One more month to Japan

This year, i will be spending my birthday in Kyoto Japan..and the timing is just nice for the autumn leaves!

Have been spending the last few months planning my itinerary for this japan trip and finally we are done with the most of it. Thanks to the help of my friends and colleagues with their advice. Especially this lady call samantha whom i met on the forum, has helped me alot with my plannings and timing. Accomodation and transport are fully taken care of. Just need to study a bit more on navigating in Japan.

It was my dream to go Japan and finally i get to go on my 30th birthday..not too late right?

I am waiting for the exchange rate to drop further before changing the currency. The JR pass is a little too pricey when we bought it..it cost around $490 where the usual paid by my friends was around $420. Well, I was quite surprise that travelling to Japan these days werent as cheap as i thought it will be. Not even with the recent nuclear issue. I remembered flying by delta or northwest airline to Japan was around $450 few years back and now, it cost $600 at an after discount pricing.

This trip, i will be concentrating on exploring just the central Japan, Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Given 8 days and not planning to rush throughout the trip, we have decided to drop Hakone(Mt Fuji View), nikko, Nara and Kobe. I guess these places will be for my next visit to Japan.

Now we are waiting for the day to come and hopefully the weather will be good.

Missy Shania

She has grown up so much since the last i saw her...and she is like 2 weeks older than Lucas...but she know alot of actions.

It was after Christine's Cadence baby shower that Sherry decided to go get her some winter wear for their trip to HKG...coincidentally, my sis and family is at HKG now.

Walking by her own

I love to see how this cute little girl do her hand and head shake when you ask her for her permission to carry her...

Changi Airport Grp Dinner and Dance

This year, the Dinner and Dance was held at Sentosa Wavehouse...a suggestion from my CEO that he wanted somewhere outdoor and not the usual dinner served with performance kind of function.

Although the prizes wasnt as great as the previous year, and the weather was hot, i think it was one of the best i had.

Throughout the 5 years in Changi Airport, i have seen alot of difference...

This year, it was a whole new group compared to last year.

I cant believed that i have outlived at least 2 batches of turnover in this company...time flies!

The theme this year is childhood...but everyone just anyhow wear what they thought best represent them...

For us, we chose geek!

My new team mate...

The new group of girls...

The completely new Corp Fin team!

Me n Elyz!

New group of senior Managers!

The 2 new heads!

The new batch of Finance Managers and associates!

The new comers formed their own cliques..

The HR schoolgals...along which a lot are new staff as well...

My buddy..he is a really funny china guy! Like all the chinese, he love food alot!

The highlights came at the night when sherry and xy turned up in their costume!

Pardon the "noisy" pics!

Everyone just wanted a picture with her!

My MA team with Ginny!

I think the whole event over run by an hour...thou the hot weather was unbearable...it was really a memorable one!

Movies

In the past, watching a movie is not as easy and affordable as now. I remembered that the choice of movies was very limited, mainly which are indian and chinese movies and once a while, some english blockbluster. Back then, the only way to publicize was through huge posters hung outside the Cinema. Some Cinemas would advertise on newspaper as well...

The only chance to visit the cinema was when we went to our granny house at Chinatown. Back then, the movie theatre at Chinatown (was it called 唐城?) was one of the famous and few in Singapore.

The first movie that i watched at the cinema was a chinese ghost movie. I could still remembered the movies that we watched as it wasnt an everyday event. We would always pester our aunt to bring us for movie each and everytime we see her at home.

There was also this zhi zhi ah bei..who would also bring me and Adec to catch a show if he happened to be free :)

It was GV who made watching movies a joy! Movies ticket are more affordable...the choice of cinema in different areas save us the hazzle to travel far for a movie.

Over the years along with the many movies produced, it became a trend to catch movie among friends gathering or family outing.

However, as it gets more and more common, the feeling of the old days were gone. In the past, after a movie, we would always talk about it and relinquish every single plot of scene that catches our attentions. It will stay in our memories for months, discussing over and over the plots and scene of the movie.

Miss the good old days :)

Little Lucas growing up!

I did a roll of black & white on Lucas's big day!

Black and white gives a timeless, nostaglic feel that remains through with time. Hopefully many years later, when he look back at these pictures, he can share the feelings that i wanted to capture now.

My fav shot!