Monday, September 17, 2012

The CEO Group

Our CEO gang and alumni-mentors out for ice cream on Orchard Road, the shopping center of Singapore

Posing for a picture with a curious guest

Fruit Stall: Durians

 Not 2 minutes from our apartment was a family-owned fruit stall, perfect for a fresh late night snack

 Durians: The famous (and infamously malodorous) fruit of Asia

My brief attempt as a durian vendor

The Bencoolen Apartment

The best part of each day: coming home from work for a late night swim (Thanks to Columbia for providing amazing housing)

TWG Tea - At Work


I was lucky enough to get my own cubicle at TWG Tea HQ

Our Product: Loose leaf tea canisters in TWG Tea's signature yellow color


The view right outside the balcony: A temple amidst high rise condos
 TWG Tea's Boutique shop, located inside the Marina Bay Sands Mall

Adjacent to the boutique was the Tea Salon, a restaurant suspended over an indoor canal
The Marina Bay Sands Hotel, one of the world's most unique and impressive architectural feat.  I occasionally worked there, meeting foreign journalists from Thailand, Hongkong, and Mainland China  
Singapore's Financial District on the Marina Bay.  Singapore was ranked was ranked No. 1 worldwide for the ease of doing business by the World Bank