I should warn you about Singapore.  December is the best month to be here because of the Christmas holiday decorations, plus, it is not uncomfortably hot....just plain hot, typically still up to 90F.  However in the hottest month, June, only goes up to 92F.  But the monsoon season starts in December, where it rains, usually in the later afternoons.   The second day in the Singapore Ritz-Carlton Millennia started with breakfast.  Entrance to hotel from inside. Lobby area, featuring  Chihuly  art. Line for the buffet breakfast. Entrance to breakfast area. Noodle maker. First course of noodles. Second course of miso soup, rice, Japanese pickles and two eggs over easy. Third course of bread from India, tart from China and donut from the USA. Very soon after breakfast, into the Club Lounge for a very light lunch. Then came dinner in the Club Lounge. Light show of Singapore Marina Bay from the Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge. Walked only 1500 steps today. I pr...

First, some news of the day. President Donald Trump is in the UK today . There is a preliminary deal to  divest TikTok from ByteDance. The wars in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine are not close to being settled. The  U.S. stock market slid today,  awaiting the Federal Reserve interest rate decision on Wednesday. The   S&P 500   traded 0.13% lower to close at 6606.76, after hitting a fresh record earlier in the session. The   Nasdaq Composite   lost 0.07% to finish the session at 22,333.96. The   Dow Jones Industrial Average   dropped 125.55 points, or 0.27%, to close at 45,757.90. Guns kill.  Florida finally allowed the open carrying of firearms, the LAST Republican state to do so.  Actually, only three states prohibits this:  California, Illinois and New York, plus Washington, D.C.  Hawaii is one of those states that allows, but you need to first obtain a county-issued license, which requires specific training and eligibili...