[Leica] Inaugural LUG-Singapore luncheon

["Terence and Patricia" <terpat@magix.com.sg>]

A merry bunch of LUGGERS met for a meal, and to share stories and pictures
in Singapore yesterday.  Kindly called together by our own Dan Khong, our
group met for lunch at, of all places, the hospital restaurant at KK Women's
and Children's Hospital. Present were Dan, Lee YZ, TM Lee, Ng Tong Leng,
Paul Huang, David Lum, Dennis Thong, Malcolm McCalley and myself. It was
really nice and interesting to finally meet LUGgers so close to home.

One of the highlights was when we were treated to some beautiful photographs
taken by Dan and David, which inspired a few of us to 'get out there and
burn film.' There was a small collection of Leica M bodies and lenses as
well as Tom's Rapidwinder and softreleases as well as a couple of
Voigtlander lenses. Apologies to TM who brought the only R7, but I'm sure
everyone was surprised how much we could talk about owning and using Leica
stuff. Malcolm showed us his Leica 8mm movie camera which I'm certain none
of us, save Malcolm himself, knew very much about.

Food was okay, I suppose, for a hospital. We were all much more interested
in getting to know one another and sharing advice and stories. Finally, Dan
had to rush off for an urgent operation, and the group had unanimously
appointed him our local 'chairman' in absentia. Dan, are you reading this?

Dan, thank you for getting our little group together and allowing us to meet
and share. Networking, I was saying, is so important nowadays.

Terence
Singapore