Something really cool is going on in a park near Robertson Quay in Singapore every night. A bunch of enthusiasts play with remote controlled motorized kites. The kites have colorful lights built in to them which makes for an interesting display against the black night sky.

I noticed this from far away while I walked towards Clark Quay and saw different colors of light move around in the sky. Coming closer these Unidentified Flying Objects turned out to be these RC kites.

It’s an interesting concept - the kites make hardly any noise and they seem to ‘magically’ fly around. They can do flips, inverts, rolls, etc - all quite spectacular.

It’s a dusty and smoggy day in Hong Kong - as you will see in the background of this picture. On the right you see the hills leading up to Sunset peak.

I’m waiting next to gate 47 for my flight to Singapore. I’ll be there a bit more often in the coming months - so I better get used to taking this flight.

Greetings from Singapore this week. Client meetings and a visit to CommunicAsia.
Tonight having a diner with a colleague in Clark Quay. Weather is surprisingly close to Hong Kong’s this time of the year.

Here are some latest pictures. Some from Singapore, some from Discovery Bay.

I particularly like the one on which he’s lying on his king-size bed in a 5 star hotel in Singapore.

Sitting in the CX735 to Singapore, waiting for push back at the gate. Today in an Airbus 340-300, and should take about 3.5 hours. Hong Kong’s hazy, Singapore’s rainy - so nothing new.

On my way back to Hong Kong from Singapore…

That city in the background is Singapore and we are in Sentosa Island. Hot and humid, so having some cold drinks to refresh.

We took Matthijs to the Zoo this morning - his favorites are the zebras.

Always good to be in Singapore!

Had a good day of meetings and presentations in Singapore yesterday. The end result of our hard work for the past 6 months.

Singapore and Hong Kong are similar in many ways. But I think people in general in Singapore are more relaxed and less stressed than in Hong Kong. That’s probably culturally driven and not due to the economic reasons. Both cities are prosperous and both have the same need to re-invent itself when reliance on ports, trade and logistics reduces and economies become more service and knowledge work oriented.
Singapore just has this nice Southeast Asian culture and mentality which makes people seem more friendly than in North Asian countries (at least to me).

Having said that; I’m happy to go back to Hong Kong today.

I’ll be in Singapore for next two days - having a couple of business meetings.

This picture taken from the Cathay Lounge in Chek Lap Kok Airport. It’s a beatiful day, wish I’d be hiking that hill in the background instead.

Back wednesday night