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Upper deck of an Emirates A380, the FA overseeing the bar asks, ‘mind swapping with me?’ ’Umm, ok…’ Swap done, out comes a high end Polaroid camera, and the above results. Without a doubt QoS for Emirates is first in class and they want their customers to remember it ..read more

Two weeks into a month long flying trip, sitting in the Global Lounge in KUL awaiting a 3 AM Emirates flight to Geneva via connection in Dubai. Kicking off this adventure was a pair of weeks in Bali with Cloudbase Paragliding out of Australia, joined by my non-flying partner trying her hand at SCUBA. While ..read more

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It has been announced. This week: Shanghai Studio Technical Art Director (Director of Tech Art). Next week: APAC Region Operations Director (Senior Development Director ..read more

There are particular times and dates we never forget. 3:11 PM, Monday, July 7, 2008 is one such. Hell is not a place but a time. It is the moment of one’s last breath when they look back with regret upon chances not taken, opportunities not seized, and words left unsaid. Fear is the soil that feeds regret ..read more

Time flies when one is locked down (up?) in the isocubes. Near two months ago we got word of a building cleaner testing positive that sent us into a lockdown that has persisted until very recently. Our building has finally passed the coveted two week positive case free milestone to now transition into a ‘Precautionary Area’, enabling a single member of each household to venture out into the deserted streets once per day. Compared to much of the rest of the city, our district/community/building has been very lucky. Putuo was the first of the downtown districts to get the outbreak under control ..read more

It started with people fearing two weeks+ of detention in a quarantine centre over the potential health risk of Omicron. Now how long before people start weighing that loss of freedom vs. food security? How long before some soul starts to look for ways to end up (or remain) in quarantine, with two weeks+ of three square meals a day? When this is all that matters ..read more

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