Archive for April, 2009

Singapore and the global economic crisis

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

 

 
Is Singapore affected by the global economic crisis?
Is there a place on this planet not affected by the crisis?
Obviously, every country in the developed world is hit hard by the effects of the current crisis - which started in the U.S. housing market in 2007  -  due to its enormous scope and international scale. Many [...]

The world’s first hybrid power plant under construction in Germany

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Due to enormous subsidies paid by electricity consumers, Germany has become a leader in renewable energy technologies, most notably wind energy. Although alternative sources of energy might soon become close to cost-competitive with conventional energy sources, they can barely be considered a real alternative as long as the energy output is not reliable. The problem [...]

the Singapore Flyer

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Singapore’s skyline is really impressive. All Singaporeans can be proud of what they and the generations before have achieved. The height of the skyscrapers lining the Singapore River and Marina Bay shows how successfully Singapore had been turned into a bustling global business and trade hub from a port village in the matter of a few [...]

impressions from Singapore

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

as I promised, here are the first photos from my trip to Singapore:

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Uniquely Singapore

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

It’s 5.40 am and I just stepped out of a Boeing 747-400 after a 12 hour red-eye flight from Singapore, but I feel relaxed and wide awake. Though I had booked an economy class flight, I received a new boarding pass for Business Class when boarding the aircraft at Singapore’s Changi Airport because economy class [...]