Mat Who?

On my recent trip to Dubai, I stopped in at S'pore for a week, I saw these 'wanted' posters everywhere. Mat Selamat on the loose. An Al Qaeda/Jamia Ismalia operator - And he escaped from a Singapore detention centre! 'Impossible', said some and 'in collusion with the guards' said others. Whatever, intense excitement all around. This has spawned a flurry of mat-related blogs from the erstwhile Mr Brown. One quirky blog suggested - open a satay stall at the outskirt of the forest he was supposed to be hiding out in - and that would flush him out - crazed with hunger. An oddball side effect of the eventual manhunt was that the police captured 60 'illegal' labourers who wer camped out and hiding in the forest!! Ah well....
I also got to ride on the new Singapore 'Flyer' -currently the world's largest - till China (of course) finish building theirs. It was a rush, and a great view, but beware - if you're stuck in one of the pods with a family with screaming kids, you're trapped for 30 min (one revolution). So, even a great view is a matter of chance. I went twice (once at night) and my second trip was torture with a mewling, puking screamer...