Greg met us at the airpot at about 7PM. Great to see Greg, Lisa, and the grandkids. Walking around the Orchard Road area the next day one feels the energy of the place. Lots of new construction, lots of people going purposefully here and there. Temperature not too hot today, in the 80s, somewhat humid.

I have been reading about the travels of Yu Yonghe to Taiwan in the 1690s, and related history. I learned that when the Ming dynasty collapsed in the mid 1650s, supplanted by the Qing forces, a surviving general retreated with his forces to the then obscure island of Taiwan, where he was threatened (and eventually defeated) by the Qing forces. Is that not "Deja vu all over again".

Prompted by Greg, I bought the app "flashcards" for the iPAd. I then took a test of 141 Italian words and scored < 50% ! Bad. Today I scored 66%. 

Mary Jo and I have taken a walk in neighborhoods along the right bank of the Singapore river. Here are a few pictures, plus a picture of Louise climbing a swing set at her apartment.

Louise, climbing a pole

This is a restored shop, in old Singapore

Botera statue of a bird

Salvadore Dali statue representing Isaac Newton