Author: F C

I made two trips to the bank today, one to throw some money into my bank account so that I can pay off my zip car, and one to cash in my reimbursement for my Rhode Island trip. Boy did I ever need that money.

In a second one – two punch, two hurricanes, Bonnie and Charley, are crashing in on Friday and Sunday. Miraculously, Saturday is all clear for our picnic. Yay! As I write this, the hailstones are starting to bounce off of the AC….

Building down the block is asking for $250K for a studio, up to $750K for a two bedroom according to the NY Times. What’s really amazing is that you can see my apartment and several buildings that other writers on this blog will recognize out the window of the (QuickTime required) virtual tour of one of their units. Look at the last 30 seconds of the video as the camera flies through the patio.

For the other amazing thing, The Amazing Race, they are traipsing through Egypt, with the pitstop at the Sphinx. Wow, what visuals! On the other hand, who knew that one team would be stuck because they didn’t know what the word “satchel” meant. If you missed the episodes, catch the hilarious recaps at Television Without Pity – The Amazing Race .

YC: I tried sending email to you and it didn’t work. Maybe I should use your YC address. Anyway I need to give you a call about hotel in Ipoh and getting my butt through Singapore — want to try Skype? I won’t be home tomorrow because of the wedding.

I just plunked down a wad of money to go to YC’s wedding. It’s not the world’s greatest itinerary and I couldn’t get the date I wanted going into KL, but it’s the cheap $895 flight compared against the $1300 alternatives:

KE 84Q 25AUG 1155P JFK->ICH 27AUG 325A
KE 641Q 27AUG 1:05P ICH->SIN 27 AUG 625P

I was thinking that maybe I would hate a really long layover; at least that’s what the travel agent was saying.Going to Seoul is out of the question — it’s 2 hours by bus to get there. But then, it’s Korea, and the word is that they have a really good transit hotel that has 2 Korean restaurants. Can we say time to go crazy? At least it will give me an opportunity to shower before the next leg of the trip. The flight will be also on Korean Air. The word is that the seats are tight, and they don’t have personal entertainment screens. However, the service is supposed to be good, and the Korean food is supposed to be excellent.