Letter from LA: My first White Christmas-turned-traveller’s-nightmare
It was the first time I had a real white Christmas as I woke up to a snowy Christmas day in Arlington, Texas. This was also the first time I had attended a funeral in the US as my brother-in-law was called home to be with the Lord to spend Christmas and eternity with Him.It was not just an ordin [...]
A mixed outlook for 2013 but watch the rise of the affluent in China
So assuming we all live past December 21, 2012, the big question on everyone’s lips is, what will 2013 be like?It’d be a no-brainer to say “mixed” because that’d cover all eventualities. It’d also be no surprise to hear the word “cautious”.Pictured right: Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa [...]
Exposed: The mile high romps that go on
A recent survey by Asia Pacific’s and MENA’s leading travel search siteWego has revealed that airline passengers are still quite partial to becoming members of the mile high club.This fascination of experiencing one of life’s ultimate pleasures at 35,000 feet sees no sign of waning as around [...]
Creating content: Lessons from Hollywood
I’ve always been fascinated by Hollywood and filmmaking because despite its glamour, beautiful people, and larger than life personas, movies wouldn’t get made without a whole lot of tech geeks. Technology has long been a backbone of film-making starting with the proto-geek himself Thomas Ediso [...]
Data Nerds are the New Oracles
As the US Republicans deal with the apparent rebuke from the American people and the US Democrats get to work on bridging a divided country under President Barack Obama’s renewed four-year lease after the 2012 Presidential Elections, the story that caught my attention is that of a statistician, Na [...]
A one-click business trip and friendly reviews via Facebook win THack @ WIT Singapore
More creativity and masses of hard work from developers as a teams from Skyscanner and Flocations brought a new idea to planning business trips and also capturing the best travel reviews.The two teams won the second THack held in Singapore to coincide with the annual WebinTravel conference t [...]
An invitation from Ibis to a Pillow Fight Party
As part of a new global rebranding campaign, Accor’s ibis brand family of economy hotels is hosting the world’s biggest virtual pillow fight through its Facebook app.The “Pillow Fight Party” invitation is opened to fans of ibis Facebook page in Asia Pacific. Participants not only stand a [...]
The king is dead, long live the new content
Photo above: “The Future of Content” panel at WIT, from left, Ross Veitch, CEO, Wego; George Mitchell, CTO & co-founder, Circos Brand Karma; Prof Adrian David Cheok; Gordon Locke, president, DCustom; and Melissa Yang, CTO & co-founder, Tujia, China.I heard it again on the podcast our “ [...]
WIT unplugs a world of extreme reality
Last night, the WIT 2012 journey ended with us raising close to S$35,000 for the Island Foundation of Indonesia. The funds go towards raising English and IT literacy among rural kids in Indonesia’s Riau province.Our thanks to everyone who contributed prizes – what an amazing assortment of priz [...]
Unplugged moments of PLEASURE AND PAIN
Paris-born Singapore resident Patricia Phan is a regional manager for a European f&b company, an avid traveller — and a self-confessed permanent resident of the internet. Thankfully for us, she is also a fan of social experiments, and a sucker for punishment. These are her UNPLUGGED 480 experi [...]
