9 weeks

What can you accomplish in 9 weeks? How much can you change in 9 weeks? What kind of memories, experiences and impact can you make in 9 weeks?

9 weeks. That’s how long my female owner is going to be in Singapore. 9 weeks is exactly 2 months, 1/6 of a year. 9 weeks is 2/3 of a 13-week academic semester, which is about the time when assignments are due.

What difference can 9 weeks make? Onli Fren’s baby is about 9 weeks old. You can lose about 5kg in 9 weeks. You can finish a short-term course in 9 weeks e.g. beginners’ salsa/ foreign language/ cooking.

What lies ahead for my female owner?
Special days: Her mother’s birthday, Christmas, her 18th birthday, New Year’s day, Chinese New Year.

Resumption of favourite activities: Aikido (top of her list), badminton, exercising (??), suppers, catching up with old friends, hanging out with Singaporean friends whom she made in Brisbane, baking with her Onli Fren and Brisbane-Singaporean friends, drinking (in moderation) with Potahto, playing with us turtles!

Food she must eat: all things Asian - laksa, chicken rice, carrot cake, char kway teow, chicken curry, nasi lemak, chilli crab, durians, Old Chang Kee chicken wings, Shilin mee sua, mother’s cooking of course, roti prata, mutton soup, mee goreng (the real one, not the instant noodle), Ajisen ramen noodle, satay, otar, kopitiam kopi. Desserts – ice kacang, chendol, mango sago, iced longan,

Places to visit: AMK Hub, St James Power Station, Orchard Road and the like, East Coast Beach, Geylang (for the food), Bukit Timah, Pulau Ubin (anybody wanna go with her?!)

Others: Short getaway with her Impromptu friends, hosting Brisbane-made friends

Un-fun stuff: Hopefully secure free-lance work, statistical analysis for RA work, meeting up with her research supervisor (who will be teaching at the local university), tidy up her laptop, read up on her thesis