Nice catch up with @momblogger yesterday! @rochellesychua

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Thanks to Noemi "the MomBlogger" Dado for the nice chat over coffee yesterday. Apologies to Rochelle for the misunderstanding. I would have liked to meet up with you as well. I'm sure we can find the time for another meet up in the next few days.

In the mean time, it's great to be on the ground putting a new layer of perspective on my observations of our fine nation. Hopefully, I'll be finding the time to share them online (opportunity and net access quality permitting).

Watch this space!

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  1. RochSeptember 23, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Looking forward... must meet before you leave ok? :D

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  2. benign0September 23, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Will try to set something up. :)

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Hi Benign0,

    My name is Tin. I sent a letter to your public e-mail address two weeks ago. I would appreciate a reply. Thank you.

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  4. benign0September 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM

    Hi Tin, apologies. I've responded to your email.

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