On a flight out of Narita, I happened to read a copy of the Sunday Times. As the plane took off, the view from my window seat was beautiful--the setting sun shone through a thin layer of clouds, casting a warm orange glow over the plane and into the cabin as the 747 climbed steadily. Leaving the Land of the Rising Sun just as the fiery orb was setting, eh? I chuckled at my cheesy little joke.
The Sunday Times had apparently gone through a makeover; it proudly announced on a side column that as a result, sales went through the roof on its first day of launch. I was reminded of Jeffrey Archer's "The Four Estate" and how the media could be used to interpret truth in many ways. No one can accuse the Sunday Times, or any newspaper for that matter, of being impartial, I guess. On the front page, there were the latest English Premier League scores (darn it, Man U looks like they're gonna win it again), Ronald Susilo's and Li Jiawei's unfortunate romance (Oey, just leave them alone okay) and sections on food, cultural events, fanatical bloggers, etc. The writing seemed better from a few years ago. I was amused to read an article about how Singaporean celebrities were supposedly ridiculed by Taiwanese talkshow hosts for having a poor command of English (Is the irony lost on them?!) ! Hahaha!
All these are inspiring me to blog more often... I need to find out how to blog by phone. Anyway, in-flight entertainment's starting soon and I gotta go catch Will Smith in I am Legend. See ya in 7 hours, Changi Airport!
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