Today I visited Singapore's National Museum with boyfriend P and our female Mexican friend who also happened to be in Singapore. I was amazed by one particular fact that I discovered there. As late at 1860 the male:female ratio in the city was 10:1, because it was a place that men came to work, leaving their families behind in their home countries! My immediate thoughts were, in one sense at least, it must have been a gay paradise :-). ...
Well it's chucking it down with rain, the lawn mower is packed away this can only mean Richard and I are planning for what comes after Autumn - namely Winter!The overcoats are out of the cupboard and today we are awaiting the arrival of our local Dick van Dyke. With the price of gas and electricity so high we have decided to put our open fire to more use and to ensure they are operating efficiently we have the chimney sweep coming today.Hopefully it'll be painful and clean - the last time the chimney was cleaned (by Richard), the ...