Reminiscing the moon

Some thoughts on the trip thus far...

Saw the Gimble concert on Friday night. It was really cool to hear the group 9 years down the road, and see them release their 4th CD. Quite a number of alumni showed up, and we spent part of the after-concert party just singing old songs. Makes me miss being in an acapella group again, but i also realise that that part of my life is over :) I neither have the voice nor the inclination to really go out there and try to be part of a group in Singapore. Besides, the lindy crowd and performance company more than satisfy my need for a social grouping and an artistic interest :) Hopefully, i will be able to make it back for the 10th anniversary concert.

Went to a bread-making class with Zingerman's Bakehouse the other day. Got to see H help conduct the class and knead some dough. It was quite inspiring to hear the staff talk about the bread like it was a living organism that needed to be nurtured and encouraged to develop its full flavor. And I felt really proud at seeing how H helped conduct the class in such a professional manner. It gave me a deeper appreciation of why H wanted to give up college to become a full time baker. That's always been one of the things i've struggled over in our relationship, coming from a Singaporean background where the only way is to get a degree.
So i'm glad i went to this class, even if i can't pick up a wad of bread dough without mangling it. It gave me a deeper understanding of why H has chosen this career, and that makes it all worth it.

Other random observations :
1) i've gotten soft. It's hovering around 6-15 celsius, and i already find it cold!
2) i called up my stock trading company in the US, and it was SO obvious that the person i was talking to on the helpline was from India :) This is the first time i had come face-to-face, so to speak, with the outcome of the outsourcing craze in the US. The service was decent, but the whole experience was definitely on the surreal side. A singaporean chinese calling up his US trading company to talk to a helpline person located in India.

Ajantis is trying to avoid eating too much...