group of women, was very gracious and patient.