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Sunday February 07, 2010

Singapore Airshow 2010 photos and video gallery

The Singapore Air Show is here again. Went to the Singapore Airshow 2010 twice this year, as has been the case for the past couple of rounds - once during the trade day on Wednesday where there are fewer people, and once with the family during the public day on Saturday when the crowds arrive in full force.

Here are some photos - the whole set of photos has been uploaded into my Google Picasaweb photo gallery (trade day) (public day) :

Besides the usual F-35 Lightning II mockup from Lockheed Martin (still waiting for the real one to arrive here), the Apache AH-64D Longbow attack helicopter, the F-15's and the F-16's, a new addition this year was the F-111 fighter-bomber, said to be making its last appearance ever :

Here's a video of an F-16 Falcon in the flying display :

The rest of the videos will be uploaded to my Youtube channel.

(2010-02-07 07:09:55 SGT) [Musings] Permalink

Tuesday January 26, 2010

ST - Ingram Micro Vietnam Retreat 2010 Day 3

Day 3 was "Going Back Day". We started off with a wrap-up of the conference with Koh See Kiat giving a short overview of the ST Electronics Infosoft corporate structure, after which we took a group photo. Thanks to automatic face recognition technology from Google Picasaweb, you can click on the link below and check out the names. But thanks to my being not very good with names, many of the names are not yet properly tagged - any help from the audience would be appreciated :)

After the conference it was time to check out and the first group to get ready for the return flight home. Here I am at the lobby of the Duxton Hotel Saigon, bags all packed and ready.

Back to Tan Son Nhat International Airport, looking out of the terminal windows at SQ173, a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200. That's our ride back to Singapore from Ho Chi Minh City.

James Wong, a colleague from ST Infosoft, from the Land Information Systems department. We've got representatives from all 3 departments in the classic triumvirate of "Air, Land and Sea" on this trip.

And that's it. It was a good trip. We had a good time, and got to meet up with our partners and vendors from the various companies including Ingram Micro, IBM and Symantec, and we also got the opportunity to get to know better our colleagues from the other departments within ST Electronics Infosoft.

(2010-01-26 12:31:29 SGT) [Musings] Permalink

Monday January 25, 2010

ST - Ingram Micro Vietnam Retreat 2010 Day 2

Day 2 was the conference proper, but before that my room-mate Chan Yue and I went about taking some photos out on the street in the block surrounding the hotel.

As could be expected, at present Vietnam is still very much motorcycle/scooter country. Like some of my peakoiler friends might say, just wait till they really start buying cars. The country is still very much in development, with contrasting styles of new ultra-modern buildings rising up right alongside the existing buildings, such as this example here :

The conference itself - there's myself and Chan Yue, with the IBM folks giving the initial round of presentations.

This was followed by a "Mini Amazing Race" team-building exercise, which also served as a good way to explore the city.

A couple of games the team played :

A couple more landmarks - the Notre Dame Cathedral and Independence Palace. In the nearby park and surrounding areas, workers were getting ready putting the finishing touches for the upcoming Vietnamese New Year 2010 celebrations.

Over at Ban Thay Market, we bought some souvenirs, and met members of other teams.

And just before dinner, Chan Yue and I went for some Vietnamese "pho", which is some kind of noodle-like strips in nice flavored soup - I tried the chicken pho.

Dinner itself was a river cruise on a restaurant-boat going up and down the Saigon River, an historic and important part of Ho Chi Minh City, serving as water supply, Saigon Port and tourist attraction all in one.

During the cruise, Vincent Lee of IBM Singapore entertained us with his keyboard renditions. And this one here is an interesting stone-based xylophone instrument thing :

(2010-01-25 13:16:32 SGT) [Musings] Permalink

ST - Ingram Micro Vietnam Retreat 2010 Day 1

Day 1 of the trip was pretty much free and easy. For business continuity reasons, we were divided into 2 groups - I was with the morning group.

One of the very first impressions you get upon arrival at a country would be immigration, and it went through pretty smoothly. The officer who attended to me entered my particulars really quickly - he must have been clocking 80 wpm or better, banging away at the keyboard.

On the way to the hotel from the international airport, just snapped some street scenes.

Interesting architectural features include the pagodas dotting the cityscape.

The Opera House is one of the distinguished landmarks in Ho Chi Minh City.

After arriving at the Duxton Hotel Saigon, I just did my setup and proceeded to start blogging as described here. Next item was just to wait till the second group arrived in the evening, then it was time for something apparently rather unique to Vietnam, a "water puppet show" complete with dinner. Here are a couple of short video clips on that :

By the way, I've uploaded all the videos into my Youtube channel here, and all the photos into my Picasaweb photo album here.

(2010-01-25 10:12:24 SGT) [Musings] Permalink

Friday January 22, 2010

ST - Ingram Micro Vietnam Retreat 2010

Just reached the Duxton Hotel Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where a group of about 30 folks from ST Electronics, Ingram Micro, IBM and Symantec are having a sponsored weekend conference/retreat. Here are some initial photos from today. Here I was at the departure gate at Changi Airport T2 :

Inside the airplane cabin of the twin-engine Boeing 777-200 :

Arrived at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport :

The Opera House :

My hotel room :

Wasted no time setting up the equipment, up and blogging within 5-10 minutes of arrival :

The rest of the initial set of photos has been uploaded to my Picasaweb album here.

(2010-01-22 15:08:52 SGT) [Musings] Permalink Comments [1]

Sunday December 13, 2009

Stuck for a few days

Hi all, this blog will be "stuck" for a few days without updates because I am involved in 3 projects and talking to 6 vendors. It's a bit of a mess, but it should be sorted out one way or another hopefully before Christmas. In any case, Season's Greetings in advance, and keep posted for the next entry. Thanks for all your support.

(2009-12-13 21:42:26 SGT) [Musings] Permalink

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