I think about my packing to travel and come back into quarantine at least a month in advance. I notice which clothes try out overnight. If you are quarantined in a hotel bedroom, you don't want a week's clothes hanging drying in the batroom. You want clothes, underclothes, which dry overnight.
If you can, leave a bag or suitcase with a coffee maker and spare clothes in the country where you will be quarantined if you are going to be landing back in your home country, but going straight to the quarantine hotel with no time to collect clothes, for the right season and weather. You also might be tired of your holiday clothes and want a change.
If you are ultra paranoid about losing your suitcase and clothes, you might want to take clothes which were not new which you can afford to lose.
Here's how I converted a pink shirt thrown out by my husband into a jacket suitable for a woman.
How I did it.
The sleeves were too long, the buttons did up the wrong way and the collar was too stiff. The material was fine. The garment had several lovely buttons. The colour was great, girly pink.
I turned the cuffs inside out, and folded them up the inside of the sleeve, not once but twice.
I folded the buttons down the front to the inside, and the buttonholes on the other side. How to keep this in place? Ironing?
No. Quicker than that. I used a duck clip. I possess two of them, so one at the top and one further down. The clip holds the jacket in place and conceals the buttons and buttonholes.
Lastly the neck. I could cut it off to make a mandarin collar. However, I was in a hurry. So I just turned the collar to the inside. I had a new outfit for our next family meal and photo.
The label is Limited Collection, which is Marks & Spencer.
Useful Websites
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About the Author
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, is a semi-retired travel writer still researching bucket list countries and seeking out the special, unusual, people, places, landmarks, hotels, museums and trails, fabulous foods, recipes, clothes and online souvenir shopping.
Angela Lansbury is a member of Toastmasters International.
About the Author Angela Lansbury
The Author - Quick Quotations
Angela Lansbury B A Hons is the author of ten books by regular publishers plus another ten self-published books.
About Angela The Speaker & Trainer
Angela Lansbury is a teacher of English and other languages to Toastmasters clubs and businesses.
Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Vice President Public Relations, Immediate Past President. VPPR
Former Area Director S3. Club Coach for Nee Soon South Toastmasters Club.
Also Member of: TCA Toastmasters Club; Singapore Online Dynamic; Harrovians UK
BHA
Past meetings have included Garen Tee on using story telling in business, on
bha.learncool.sg/meet/bha .
Recent meetings of BHA included an educational session on using Powerpoint for posters.
Next BHA meetings, always first Wednesday evening, 7 pm Singapore time. Next meeting is the third Saturday afternoon, June 19th 2pm Singapore time. Inauguration of the new committee was by the incoming Director of S, plus a lively speech on teamwork.
Next meetings will be on these dates (unless a national holiday in Singapore or worldwide)
Themes and word of the day are tentative
2021
JULY - JUBILANT JULY
Theme/WOD Jubilant
WORKSHOPS & EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS (based on level one of Pathways)
1 Your first speech or role EASY ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Articles A and The, Plurals, Tenses, Pronunciation, Singlish)
2 CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Wed July 7th
Saturday 17th
July 4rh American Independence Day.
2021 AUGUST - AWESOME AUGUST
1 Pathway Level 1 Introductory Speeches
2 Evaluations
Wed 4th
Sat 21
2021 SEPT - SUPER SEPTEMBER
Wed 1st
Sat 18th SPEECH CONTESTS
Humorous Speech Contest
Table Topics Contest
2021 OCT - ODD OCTOBER
Wed 6th
Sat 16th
2021 NOV - NOVELTY NOVEMBER
Wed 3rd
Sat 20th Wed
Diwali Hindu Festival of lights Nov 4th.
Nov 25th American Thanksgiving.
Hanukah starts 28 Dec 8 days until Dec 6. Jewish Festival of lights, celebrated by Jesus.
2021 DEC - DARLING DECEMBER
Wed 1st (Hanukah if not previous month. Festival foods.)
Sat 18th
Speech on
JAN 2022 - JOYFUL JANUARY
Wed Jan 5th New beginning - forget the past
Sat 15 Long-term plans = for the future/Chinese New Year (CNY for short)
2022 FEB FUN FEBRUARY
Theme Love and romance - Chinese New Year
Feb 1st and 2nd are holidays - do we move this Feb 2nd meeting date?)
Wed 2nd (Valentine's Day Mon Feb 14)
Sat 19th
2022 MAR - MARVELLOUS MARCH
Theme
Wed 2nd
Sat 19
March 1st is Christian Pancake day.
2022 APR - APRIL'S AIMS
Wed 6th
Sat 16th
Muslim Ramadan 1-30 April.
Jewish Passover (Seder meal=Last supper) April
16
2022 MAY - MODERNISING MAY
2022 JUN - JUBILANT JUNE
Jul 6, Jul 16, Aug 3, Aug 20, Sept 7, Sept 17, Oct 5, Oct 15, Nov 2, Nov 19, Dec 7, Dec 17.
Angela The Blogger
Angela has several blogs speeches, comedy and song writing and organizing, writing intermittently, but writes almost daily on these three:
See many varied posts such as the post on sculptor Tom Harvey.
Please share links to your favourite posts.
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