SINGAPORE SLING
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In 1986 we spent several weeks in the Far East including 3 weeks touring China (before the fall of Communism!).
For the return trip, I had booked two nights at the Singapore Hilton - to get a hot bath and relax, and because the lobby had 80 shops.
On arrival, my husband suggested I wait with the cases whilst he joined the queue at reception to check us in.
Of course, having been starved of shops for 3 weeks, I said I did not want to wait with the cases, and was going shopping!.
He as "very keen" for me to stand and wait with the cases and I told him that it was foolish to leave me there as I was bound to see someone I knew.
He told me not to be ridiculous - we were in the middle of Singapore. So I waited with the cases.
Within two minutes, a lady (now deceased) who I knew from a charity group I belonged to walked past and asked me why I was standing with cases when there were 80 shops in the lobby!
I left the cases, we went for a coffee and a look around the shops.
Well, I had told him that I always meet someone I know!
PS We divorced three years later, but I don't think that was the reason.
Date submitted:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:58:24 +0000Coincidence ID:5842
