S'pore: (Farewell)

While the little red nation was preoccupied with its 40th independence celebration...

my beloved family...

band of brothers...

were seeing me off to the promised land--Sweden



Henry, who will be studying with me at Kungliga Tekniska högskolan [Royal Institute of Technology]



The little Swedish princess who behaved so aristocratically on our 10 h flight from Bangkok to Stockholm--calm, confident and well-mannered



Never cease to marvel the beautiful seas of cirrus clouds, whenever I am 5000m up in the air



Thai airways riding high



Sweden peering shyly through the wispy stratus clouds...
A land of cities



rivers



farms



and large patches of lush pine forests