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Saturday, May 19, 2018

Colourful seating. Contrasting colors

I saw these lovely seat colours in an office which I visited in Singapore to give an English language evaluation for speeches. What delightful uplifting colors.

The colours are purple, yellow and royal blue. Not a colour combination I would have thought of. 

The colours divide up the seating so you can select a space and not overlap into anybody else's space.  

Could that yellow, pale colour, ever get stained or dirty or faded? I bet it's treated with stain repellent. 

If anything goes wrong, maybe the cushions are reversible. Maybe you can order spares, just of the odd cushions, not the entire sequence of seats. Alternatively, keep spare cushions in their wrapper in case the company changes the colours or lines or goes out of business. 

However, fashions change. A new decorating department may wish to make improvements. The office will probably change the seating style and redecorate before the suppliers go out of business. For now, it looks lovely. 

The backs give support, but are low enough to allow a picture window view.

The port, I was told, will eventually be moved. Then what? Maybe a marina or something pretty. Singapore does not allow derelict sites spoiling the garden city.

Even on business, without visiting a single tourist site, you get an impression of the landscape and modern development and the philosophy of the country of Singapore.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

How to protect your cabin bag when travelling


I had luggage assist on the railways. Unfortunately, people, trying to help, didn't understand that four wheel bags need to be upright. They insisted on dragging the bags forwards on two wheels. This damaged the front pocket of the bag, leaving dirt and holes, and damaging the beading edge.

I bought a patch in a craft shop. the assistant said to me, "You don't want an iron on patch. You need a glue-oo patch."

Problem
How do I prevent more damage next time? My wheel on luggage gets damaged easily. How can I protect it?

Answer
Do what you see done at the airports. They charge you to wrap your suitcase in what looks like clingfilm.

You could encircle your bag with a strap.
Use clingfilm.
Add bubblewrap.

Wrap an old blanket around it, then a plastic bag.
Place a pretty new pull-on bag inside an already old and dirty larger bag.

Author
Angela Lansbury.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Quotations about travel, food, wine and wine bottle labels


As you sip your coffee, you may recall:

APHRODISIACS
For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words.
Isabel Allende in Of Love and Shadows.
QQ

APPLES
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. An onion a day keeps everyone away.
QQ
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
QQ

BREAD
In the Lord's prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. Nobody can worship God (or one his neighbour) on an empty stomach.
Woodrow Wilson (28 Dec 1865-3 Feb 1924, 28th US President.)
WSWW

CHAMPAGNE
In victory you deserve it; in defeat you need it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
QQ

COOKS
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
QQ

COFFEE/TEA Quotations about coffee
As you sit researching your travels, sipping coffee or tea, you might recall:

If this is tea, bring me coffee. If this is coffee, bring me tea.
US President Abraham Lincoln.

You can have any colour, so long as it's black.
Henry Ford (about motor cars).
QQ

DENTISTS
If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken more care of me teeth.
Pam Ayres
QQ

DINING and DINNER
Show me another pleasure like dinner, which comes every day, and lasts an hour.
QQ

DIRT
A little dirt never hurt anyone.
QQ
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
QQ
You'll eat a heap of muck before you die.
QQ

DRINK AND DRINKING
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may diet.
QQ

Stop at two.
(Said of children and drink.)

I recall W C Fields:
When I read that drinking was bad for you, I gave up reading.
QQ

I drink therefore I am.
WC Fields
QQ
WSWW (WC Fields 29 Jan 1880-1946 Dec 25.)

One more drink and I'll be under the host.
Dorothy Parker/Frank Sinatra.
QQ

DOCTORS
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. An  onion a day keeps everyone away.
QQ

EAT AND EATING
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.
Eat drink and be marry, for tomorrow you may diet.
QQ

One should live to eat, not eat to live.
Moliere
QQ

You are what you eat.
Brilliant-Savarin.
WSWW

FOOD / FEED/ MEALS / DINNER Quotations about food
I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food.
W C Fields
QQ

Let food be thy medicine. Let thy medicine be food.
Hippocrates.
QQ

If you can't feed, don't breed.
QQ

KITCHEN
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
QQ

MEAT
One man's meat is another man's poison.
QQ

OYSTERS
He was a bold man that first ate an Oyster.
Jonathan Swift 30 nov 1667-19 Oct 1745) Irish author of Gullivers travels. Died age 77.

TRAVEL Quotations about travel
It is better to travel in hope than to arrive.
R L Stevenson (Author of Treasure Island.)
QQ
(Many more in Quick Quotations for authors and speakers Page 92)

WATER
I never drink water. I am afraid it may become habit forming. Fish f... in it.
WC Fields
WSWW (29 Jan 1880-1946 Dec 25)

WINE Quotations about wine
A glass of wine and thou.
QQ
Good wine needs no bush.
QQ
Wine, women and song.
QQ
...
GLOSSARY
QQ quoted in my book Quick Quotations (Lulu.com)
WWSW quoted in my book Who Said What When (Lulu.com)

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer,  author, researcher, speaker.