You are supposed to feel filthy rich when downshifting, because your pay goes up and your expenses go down ( Read more... )

It starts out as a rather promising documentary about the making of A380. Say, I had no idea that designing a new airplane is such a huge thing. Apparently, a lot of airplanes are merely tweaks of existing models. It's a bit like playing Lego and combining the existing details ( Read more... )

This and maybe a somewhat surreal trip to Mt Cook was the highlight of the entire trip.

Skydiving comprises quite a few things when you think about it: a short scenic flight (if you choose a scenic spot, that is), the skydiving itself and some paragliding. We chose Franz Josef Glacier, a breathtakingly beautiful World Heritage Site, also the site ( Read more... )

There are things you do not expect yourself to like, but do anyway, for experience. That's why I bungy jumped ( Read more... )

Imagine putting on a left glove on a right hand. Some fingers will not notice the difference (say, the middle finger), some will feel a lot roomier and others will feel weird and constrained. Russia feels just like that in several respects. Say, anonymity ( Read more... )

Something about work culture here baffles me. It is as if a piece of a puzzle were missing.
A working day starts late, because most people come in at 10 am and go for coffee. By 11 am everyone is finally awake and starts answering emails. By noon it's time to eat already and that's when people realise that they have barely started work, but a lot ( Read more... )

I usually make it a point to get out of Singapore every Christmas/New Year. It has been anecdotally proven to result in a good year ahead. In truth, though, there is nothing special happening in Singapore at that time and the abundance of public holidays makes ambitious holiday plans easy ( Read more... )

1) I hear a lot of foreign languages spoken here. When I left in 1998, the first time I heard someone speak English among themselves was at the airport. It shocked the hell out of me ( Read more... )

Singapore has kissed me goodbye with a lot of farewell alcohol and a sunburn. I had a few farewell parties that came in different forms and shapes. Traditional breakfasts, brunches, lunches, dinners, suppers and drinks. And much less conventional runs and wakeboarding sessions. I'm thankful to whoever offered help, be it in terms of rides given to ( Read more... )

I like how the year is starting.
So far I have gone to the South Island in New Zealand, Kuala Lumpur and Sipadan in Malaysia and am going to Moscow next month. I bungy jumped, dived, survived a rather dangerous fall with just a few bruises and am trying to pull off a feat of packing my entire houseful of belongings in just two days. I have also ( Read more... )