Category: Travel

So I was stuck in Paris, CDG airport. Luckily, I managed to get a seat of another flight and all I needed was to find ways to kill the 5 hours wait. First thing came to mind, of course was to send email to Copenhagen to postpone the meeting …

In the whole Terminal 2D of this airport, there were only two Internet Kiosks and the minimum charge to access the net (for 15 minutes) was “only” 2.5 Euro. What a rip off ? Do the airport operator know Internet now is very important to business travelers, or any casual travelers ?

I swiped my credit card and started to type the email with the metalic keyboard, letter by letter … what a pain ?!

Lesson Learnt: Make ubiquitous Internet access free please.

I checked the details of the e-Ticket (Hometown – Paris – Copenhagen) and asked myself many times before the trip – “Can I really make the connection in 50 minutes in CDG airport ?” …

Almost like a Murphy’s Law experiment, the flight delayed to take off for half an hour… and it took longer flight hour than expected to arrive Paris because of strong wind … and then it was a long queue to go to the connect-flight transfer area … and it took me 18 minutes to run from one gate to another (what a brilliant design of airport ?!)

I missed the flight to Copenhagen. Dame it. And I have to stuck in the CDG airport …

Lesson Learnt: Reserve at least two hours for flight connection.

Walked along the Singapore River and met these two little kitties, relaxing under the hot sun … I asked myself “What I am here for?”

“Why keep chasing the latest technology?”

“Why pushing myself to the limit for each project?”

Lesson Learnt: Life is a lot more than technology and excellency. Relax.

It’s hot in Singapore, so hot that I wondered why people like to dine in open air places (like Clarke Quay). Been there, done that … and in fact the restaurants there are equipped with air conditioners. But how ?

And here is it … check out the eclipse-shaped openning / duct on the left of the photo, behind the chair.

Lesson Learnt: Be creative.

It was my number X visit to Singapore already and the trip was for a conference about “Service Oriented Architecture”. The two days’ conference was actually quite boring but I did have a good time there … let’s start with some photos from the tourist rip-off zone – Clarke Quay …

Clarke Quay was a very colorful place, even all the food there are very very pricy. The proof (the colors, not the food) …

Lesson Learnt: Let’s forget the price for the moment, but why the tourist spot in our city cannot be designed as colourful in Lion City ?