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Monday, Nov 07, 2011 - 22:49 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

Walking Big

Went to bed at 10 pm last night (probably the equivalent of 5 pm for most) in preparation for the New Paper's Big Walk, which cut through Universal Studios all the way to Siloso Beach for this edition. I've got to say that Sentosa seems to have gained plenty of places to wine-and-dine since I last remembered.

The event was flagged off by our new President, whom I later spotted posing for photos with Po the Kung Fu Panda midway through. Evidently the job's not all that it's cracked up to be.


Photo similar to what I would have taken with my crappy phone had I remembered to do that (synthetically blurred)
(Source: flickr.com)


It was refreshing to walk without being hobbled for the first time in months, that too in my pair of tennis-converted-to-running shorts, which I had to comb Queensway for. This was a chore in itself, with most of the shopkeepers astonished that their customer demanded such a newfangled unorthodox technical innovation as side pockets.

Who could have thought that a fellow might want to have handy access to, I don't know, keys, or maybe a handkerchief, while jogging? I ended up the most ripped-off I had been since I was forced by circumstance to shell out for a pair of glorified hot pants in the Cinque Terre; with prices like that, I can't imagine how Italy can possibly be in debt.

Got my hands on a pile of recent TIME magazines later in the day, and recalled the recent UNESCO vote on Palestinian membership, which many see as a first step towards a (unilateral) bid for Palestinean statehood.

Interestingly, Singapore (who had only returned to the fold in 2007 after a lengthy absence) abstained, along with the USA's old ally Britain, leaving the sum total of direct US/Israeli support on this issue to be made up of Australia, Canada, a smattering of European nations (including, of course, Germany) and the odd Pacific island. Notable bigwigs on the Palestinean side were China, France, Russia and India.

While this isn't completely surprising - UNESCO has never been particularly friendly to US interests, after all - the weight both in terms of country and population numbers remains unsettling. We haven't seen the end of the contest over this particular piece of real estate yet. Same as the last four millenia, then.



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