Skinhead

(I'm updating on the free internet service in the airport. Asian countries rock!!)

About to fly out to Alice Springs via Darwin. It's going to be a horrible night of cramped planes, no sleep and hanging about in airports...grr.

Our last day in Singapore was uneventful except for Vic's dramatic new hairstyle. This morning at about 1am we shaved her head. Well, I say shaved, but really it's a number 3 which is quite long (maybe 1.5 cm??) so I maintain that it's more cropped. It looks amazing, as of course it would on gorgeous Vic. It was a bit of a terrifying process though, especially as I was under pressure to do it evenly and not leave any bald patches, etc. I think I've done well. My cousins were pretty surprised and 4 year old Lottie doesn't like it at all:

"Do you like Vic's new hair, Lottie?" shakes head.
"Does she look like a boy?" nods.

We may be able to post pictures later courtesy of Marie, who we met for lunch. We finally managed to force ourselves to try durian - the incredibly smelly fruit that's a far-east speciality. It smells like rubbish (it's banned from public transport and most hotels and public places; it really is that bad), has the texture of raw chicken, only more squidgey, and tastes...ew. Yuck. Not sweet like most fruit - it's kind of garlicky, and basically horrible. Plus we can't get the smell to wash off our hands...eww.