Origins of the Blue Cross
The last thing I would think I would find out about the Blue Cross is at Fort Siloso in Singapore. But there it was, just a small strip, but it spoke volumes of the atrocities that Japanese exacted on literally everyone they encountered and conquered during World War II. The Blue Cross, sister of the Red Cross, was in charge of sweeping up the dead bodies from the streets, doing the stuff that needed to be done but no one wanted to do.
Where in the World is Hancock?
I haven’t seen the movie but I did see Will Smith on Ellen talking about the movie, does that count? It seems like the premise is exactly the same as that of The Incredibles so I’m not sure if I want to watch this, especially after the low budget (one actor) movie that Smith was in the last time. Is the movie out where you’re at? What do you think? Thumbs up or down?
An Extra Pair
It’s always good to bring an extra pair of glasses with you when you’re travelling. You never know when something is going to go wrong and when the glasses go, the rest of the trip can be one miserable mess.
While in Shanghai, my travelling partner broke her glasses in half. She is pretty near sighted and needed them so we went to get a pair done. That was a bit of nightmare as the variety available was not very stylish and the prices, surprisingly expensive!
So just bring along an extra pair, they don’t weigh much after all. If you don’t have an extra pair they don’t have to cost much. In fact, you can get them online. Grab a cheap pair at zennioptical.com where you can find a huge selection of frames: single vision lens, sunsensor (potochromic) lens, tinted suglasses lens, bifocal lens and progressive lens.