Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Game Developers Conference here at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center isn’t just a conference where bespectacled geeks gather and talk about video games. It’s a festival and celebration of technology, the visual arts, story telling, sound and music –
The pictures speak for themselves.:) And here’s the best part: they were not shot on the Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 lens – the one that costs a bomb. I took them on my el-cheapo USD180 Nikon 18-55mm LOL. It was an
It’s a funny feeling; until today, I’ve never seen the Golden Gate Bridge in person, but the landmark has been so widely seen in films that going under the bridge would have felt too familiar. That said, this world’s largest
The second museum we checked out on Tuesday 24 March was the California Academy of Sciences. This was a really slick and modern museum; they’d apparently moved into their home at the Golden Gate Park just last year, and that
There aren’t many school going children in Singapore who haven’t gone to the Singapore Science Center at least once, and most likely twice during their primary and junior years of education. Two such science museums in San Francisco are the
I had my one and only free morning on the second day of my San Francisco trip. There was one ‘tourisy’ attraction I’d been wanting to visit – The Aquarium of the Bay. I’d advised my students that the place
One of the more special places in San Francisco is the Cartoon Art Museum located at Mission Street. This museum was one of the places on the official itinerary, so after I met up with my group of students on
The six of us – five students in my entourage and myself – arrived in San Francisco at 8:30 am this Sunday morning. The flight from Singapore to Narita was very smooth, but from Narita to SF bumpier, with the
I’m just about to head off to the airport for the 6 am flight to San Francisco. The flight is 17 hours with an additional 2 hour stopover at Narita airport. Weather is a cold 4 to 20 degree celsius
Funnily, I don’t usually have difficulties deciding what to pack for trips out of the country. I have a handy spreadsheet that lists the standard items that go into luggage and/or hand-carry. Thereafter, the only thing that needs to get
Whereas I’m ecstatic you’re visiting my country, buddy, I’m finding your current preparations alarmingly inefficient. It really sucks I won’t be around to show you the ins and outs of American lifestyle, but let’s go over some things you’ll need
One of those little sacrifices you have to make when you’ve got a child coming along the way is ‘couple-only’ time like vacations. Still, that doesn’t mean I can’t plan for trips further down the road, like say at the
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