Mimi on June 1st, 2008

I flew to Jakarta last week on KLM. Since I checked in for my flight online, it occurred to me that it’s just as good an opportunity as any to share with you the ease and convenience of checking in online when flying with KLM.
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Mimi on May 22nd, 2008

When it comes to hotels, I’m always on the lookout for three things: cleanliness, location, and value for money. Luckily, in Europe, it is possible to get all three, unlike in Asia, where 1-star or no-star hotels compromise a lot on the cleanliness aspect. Hôtel Central in Geneva fulfilled all three of these criteria […]

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Mimi on May 14th, 2008

My assistant and I flew to and from Singapore on AirAsia yesterday. We went in the morning, had a meeting with one customer, had a second meeting with a supplier, then flew back in the evening.
The flights were on time, the leather seats were impeccably clean and felt luxuriously good, and the flight was so […]

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Mimi on May 4th, 2008

My love affair with Switzerland started when I first laid eyes on its mountains and lakes and meadows in 1999. I fell in love at first sight and I fell hard.

Image from MySwitzerland.com
At that time, DH and I needed to go to Geneva but Malaysia Airlines only flew to Zurich, so at his suggestion, we […]

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Mimi on May 1st, 2008

After staying for about a week in Europe, the 6-hour difference — KL’s GMT +8 vs Geneva/Paris/Amsterdam’s GMT +2 — has thrown my body completely into a loop.
By the time I got back home, it took me about the same number of days to recover completely. I’ve been sleeping for the past week for hours […]

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