Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport is nothing if not seedy. The claustophobic arrival halls and the spacious check-in areas betray budgetary profligacy along with an economy of planning not unexpected in Indonesia.
There is some merit to this unwitting state of affairs; unlike Singapore’s Changi International, there is no pretense of an insincere over-familiar welcoming hug. The passenger [...]
Five S-words to describe “World Class” Singapore: sterile, superficial, shambolic … ?
An anonymous blogger summed it such: Singapore is “not a real city; it is a lie”. That captures much of what this city-state is about.
My friend Kevin Ariken passed away on Thursday, 3rd Februay 2005. I delivered this eulogy at his service today.
Kevin was a friend of mine
Every single one of us here will share that sentiment. He was a friend to each of us in an individually meaningful way and in unimagineable ways which we will struggle to [...]
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