Holland 0409 荷兰 0409

Went with Five Stars. A big group of 50 pax.
Main attraction for this trip was Keukenhof, the World best place to see tulips.
Went to Kroller-Muller Museum half and hour b4 it closed. Managed to see some of Van Gogh's works. Regrettably, did not have time to visit Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Also did not visit Rotterdam but just there for dinner.
The guide in Amsterdam was good. A Singaporean, very funny.


Traditional Dutch Windmill
传统荷兰风车


Mordern Windmill
摩登风车


Sea of Flowers
花海


Keukenhof Garden
库肯霍夫公园


Keukenhof Garden
库肯霍夫公园


Dutch Wooden Shoes
荷兰木鞋


Amsterdam
阿姆斯特丹


Rotterdam
鹿特丹


Kroller-Muller Museum with Van Gogh.
梵高与我Kroller-Muller 博物馆


Keukenhof Garden
库肯霍夫公园

Workum

沃卡姆

Sun Bathing-Workum

日光浴-沃卡姆

Keukenhof Garden
库肯霍夫公园

Atomium Brussels

布鲁塞尔原子塔

manneken pis-Brussels

布鲁塞尔撒尿小童

Amsterdam Piss
阿姆斯特丹撒尿老童

Posters Help Piss Fast n Accurate

海报助尿尿快而准

Shanghai 0309 上海0309

Pudong
外滩眺浦东


World Financial Center in Pudong
浦东环球金融中心


Bund Tunnel
外滩隧道


Old n New
新与老


Yuyuan
豫园


Yuyuan
豫园


Yuyuan Night
豫园夜景


Gathering Place for Artists-Tian Zi Fang
艺术家集聚之地 - 田子坊


Very Delicious Ah Niang Noodle. Waited 40 min. Worth it.
阿娘面很好吃，排了40分钟，值得！


Shanghai Maglev- The world fastest public transport on road. Max Speed @430 km per hr. 世界最快陆路公共交通，上海磁浮最快车速每小时430公里。


Hansan Temple
月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠，姑苏城外寒山寺


Hansan Temple
夜半钟声到客船


Suzhou
苏州


Suzhou Garden
苏州花园




Suzhou Boats
苏州过后无艇搭



Easternl Venice
东方威尼斯


Wuzhen
乌镇


WuzhenWater Village
水乡乌镇


Chinese Novelist Mao Dun's House
茅盾故居


Making Maltose
制作麦芽糖


West Lake
西湖


West Lake
西湖一角


Hangzhou Mei Jia Tea Garden
杭州梅家茶庄.


Nanjing Zhonghuaman
南京中华们古城堡

中
Nanjing Qin Huai River
南京秦淮河畔


Wuxi
无锡


Three Kingdoms Park
三国城


Three Kingdoms Park
三国城



Wuxi
无锡


Wuxi
无锡

Wuxi
无锡

Temasek holdings lost $39 billions last year

Just read the news in CNN, and in CNN it's got to be US$ instead of S$. I was just in my earlier post said that Temasek has more than US $100 billions asset, and in one year it lost $39 billions. Nepotism kills. Who should be responsible ? Ho Ching and those who appointed her as CEO of Temasek?
No wonder she is running away !
I wonder how much bonuses did Temasek give out last year for the good job done for the lost of US$39 billion?

Ho Ching to Leave Temasek Holdings

What a great news this is !

There were allegations of nepotism since she took over the job in 2002. If she was not married to our PM Mr Lee Hsien Loong, would she be appointed for the job as the CEO of Temasek Holdings which has an asset of over US$100 billions and is owned by the Singapore government ?

Already in 2007 Mr Lee Hsien Yang, our PM's brother had stepped down from Singtel which is majority owned by Temasek Holdings and now Ms Ho Ching is stepping down from Temasek Holdings from 1 Oct 2009, it makes Singapore a more democratic society.

What's next ? when is our PM Mr Lee Hsien Loong, son of Singapore's first PM Mr Lee Kuan Yew going to step down, so that the allegation of nepotism could be totally eliminated ?

Although it takes time, I hope to see Singapore becomes a more open and democratic country.

Morocco 摩洛哥 23 Jan - 1 Feb 2009

Morocco is a good place to visit. A lot of things to see and people are generally friendly. You don't get harassed like in Egypt.

Though it is a Muslim country, it is quite open, can get wine and beer easier than the US. Morocco actually produces wine and beer. A bottle of Moroccan red wine may cost as little as S$5 in supermarket.

Food is fine but when you eat the same thing everyday, you get sick of it.

Weather was still a little cold at around 4ºC in Jan.




Dubal Airport


Casablanca 卡萨布兰卡

Rabat 拉巴特

Meknes 梅克内斯

Moulay Idriss City 穆莱伊德里斯市

Roman City of Volubilis

Fez

Marrakech