Surabaya Trip 2017

Just came back from a short trip to Surabaya to attend my brother in-law's engagement party.  This time around I only went as far as Tunjungan Plaza and did not venture further due to the function and limited time that we had to spare for the engagement party's preparations.

My parents' house, still looks just like how I left Surabaya more than 20 years ago.  This house is a time machine.

Bangkok Biz Trip 2017 - Part 2

The 2nd part of the entry will be about my visit to Wat Pho which is about 40 minutes away from Pullman G.

Wat Pho is a sprawling temple complex.  This temple is where the Reclining Buddha is located.  There's an entrance fee of 100 Baht which includes a free bottle of drinking water.  There's also a guided tour option which I strongly recommend if you're visiting Wat Pho for the first time.  

I spent a good 90 minutes or so in Wat Pho just going around, taking photos, admiring the stupas and Buddhist statues.  

The Giant Reclining Buddha statue in Wat Pho

Bangkok Biz Trip 2017 - Part 1

For the next phase of the project, I had to travel to Bangkok.  This time it was an 8 days trip including another weekend stay.  But at least I'm very familiar with Bangkok so I didn't find it as boring as it was in Ho Chi Minh.

This time my gears are my back-up Fujifilm X-A10 + XF14mm F2.8R WR.

The trip started with the usual shot of the plane I'd be flying in.  

Usual shot of the plane on the tarmac

Another HCM Biz Trip - June 2017

2 weeks in Ho Chi Minh...  For training..  I left Singapore with a heavy heart as it was my son's school holiday and I had to go away for work instead of spending some time with him.

Departed on a Sunday late afternoon - which means I had to miss karate class again...  

Ready to go!  Déjà vu???

Ho Chi Minh Biz Trip - May 2017

Soo.... There's a first time for everything, such as a trip to Ho Chi Minh, VietNam.  Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought of going to Ho Chi Minh, but since work dictated me to do so, off I went.  For this trip I brought my trusty RX100 Mark III again as I wanted to travel light.

Ready to go after a brief shower

It Has Been Quite Sometime...

Since I last posted here.  6 weeks or so...  My schedule had been quite packed and a lot had transpired up to this point.

To start with, I finally sat for my GMAT exam, got quite a good score to get me an interview for admission to NTU's part-time MBA programme which I'm still waiting for the application's outcome right now.

Lincoln and I went for our karate grading, he's now 8th kyu yellow belt while I got another double promotion, 4th kyu blue belt.  He didn't execute his Heian Shodan (平安初段) correctly but still completed the Kata.  The examining Sensei generously granted him a pass to 8th Kyu.