45 Minutes Apart

Singapore and Malaysia are approximately 45 minutes apart by plane. Faster than the trip to the office and back home while I was still in Manila. But then again, given the transit to the airport and the waiting time to board, I guess they would be comparable.

I visited Malaysia last week for a meeting then found myself back in the office before the weekend which included a trip to the Ministry of Sound and another tour of Vivo City.

The first time I went up the Petronas Towers was in 2002.

Welcome to 54 - one of the rooms in the Ministry of Sound at Clarke Quay, Singapore

My sister playing around with the digicam and I was her obedient subject.

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.