Tuesday, July 27, 2021

City Names - do you know China's Northern city, and America's The angels?

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Names of places teach you languages, and geography. USA - Learn some Spanish  The angels is easy for most Americans. Los Angeles. Two words,...
Monday, July 26, 2021

City and Country Nicknames, affectionate and humorous - Australia, China, New Zealand, Singapore, the USA

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I use city names to learn languages. But nicknames can also help you to remember locations and feel good about places you have visited or wi...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Where are the Nobel Prize Winners' Statues, Walks, Monuments, Memorials and Museums? From Australia to the USA, worldwide.

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Shimon Perez of Israel. Menachem Begin of Israel. Monument in Israel to Israeli Nobel Prize winners. The sign reads in Hebrew then English: ...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

See Old Favourite Comic heroes in Statues - Ernie Wise of Morcambe and Wise

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  Super statue of Ernie Wise lifting his hat to you, in Morely, Yorkshire, England, UK. Statue of  Ernie Wise in Morley, West Yorkshire, Eng...

The Memorial in Wales to the X-Troop Secret Jewish Commandos

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  What an unlikely place to find a memorial to Jewish WW2 commandos. You wouldn't even know they were Jewish. Unless you had read the bo...
Friday, July 23, 2021

The Latest On Lockdowns In Singapore July 2021

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 In Singapore more restrictions have been imposed. By the swimming pool in the Condo the security staff were removing the white plastic chai...

What Service do you expect in restaurants? Free water? Water glasses? Cutlery and cup handles correctly placed?

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Table Laying   Is it too much to expect the server in a restaurant to see that the water glass is placed top right of the table mat? Is it ...