Singapore
Another day in Singapore
Well it turns out I DID get a second day of remote working after all – though not by design… My day started well, waking up on time, tired but acclimatising to the timezone, easily hailing a taxi for the airport, having the friendliest cabbie give me a driving tour of Singapore pointing out the 50-storey surf board shaped hotel and …
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Not even remotely working
Well, in a few days hopefully! Meantime, today — remote working from Singapore — has been great. The first and last full working day of the trip — still plenty of loose ends to tie up, not least of which the forthcoming End Tax Haven Secrecy site launching 4 Feb (I’ll pause a moment whilst you bookmark the link and …
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Singapore for £..?
As tapped into my iPhone at 22.10 GMT… So the positive observations first Let’s say you divide the cost of my ticket equally across each leg, including the return, this flight from London to Singapore (c.7,000 miles) is costing me: £1400/6 = £233 I’m the air for about 12 hours so that’s about £20 per hour, or if you like …
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Changi welcome
I had mixed feelings about my 6 hour stop in Singapore. I knew I had enough stuff to amuse myself but how comfortable is hanging around in an airport for 6 hours? Well I’m glad I found my way to the T3 ‘Ambassadors Lounge’. Shower, dinner, soft drinks, wifi, comfy chairs and lots of calm for $30 (£15). Incredible value. …
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Singapore Summary
“Nice to visit, wouldn’t want to live there” That phrase so often so apt i would apply in exact reverse to Singapore. As a place to visit it feels lacking in attractions or exotic appeal, disappointingly Western for somewhere sandwiched between India and Thailand. And yet. If circumstances transpired that I could move out here – as I recently thought …
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