Archive for the 'Singapore' Category

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 [...]

at Singapore’s Changi Airport

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Right now I’m sitting in a rainforest garden next to a Koi pond in Terminal 2 of Singapore’s Changi Airport waiting for my flight.
 
In the past 10 days I have not really had a lot of time to post, but I’ll report in detail about my experiences in this wonderful city in the next few [...]

Wakeboarding @ East Coast Park, Suntec City Fountain Of Wealth

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Yesterday morning I was not yet sure what exactly I wanted to do. I had already seen most sights, the weather was nice but too cloudy to be able to enjoy a beautiful view from the Flyer… So I took a look at my guidebook and soon I decided to visit East Coast Park. I [...]

my Little India adventure

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Today (my 5th day in SG) I went to Little India after I had taken some nice photos of Singapore’s skyline from the rooftop garden of the Esplanade Theaters in the early morning.
As I’ve now seen the most important sighs (the CBD, Singapore River, Clark’s Quay, Fort Canning, Vivo City, Sentosa Island, China Town, Bugis, [...]

my first day in SINGAPORE

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Having arrived at Changi airport at 3.50 pm local time, I first dropped off my luggage at my hotel and immediately afterwards rushed to the CBD on the modern super-clean air-conditioned MRT train (Mass Rapid Transit). Singapore is an amazing city for numerous reasons. Apart from being an economic success story, the atmosphere on the [...]

just arrived in SINGAPORE!!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

I arrived at Singapore’s Changi airport five minutes ago after an amazing 12 hour flight. The weather is great, about 90 degrees Fahrenheit and sunshine.
More to come later …

Singapore determined to master the storm

Friday, February 20th, 2009

“When we invest, we are investing for 10, 15, 20 years. You may look as if you are making a big loss today, but you have not borrowed money to invest. You will ride the storm, the company recovers, your shares go up.”  (Lee Kuan Yew - Singapore’s Founding Father)
Given these turbulent economic times, it’s [...]