New random (and probably useless) things learnt over the past week/month:

1. Root Beer is made from the sasaparilla root .. remember Sarsi? Apparently the Americans just couldn't be bothered to use the whole name and abbreviated it to "Sarsi".

2. A nice place to look at planes land and take off in Singapore is on this road called the "West Perimeter Road" - see map. It runs alongside the Changi runway.

3. The lomo camera can also be found at Kinokuniya bookstore (Taka), Cream at Purvis St, NIJ (New In Japan) at Bugis, and Dinky Di (at Change Alley). Hooray for all lomo fans!

4. Good places for taking pictures of old shophouses can be found in the Ang Siang Hill Area (Chinese style), Peranakan Place (Peranakan style), Kampong Glam (Malay style), Little India (Indian style) and in the Duxton Rd area (esp this street called Blair Rd - very quaint).

5. They have rebuilt Labrador Park and it looks really good now! Great place for a bit of sea breeze and watching ships go in and out of the WTC harbour.

Can't think of anymore...