Tiger Airways: Best of the time, Worst of the time

Traveled with Tiger Airways again. There is some significant changes in its inflight service.

First, Tiger Tales, the inflight magazine, has got rid of the catalog of duty free goods, and the menu of food & beverage available in flight.

Second, they don't seem to sell any duty free goods in flight anymore.

I wonder, is it a cost-cutting measure or they have earned enough that they don't need any income from in flight duty free sales?

My observation is that the flight to/from Guangzhou had been full for the last couple of times I traveled with Tiger. The price of the air ticket is going up instead of down.

Mmmh, interesting...

Changes at Singapore Budget Terminal

There has been some changes in Singapore Budget Terminal. The one and only Han's cafe there has been kicked out of its original location, to make way for a MacDonald outlet, which is still work in progress.

Yet Han's Cafe is not completely out, they have a smaller operation there, with only a handful of tables, and a small crew to manage their stalls.

In the restricted area of the Budget Terminal, more tables are available for the eatery outlets. More sofas and chairs in the waiting areas too. Now it may be a better choice to have your breakfast in the restricted area than outside if you're catching an early morning flight like me. :)

Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery

Microstock: ShutterStock on Facebook

ShutterStock has made a presence in the most popular social website - facebook! Wow...

Their facebook link is: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Shutterstock/8333641277?ref=ts

Microstock: 500

500, yes, this is my 500th photo at ShutterStock! Finally I have 500 photos in my ShutterStock portfolio. That was my target for last year. It took me 4 more months than expected to reach that goal.

The goal for this year is to reach 800 photos. I am already a bit late, but I still have another 8 months to work on it.

Yes, I will achieve it! Ganbatte!

The International

The International, a movie about evil banks :) Basically the story is about how a big international bank manipulates world events, and for the sake of their own benefits, the bank does lots of harm to the rest of the world, and they profit from it.

This movie is quite a test of your language ability. The locations are across Turkey, US, and some European countries. And the languages involved include French, Italian, and of course English.

In terms of plot, mmh, not too surprising, not very tense, just so so.

In terms of action, yes, there is quite a bit of action, especially gun fights, but not spectacular.

Ok, this movie is still watchable.

My rating: 2.5/5

A Cheap & Good Lunch Set

As I wondered around in Suntec's food court yesterday, I found this small little restaurant like outlet next to Pasta Mania. They have various set meals available, price is around S$4.50 range.

I ordered my 'Emperor herbal soup' set meal. It is actually not bad. They give you the herbal chicken soup, plus a small bowl of water crest soup, two side dishes, a portion of vegetables, and then rice with egg. The taste is not bad, at least comparable with any food court food. At a price of S$4.50, it is really value for money. And then previously this outlet was a restaurant, so they still have all the nice and comfortable restaurant tables & seats, not your usual food court tables.

One thing that I don't understand is at lunch time, the food court outside was packed, but this place still has plenty of vacant seats. Maybe because all the guys at this stall are from mainland China, their English proficiency is not very good, and their service speed is a bit low. It takes quite a while for them to serve one dish. A queue will quickly build up with just a couple of customers in line.

Next time, give it a try. I think this S$4.50 is well spent, much better than the more expensive but lousy food in the Suntec food court.

Star Awards 2009

In China, it is a tradition that the whole family or the whole clan gather together at least once a year to pay their respects to their ancestors. Suckling pig, together with other offerings, will be offered to the ancestors.

After the ceremony, the suckling pig will be divided in equal portions and distributed among all the males in the family or clan. In Chinese, we called this '太公分猪肉', which means as long as you are a male descendent of the ancestors, you will get a portion, regardless your status, or contribution.

Star Award 2009 is just around the corner. It is again this 太公分猪肉 time. Just in case you don't know, Star Award is a local award specially created to award our local TV 'stars'. There are numerous titles for you to grap. As long as you don't do too badly, or say or do something that leads to an uproar, then most likely you will get an award.

And really, what do our local TV stars do? Did they do a good job? Our local shows are so boring, shallow. The actors/actresses are acting so hard that you can tell that they are acting very hard. Always the same body language, always the facial expression, and always the same old & BORING plots.

Hello, wake up please!!!