The beauty of Singapore Airlines

 Here I am slumming it out in my comfies surfing the web in the airport looking like a total rag. It is at this precise self-deprecating moment that I catch a glimpse from the corner of my eye of a slim silhouette reflecting in the glass next to me. I turn around and see a bevy of slim, pretty girls all dressed in that iconic Singapore Airlines uniform. They looked amazing, well groomed and made me feel slightly envious as I wished that I could have the opportunity to don that uniform. Of course, I would make a very poor flight attendant with my clumsy gestures and  lack of patience..

Will be off to Jakarta in a bit.. I am sure I will be blogging a little more in the next couple of days as I will have nothing better to do after my meetings.

My trip to HK

Hong Kong was amazing! I loved how organic and gritty the city is and how there doesn't seem to be a plan with buildings just sprouting where ever they desire. Tall, dense and extremely urban. You could be dining on the 20th floor and feel like you're on the 3rd floor. Peering out of the windows, I feel like I'm just waiting for an airborne car to zoom right by. Any day now, I'm sure it'll happen first in Hong Kong. 

We were lucky to have wonderful friends who brought us out to dinner so we had really good food for the two nights that we were in HK. It was just so much fun to soak up another Asian city for the weekend.

My time there was regrettably too short. Too little shopping, definitely not enough eating. But there will be next time since I am but a mere short flight away. And of course no trip to HK will be complete without buying some tech toys. Danjel bought a Canon 5D Mark II and I acquired an Asus EEEPC. Needless to say, we are happy, happy people.

Missing Mabul-Sipadan

If you don't know where Sipadan is, it's just this gorgeous place off the coast of Borneo that probably has the best diving in the world. Or so I hear. Tourists can no longer stay on Sipadan due to conservation efforts and only 120? visitors are allowed on the island per day.

I don't dive but what I can tell you is that it is pretty darn gorgeous. I had the pleasure of visiting this gem of a destination about a month ago and I still dream of its' beautiful turquoise waters and enchanting sea turtles. Oh and not to forget the myriad of aquatic life that we saw even though we were just snorkeling. I had never been to this place before and was worried that the photos of the resort were too good to be true. But the waters are exactly as seen in the photos! We celebrated Dan's bday over this trip amongst other little milestones...our first Valentine's being one of them. It was just the best place to be at and one of my best vacations in my life.

The beautiful sea.....

Our water bungalow....

View from our room.....

Jetty towards the helipad

Sea Turtle...one of many...

Mabul Water Bungalows, just absolutely beautiful! 2 thumbs up, high up! If you're thinking of going, I highly recommend booking with Sipadan Diving Vacation - they handled all our bookings professionally and the lady was just super patient with all my questions before the trip. Bonus points for them as they even sent a bottle of red wine for Dan's bday, showed up in our room when we came back in the afternoon. Oh and the resort made a cake and surprised us during dinner with a little song. It was really funny especially since Dan had pleaded with me NOT to spring any surprises that would put him the spotlight. When they came out singing, Dan looked at me and I swore I had nothing to do with it! Honest!

Oh, to be back there now with Danjel will be Heaven...