DH and I had a dinner meeting with two Korean guys last night at Sheraton Subang’s Miyako (Japanese restaurant). For the purposes of this blog post, let’s just call them Mr. Lee and Mr. Kim.
As we savoured the wonderful food in such a cozy ambiance, the conversation invariably went from a purely business discussion to [...]
I just got back late last night from Jakarta — my first business trip for 2009. My schedule’s been hectic, hence I haven’t had the chance to write anything for the past couple days, despite my having already secured a replacement for my now-good-as-dead Sony VAIO.
With the worldwide economic downturn far from over, companies all [...]
Continue reading about Shoe-Shine Boys In Jakarta’s Cengkareng Airport
This is a long overdue post about a trip that we made to Johor, in the south of Malaysia, almost three weeks ago, where we got the opportunity to go for a quick joyride on horseback (never mind if it meant going round and round the paddock only) inside Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Skudai, [...]
Travelling is not without its dangers — getting lost or robbed in a foreign country, losing your passport, committing a cultural faux pas, getting involved in an automobile accident when you don’t have any car insurance — just to name a few.
There is also a different kind of danger that few people give a thought [...]
Continue reading about Language — The Hidden Danger Of Travel
Ever had that nagging feeling that you forgot to pack something for a very important trip? You’d go through that slip of paper where you’ve hurriedly scribbled your list of stuff to pack, check your bag a couple of times, sit down and think for a while what it is that you could have possibly [...]
