Day 2 in Vienna - Singapore Night and hosted by Singapore Radiological Society and Siemens Medical.

The voices were fantastic. I love it!

This is Hotel Pension Franz! Wait till you see inside! Very warm and European setting. Curtains, and sofas.. english breakfast. Would definitely love to stay there again!

This is the hotel you should stay in if you visit Vienna. It is just a few minutes away from the most happening place in Vienna.
There is the Voltice Church across the road. Further up is the U-Bahn (just like our MRT) which will bring you everywhere else in Vienna.

BIPA is just like our Watsons or Guardian! If you walk backup the road, there is a Chinese resturant. How convienient!

Mr Rastgoo was at the reception. Great guy! He said he would love to come Singapore too. I wish I would be able to return the hospitality when he comes! Probably next year, I hope!

On the right, you can see the ECR booths at the Vienna International Centre. As big as our Suntec City. These booths represent the Radiological societies/communities all over the world. I would have more fun had the Thais, Japs and Koreans been there. Did meet 1 Korean though, with Mr and Mrs Tay. I was their photographer. She knows my Jeon JiHyun, and Song HyeGyo. I shall just "dream on" lah ....



This is Schonbrunn Palace in Winter! Nice place, but too big for me.

A simple collage to depict what happened on the evening of Singapore Invites ECR in Vienna, Austria.

The Austrians are really fabulous singers.

In the foreground, the delegates who attended the ECR2006 and invited guests of Singapore delegates (Singapore Radiological Society).

I believe Siemens facilitated the event! Great theme! Thanks to May and her gang!

It's been a good week after returning from Vienna. Also a little depressing.
All the paper I have been doing and collecting enough info to get it updated (the best I can) has been just pushed aside when someone else just summarised what I did on 1 single page.

Well, it is actually ok if my boss recognises what I had done.. but apparently not.
I guess I should not be so disturbed by things like that in future.

Day One - Vienna, Austria. (Local time 0830hrs)
Arrived at Hotel Pension Franz.
Hotel was full and so we had to roam around the streets until 11.30am before we could check in.

We went walkabt in the cool morning sun. Only 1 word could describe it: Shiok!
But soon it was shivering shiok. When we breathe, it was like we were smoking becos of the "vapour" from our breath.

(This shot nice or not?) You will see lots of them. There are only a few things that you must look out for in case you are lost in Vienna:- This kinda architecture (so that you can check it out on the map), The U-Bahn (MRT), the WC and Macdonalds!!
So with some money, I am sure you will survive somehow.

ECR 2006 - Vienna, Austria

Day Zero (Night, 2 March2006) - Singapore
Rushed through many things, both at home and at work.
Reminded Din about a few "urgent outstandings"... like conducting some PPAs while I am away. Plus the preparation (mostly to seek clarifications from HRM) for the coming Mass Casualty drill. Interestingly, I realised that tho we may be highly advanced, all these costly sophistication can easily be knocked out by a dead plug! Anyway, 1 week has passed. Still have PPAs to do and so much to updating to catch regarding the MCD.


Rushed home at about 7pm. Need to pack up in a hurry. I brought my good ole Sony along naturally. Afterall, altho it is going to be cold... and wet. Mum seemed more excited than I was. Julie and CK brought me a couple of stuffs becos I seemed totally oblivious to what was about to happen in Vienna at 1 degrees Celcius! There were her favorite KOPI, my instant oak mixtures and korean instant noodles on top of the usual stuffs... Heard that things are going to be expensive there.. No, make it SUPER-EX.

Chatted with Yen while having dinner until 2230hr when I had my shower before heading for Vienna. She was visibly worried also. Reached Terminal 2 at close to 2310hr. Mr & Mrs Tay arrived shortly after, at abt 2330hr. Managed to change into Euros during that time.

Finally boarded the plane and began the 12-hour ride among the clouds! I exchanged my seats with Mrs Tay so she could sit beside her hubby. My seat was the 1st seat of four, in the centre aisle, right infront of the very last toilet at the back of the plane. The plane also carried passengers from Meibourne to Vienna. They looked/spoke like Aussies. There was apparently a group of young holiday-makers estactic over the trip to Vienna. So I did not really have much chance to sleep because these couple beside me was either getting in and out of their seats to use the toilet, or asked for more water. So I got this trobbing headache by the time we finally touched down.

Anyway, I have a couple of thousand more words to say.....

Money doesn't buy you happiness. But I can, if I can have your kind of money.

Tomorrow I will be flying off to Vienna.
Feel a certain reluctance to go to an unfamiliar place.
Max 8degrees. No joke!

Well, if I survive the cold, I'd better celebrate with a good warm steamboat when I am back in Singapore. Or at least, chilli crabs LongBeach!

A friend asked me to look for nice cafes. Bet I will.
I also wish I have a chance to sip coffee and grab something to read over there. Sure it beats being a bellhop at the hotel.

Maybe they have RC planes or Boats!!

Perhaps I should pep myself hopeful now! hiazzzzzzzzzzzzzzz