Kuala Lumpur & Singapore trip two

Kuala Lumpur & Singapore trip two

Cab, subway, bus, cable car, monorail, cab and foot
again to Sentosa this morning in Singapore.

Sentosa is a pleasure and cultural island off the
coast of Singapore connected by bridge and cable car.

It has many events like an amusement park with several
beaches. All the beaches were totally empty this
morning. Singapoeans are at work today. 

Only Alan is at the beach(es).

The island is an Asian Jungle Paradise filled with 
fun sites, rides, experiences or events.

Call me a jetsetter this past few days. I spent 3
days in K-L then flew to Singapore for the weekend for
fun and flew back for the day to speak in PJ/city
adjacent to K-L to only fly back again the next day
after my presentation.

I was met at the airport by a representative from one
of my sponsors in K-L (NPC-National Productivity
Center), PJ and driven to my hotel, PJ Hilton.
Entering my room I was greeted with

orchids,
fruit
chocolates
very friendly notes
and two messages of welcome
one of the messages inviting me to a K-L BBQ at the
president of the Mensa Organization (one sponsor)

The BBQ was a lot of laughs and the food was great.

I am getting better about my selections of food.

In the morning I had breakfast with my Malaysian
Cyberspace and creativity consultant friend, YKK. The
buffet was actually 3 separate buffets, including
Western and different Asian ones.

The session played to a packed house of about 40 NPC
employees and Mensa members.

After a absolutely phenomenal lunch of multiple
buffets. The dessert buffet alone had 30 to 40 items
with only one western, a deep dish apple pie.

The people were great, extremely friendly,
appreciative and highly involved in all the things I
asked them to do.

After a relatively quick lunch it was swoosh off to
the airport again, 60+ Kms from PJ/K-L to fly back to
Singapore to do a session the same night, last night.

Once getting to my hotel, Changhi Hotel, I got a call
from Terese (Sng Tong Hai's wife) telling me they
would pick me up in 30 minutes to have a little meal
and off to the site of the presentation at the
Singapore Telecom Training Center.

The meal was at a Singaporean food court in a local
housing area. It seems each of the apartment, condo
areas has their own eating complexes, shops areas,
offices, etc. The one we ate at had about 20
different small food stalls with a table area in the
middle of them. Next to that food court was an Indian
one with only Indian food items.

Off we went.

The session went well again with about 35 friendly,
smiling and laughing people.

From there it was off to Sng Tong Hai's home for a
drink and quiet time. Then off to my hotel at 11:30.

This morning it was Sentosa. My circle is complete
for now. Off to have lunch with Sng Tong Hai and meet
another Singaporean professional friend this
afternoon.

10:30 pm it's off to Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Ciao your all

Wandering Alan

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Stratford on Avon by bicycle, tour bus and foot.

William & Anne's Day Guest Stratford on Avon by bicycle, tour bus and foot. Yesterday I arrived in Stratford from London by train. As we passengers were getting up I asked the fellow across from me if he was taking a cartooning class or was a cartoonist. Turned out he is an extablished editorial cartoonist and was going to Stratford to give a cartooning workshop for children in a tent in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. We talked briefly. I shared the cartoons I have done during the trip and then asked to buy a copy of one of his books. Coincidentally he happened to have a copy or two for sale with him. Ha ha. Off with my bags to find a B&B. My first time in 1977 I found one quickly.  Both times  Merry I came in 1978 we found B&Bs quickly within a couple blocks of the train station. I walked by where my previous ones had been back then and are gone now. I turned right down a lane of continuous row houses looking for a B&B hangin...
Read more

Darwin Day One - Sunshine and warmth in Darwin

Darwin Day One - Sunshine and Warmth in Darwin Darwin, located in the northern part of the Northern Territory, has a very warm climate and it is the middle of winter here now. Completely clear blue sky. Warm...high 70s to low 80s  F.  Light breezes through the shade. Wandered along the Esplanade along the water, a beautifully landscaped area full of varied palm trees, low plants and flowering trees, bushes and plants. People walking, jogging, running. Found the area where the explorers first landed that is now a historic site with a rock beach. Walked through a rainforest area and then back to civilization. So much of this area reminds me of south Florida, Palm Beach County from West Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale back in the 1970s. One to two story, brick or stucco homes surrounded with rich rainforest plants and huge Palm trees: Christmas, Coconut and many others. The city centre has a Mall area that is rich with colorful buildings and shops: red, blue...
Read more

On the streets of Chennai for my second day

Image
On the streets of Chennai for my second day to see my photos from this trip go to https://wanderingalan.smugmug.com/organize/2001WorldTrip/2001Chennai When I began writing these "Wandering Alan" messages I decided that I would share positive experiences and let the others become learnings for me to digest later and perhaps share once I had completed my trip. My goal was to live for 10 1/2 weeks by the philosophy that my humor/CPSI friend Joel Goodman promotes... "If we can say 'we'll laugh about this some time later' Why not start now!" So when I have experienced stressful, frustrating, sad things I have attempted to focus on the humor (present, past or potential) in the situation to help me deal with it in the present. Or I have focused on what can/might I learn from this or use in a "future speech or program".  Boy do I have a load of material to last a life time. On the streets of Chennai yesterda...
Read more