Finally... Toronto Here I Come!
State of Being : *Yawn*
Waiting at T3 now for boarding to Toronto via New York.
Even on business class, it will still be an extremely tiring l-o-n-g flight there. Pity I have no personal free time to explore the city by the time I reach there.
Ohhh well...
Travel Woes: Flight Cancelled
State of Being : Guess it just wasn't meant to be...
Was supposed to leave for Toronto via Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific this morning but due to the cancellation of all inbound & outbound flights on Friday, the airline was not able to confirm my seat for an outbound flight from Hong Kong. Apparently, many travellers were still stranded in Hong Kong airport after Friday's Typhoon Nuri. (click here to read more on channelnewsasia)
And as a goodwill to all Business Class travellers, I was offered a room at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore hotel instead, while they try to sort out the flight schedules. With all meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner and even supper thrown in for free at the hotel, I must admit that it was a commendable service recovery on their part.
Room Pictures taken during my short stay at the hotel
*panic*
In the end, I had no choice but to look for an alternative flight to Toronto, the earliest of which only leaves on Sun morning, arriving at Toronto at 1050pm!!
*sigh*
Guess it just wasn't meant for me to visit the Niagara Falls during this trip then... Hopefully, there will still be future opportunities to fly to Toronto for other meetings!
:(
My iPod's Playin'... [08.08]
State of Being : Party On... Into the Night
Into The Nightlife (Remix) - Cyndi Lauper
Album: Bring Ya to the Brink; Genre: Dance
From the zany diva who brought us timeless classics in the 80's such as "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", "She Bop", "Time After Time" and "True Colors", American pop icon Cyndi Lauper is back stronger with an album of all new material since 2001. Released in May 2008, Cyndi collaborated with a number of notable dance artists such as Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and Axwell for her tenth studio album "Bring Ya To The Brink".
Compared to her last album, featuring acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her back catalog, we can see that the collaboration has indeed paid off as the album has already spawned two #1 singles on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart to-date.
Of the two singles "Same Ol' Story" & "Into The Nightlife", I personally like the latter second single more. With edgier lyrics and a more electronic beat, the remixed version by Soul Seekerz sparkled more than Jody Den Broeder's mix. Check it out for yourself now!
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
State of Being : China Fever
First there was "The Forbidden Kingdom", then came "Kung Fu Panda" and now there's "The Mummy 3". I guess with China hosting the 2008 Olympics and getting all the media coverage leading to the international multi-sporting event, there is no better storyline to sell a movie this year than to ride on the Olympics hype and by directing motion pictures with themes revolving around anything that is related to Chinese. 
