In Hong Kong

Since these are our last days in Asia, we decided to do some traveling. Last weekend all of us went to Hong Kong. We flew by Singapore Airways and I was very suprised with the superior service. No wonder it is considered the best airline in the world. It takes about 3.5 hours to fly to Hong Kong from Singapore.

Next to Victoria Harbour


On a different angle



Christian enjoying Changi airport (Singapore)


Hong Kong





Enjoying? the sun in a wealty neighborhood


Traveling by Sampan in the South China Sea


In Disneyland Hong Kong


Daddy with Sarah and Danny


Main Street, USA


Cinderella's castle


Danny is learning to drive...




Hannah and Christian enjoying Disneyland


Sarah watching a movie during the HK-Singapore flight


Singapore Airline's new A380

Visit to Cambodia

Last weekend Sarah and I went to Cambodia. We visited the ruins of Angkor Wat at Siem Reap. Here are some of the pictures and later on I will write more about our impressions.

At the entry of Angkor Wat




At the airport




Angkor Thom


Face to face with the giant


Bayon head


Smiley Sarah


At the root of the problem...


In the floating village


Traveling by Tuk Tuk


Riding horses in the countryside


At the landmine museum

Happy birthday

Today my friends at the office brought a cake to celebrate my birthday (Next Sunday). It was a suprise for me, I did not expected it. One person was joking that it was a "Mexican" cake but it looked like..., well, a regular cake. It was good though.

The smalls details tell a lot about the group I'm in. It's always nice to be remembered when a birthday comes. Last year I celebrated my birthday in Ithaca, NY, altough I can't remember what we did.

Another reason to remember this birthday: My acquarium pump works!... and I looked dumb when it did. Let me explain. Two days ago the pump stopped working. I dryed it and put it back but it still wouldn't work. Then I decided to take it to the place where I bought it and complain. Sure enough, when I told the attendant about my problem, he simply took it apart, reassembled it and voila! It worked perfectly. This shows that I am definitely not a handy man.

Singapore Heat

Here in Singapore the "hot" season appears to be starting. I was told, half jokingly I guess, that there are two seasons in this tropical island: Hot and Hotter. Apparently one of the reasons to be this hot is the lack of rain. During the last 3 months or so was raining almost daily and the sky was cloudy. As a resut, the weather was hot but not unbearable. Lately, the days have been quite sunny and the heat comes in full force.

Also, Air Conditioners are blasting indoors and sometimes it gets freezing cold, in particular in my office. There is a striking contrast between the heat outside and the cold inside. All of my Singaporean friends are so used to this that they did not even notice until I mentioned it. As Lee Kwan Yews once said, aircon is one of the gratest inventions of mankind. I agree with him in this hot weather.