• We’re on the Equator. It’s hot. Everyday hot. Yet, February was the hottest and driest February on record in the 140 years they’ve kept records here. There was only about 1/3 of an inch of rain last month versus an average of nearly 7 inches. Yearly rainfall averages 93 inches.
• I was exercising in the botanical gardens this morning and an Asian man and his 4 or 5 year old daughter walked by out for a morning walk. All very normal. Except they were taking their bird for a walk. He was carrying a cage about the size of a pumpkin with a pretty little yellow bird. I asked him what type of bird it was. He said something indecipherable and I nodded in agreement as if I understood every word. Then I noticed the cage. It was bamboo and beautiful. It had carvings around the base and top, a brass hook, and a rail through the middle for the bird. The pencil thin rail was made of bone and also completely carved in filigree. He said it was 90 years old. You just don’t see folks out walking their bird in the antique bird cage in Austin -- though the crazy neighbor next door did occasionally walk his cat in his cat stroller.
• Bought a Whopper in the mall and took it to the car. I ate it while driving down Orchard Road. I believe I was the only person in all of Singapore eating a Whopper in their car.
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