This is the best Olympics opening by far. We love the lighting of the torch. Watch and be amazed.

The long-awaited Apple iPhone 3G is coming to the Philippines on August 22, 2008 courtesy of Globe Telecom. For more details click here.

It’s been five days since we came back from our 10-day worthwhile vacation in Singapore. Come to think of it, 10 days will never be enough to explore the so-many interesting crevices of this wonderful city-state. But, this was our second visit in two month’s time so we had plenty of time to dilly-dally and go over each place with a fine-tooth comb.

We didn’t take PAL this time, because of some hotel confirmation issues. We flew Singapore Airlines instead and signed up for KrisFlyer, SIA’s version of PAL’s Mabuhay Miles. I’ll write a separate entry about this most-revered airline later.

We traveled light—I allotted half of the space in my luggage for swags, and for clean clothes, we depended mostly on hotel laundry. Nobody cared about our getup anyway.

We arrived at the hotel at 6:30 PM. The Copthorne Orchid Hotel along Dunearn Road was comfortable but ridiculously expensive. For the same rates, it was shabby compared to Shangri-La Makati. The rooms were fully booked so we had no choice but be assigned to a smoking room. Good thing they were kind enough to spray Shout! in all corners of the room.

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