It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas

I almost forgot that Christmas is just around the corner! I took this photo at Vivo City (Singapore's newest and biggest shopping mall). Tangs, a department store, had a Christmas booth and it kinda got me into the groove.

Not sure where I will spend Christmas yet. I prefer not to go back to Manila.

Up in the Sky

For the first time ever, I am using internet on board a flight. So consider this post extra special.

I just came from Sydney and apart from work (which I really came there for), I also spent time with new and old friends. Checked out the usual places but explored a few new ones.

Now I am traveling to Singapore to catch a late afternoon flight that takes me to Bangkok. I'll be there for 1.5 weeks to attend a Leadership Course. It's sad to leave Sydney (cut the trip short by 3 days) but hey, it's a training program I'm attending with colleagues from other countries in a very decent hotel so can't complain.

Hopefully I can schedule a return trip to Sydney in March to attend a friend's wedding.

Friends I hung out with at least twice in this trip :

The boys from Bondi - Ben and David.

Naomi two years after the Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan, Thailand

[Update 5 Nov 06: More photos on Australia here]

Lots of Walking this Weekend

North America or Europe?

I went to the NATAS travel fair at the Singapore Expo and spent around 3 hours collecting leaflets and brochures to prepare for a major holiday in 2007.

The travel fair happens twice a year (March and September), with each attempting to cover packages for the next two quarters. Unfortunately, Oct to Mar are busy months for work so I will have to leisurely go through all the stuff I collected (equivalent in weight to my weekly groceries!).

Also saw a model of the A380, the largest plane on the planet. Can't figure out how big it is?

- From conceptualisation to assembly about 6,000 engineers and technicians have worked on the A380 programme development

- Each wingspan has an area of 845sq meters that can shelter 2800 people

- It has a total volume of 1570 cubic meters, enough to accommodate 4.5 million tennis balls

- It has the height of 24.1 meters (approximately the height of 5 giraffes)

- A length of 72.6 meters (2 times the length of a blue whale)

Singapore Airlines : the first to fly A380

Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival

I also checked out the lantern festival at the Chinese Garden with friends. First time in the area. Very impressive lanterns. More photos to be uploaded on Fotopages soon.