Day 2: New Year’s Eve
So, I abused the Hastwell’s computer so much that the wireless keyboard drained. Hmmm… Anyhoo, New Year’s Eve was a fantastic event, hosted chez Hastwell. We had a great view of fireworks over Singapore Harbour from the balcony (although no photos of fireworks came out!) and had some entertainment courtesy of some chinese sparklers. Check […]
Day 2: Breakfasting with Orang Utangs
Sleep was good. Mmmmm… Wasn’t even perturbed by having to share it with Will. This morning’s venture was Singapore Zoo – breakfasting with Orang Utangs, followed by a leisurely tour and whatever took our fancy. Our fantastic hosts, Matt and Delph, had arranged for us to eat curry, noodles, Kimchee and fruit, whilst watching Orang […]
Day 1: Snow in Singapore
Ou record run to the airport was somewhat called to a halt by the Australian family in the queue who refused to accept that ‘Internet Check-in’ was for people who had already checked in on the internet. Just to add insult to injury, they were carrying double the accepted luggage limit. I hope they were […]
To customs and beyond…
There’s a palpable level of excitement in the house, as the Christmas Tree has now been taken outside, the bags are packed and waiting by the door and Yos, the school bear, now has a passport and photo. No smiling, of course. Ant has been fantastic, coping with my obtuse packing methods, my absolute ignorance […]
All packed and ready to go
22.48 on Friday evening. All suitcases packed. Have checked in (online, of course) and already know which movies I’m going to watch. See you in Singapore…
2 days to go…
It’s 23.39, I’m quite pissed and haven’t started to pack yet. But I have arranged for a lift to the airport, so all is well. 🙂
Revisiting the journey
Many thanks for your comments. All 2 of them. Anyway, advice has been heeded (thanks, Anthony) and we’ll be whale-watching and swimming with dolphins in Akaroa instead of Kaikora.Rest of the trip involves the usual – volcanoes, glow worms, wine and great scenery. All thanks to the NZ Tourist Board map, a fantastic interactive flash […]
That Friday feeling
Again more ramblings this week as we continue the hunt for some interesting content. One golden oldie, the rest will appeal to some, but not all of you. Enjoy. A Adobe FlashOn (http://www.adobe.com/flashon/)One for our creative teams, really. As the boundary between content delivered over the web and content delivered via other channels blurs, we […]
So, here it is
14 days to go to Christmas; 18 days until we leave. And now I start the proper research.The challenge is this: how to create a trip that is enjoyable, educational and meets the needs of a 6 year old boy, a 34 year old man, and family? An interesting quandary indeed.So here are some of […]
Friday thoughts
No real theme this week, other than these are things that have caught my eye recently. Some are sites. Some are ideas. And some are applications. Incoherent, but just go with it… Many thanks to Springwise, the IAB, the FWA and Trendspotting for their inspiration. Type Flash (http://www.typeflash.com/)Does what it says on the tin, really. […]