I am suppose to stay at home and prepare for my upcoming presentations; instead I took some time off to visit the NATAS travel fair in the afternoon. The day began with I going over to dear Emily's place to pass her a cheese cake and an apple pie so that she can snack when she's tired with her work.
NATAS travel fair is the biggest one this year (read from the papers) and it's the 2nd time I visited it (the first time being 1998). Immediately when I entered the exhibition hall, I was greeted by a huge booth that showcases Asia's World City. It was a very nice booth, showcasing the many wonders of HK; I wasn't drawn there because I've live there for a couple of months and basically I have visited most of those places already. It was an eye-opener and I looked around to see some nice places that I can visit in the future. I am there more for collecting travel information than to compare prices. As usual, I learnt about many places and the most memorable one being Kenya. If not for the splendid introduction, I wouldn't know that a Kenyan trip is equivalent to a Safari trip, where we can stay very near animals and observe them at arms length. The animals run about in Safari and it will be interesting to see them at close distance.
I took a look at the China tourism booth and once again, I was bombarded with many interesting places, the most interesting one being the silk road. In addition, I saw this map of Guangzhou and I am wondering why is it that when I visited Guangzhou, I couldn't find such map!
Dr. Karen asked me to help train this year's Singapore Chemistry Olympiad team. They are going up to Korea this summer for competition and I am hoping that they'll ask me to tag along as well. :p They will be heading to Yeungnam University, located in the City of Gyeongsan about 400km southeast of Seoul. It's a picturesque place with scenic mountains and beautiful temples. Hmm I hope that they'll ask me to go ...
NATAS travel fair is the biggest one this year (read from the papers) and it's the 2nd time I visited it (the first time being 1998). Immediately when I entered the exhibition hall, I was greeted by a huge booth that showcases Asia's World City. It was a very nice booth, showcasing the many wonders of HK; I wasn't drawn there because I've live there for a couple of months and basically I have visited most of those places already. It was an eye-opener and I looked around to see some nice places that I can visit in the future. I am there more for collecting travel information than to compare prices. As usual, I learnt about many places and the most memorable one being Kenya. If not for the splendid introduction, I wouldn't know that a Kenyan trip is equivalent to a Safari trip, where we can stay very near animals and observe them at arms length. The animals run about in Safari and it will be interesting to see them at close distance.
I took a look at the China tourism booth and once again, I was bombarded with many interesting places, the most interesting one being the silk road. In addition, I saw this map of Guangzhou and I am wondering why is it that when I visited Guangzhou, I couldn't find such map!
Dr. Karen asked me to help train this year's Singapore Chemistry Olympiad team. They are going up to Korea this summer for competition and I am hoping that they'll ask me to tag along as well. :p They will be heading to Yeungnam University, located in the City of Gyeongsan about 400km southeast of Seoul. It's a picturesque place with scenic mountains and beautiful temples. Hmm I hope that they'll ask me to go ...
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