Archive for the 'Singapore' Category

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 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 [...]