Four days worth of top ten

It's been hard to get online in the past few days. We watched "The Golden Compass" last Thursday. I grilled barbeque, pork chops, and fish for friends last friday, and I was pooped out last night.

I said "Top Ten" for each day of December -- and I mean to keep my promise.

December 6: TOP TEN NEW PLACES DISCOVERED / VISITED
(in no particular order):

1) Library @ Esplanade
2) The Taj Mahal
3) India - Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi
4) Starbucks, United Square
5) Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, Thailand
6) St. Ignatius Parish, Singapore
7) Gold Class, GV Cinema, Vivo City
8) Lands of 'Name of the Wind'
9) Lands of 'Wheel of Time'
10) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (by mid-December)

December 7: TOP TEN KOPITIAM / FOOD COURT 'Comfort Food'
(in no particular order):

1) Tempura Don
2) Tonkatsu Don
3) Bento Box B - Teriyaki Chicken, Tempura
4) Szechuan spicy chicken with rice
5) Korean Beef with rice
6) Deep fried chicken in thai sauce, with rice
7) Grilled chicken leg with vegetables
8) Singaporean Chicken Rice
9) Beef tapa with rice
10) Mixed food plate (1 Veg + 2 Meat) with rice


December 8: TOP TEN CHRISTMAS WISHLIST
(in no particular order):

Things to hold in my hand:
1) A Canon Digital SLR
2) 1 year's subscription to The Economist
3) Portable writing journal/notebook
4) "World Cuisine" cookbook
5) A new pair of shoes
6) Personalized, professional, ballpoint pen
Things to hold in my heart:
7) The chance to meet the love of my life
8) Rekindling old friendships
9) A new beginning
10) The gift of communication

December 9: TOP TEN ARTICLES FROM 'THE ECONOMIST'
(in no particular order):

1) America's housing market: cracks in the facade - link
2) The president and congress: the war comes to washington - link
3) Nicolas Sarkozy's victory: the gaullist revolutionary - link
4) Elections in south-east asia: voting for more of the same - link
5) Apple: the third act - link
6) Myanmar: the saffron revolution - link
7) Lexington: can Hillary be stopped? - link
8) Report on business & climate change: irrational incandescence - link
9) Report on religion & public life: In God's Name - link
10) New York's schools: the great experiment - link