Re: [Leica] Inaugural LUG-Singapore luncheon

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

And those of us there were introduced to our very own Dr.
Blacktape-Singapore, with apologies to B.D. :-)

Terence

- -----Original Message-----
From: Terence and Patricia <terpat@magix.com.sg>
To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:45 PM
Subject: [Leica] Inaugural LUG-Singapore luncheon


>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
>