August 5th, remember that date. It floats through the week each year, but it is always the day of celebration at the Singapore Embassy, one of the best attended receptions in town because Amb. Chan sets a really good table! This is the 45th anniversary of Statehood and the 20th anniversary of closer strategic defense and military ties.
The pictures I took inside were either dark or blurry (I am still learning how to use my iPhone as a camera). But I did stop outside to get one of the shields on the brick retaining wall as I walked up to the event at International Place.
Did I say we had pouring down rain the two hours before?
My boss lives in Northern Virginia and an old oak tree limb was sent right through his sun room. The 125 year old oak in the backyard, fell roots up across the power line so they were without power. But it wasn't just his tree, two other same-size trees were leveled on top of the lines too. They were the target of a severe downdraft with winds at 70 mph. The foot thick trees didn't bend, they snapped under the force. Quite a storm.
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