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Packing to the limit
For the past month, my wife, my sister, my mom, and two of my cousins have all departed from Vancouver to Singapore, and all on separate flights! That’s not the remarkable part — the remarkable part is in the packing. You see, we all originate from Singapore, a wee island at the southern tip of... »
WWDC 2007 (June 11-15)
Ok, so the Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) happens every year, and this will be the second time I will be going. I went last year, and my wife always laughs when she recalls how I got up at 6:30 am on the first day of the conference just to be there at... »
Singapore, again
It’s the festive season in Singapore. Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa (Eid ul Fitr) occur within days of each other (some dub this “DeepaRaya”), and next month it will be Christmas. To say the least, everything is hectic here with a lot of shopping and generally a lot of people everywhere. Singapore is a... »
Chiang Kai Shek Airport wireless sign-up, in English perhaps?
So I’m off to Singapore again, on EVA Airways – nothing spectacular, except that I’m stuck in the middle row of seats, in the middle seat – not exactly fun. But the Deluxe class seats are extremely comfortable, so I don�t mind. EVA has a Deluxe class, for CAD$100 more return, you can get... »
Two
Phuket. Two days. Two times lucky. Two days — that’s the number of days we missed the tsunami by. Zuzan and I were in Phuket from Dec 21st 2004 to Dec 24th 2004. Zuzan wanted to extend our vacation by at least a day, but I nixed that idea because not only was she coughing... »