Changi Airport

(Photo borrowed from the intelligent blog http://shakewellbeforeuse.wordpress.com/)

Changi Airport Terminal 3 is a massive infrastructure, an impressive architectural achievement that lacks the cheerful, nostalgic warmth of it's older brother and sister. But like all airports, it's a nice weekend go-to place to people watch! Spend late nights at 24-hr Wang's Cafe! Buy chocolates! Buy groceries from NTUC supermarket ! Or organize dinner at a variety of family-style diners!

Tonight, I bade au revoir to my dear friend as she set off for Paris on a work trip; 2 hrs later, I was still in the airport, wishing another friend bon voyage as he departed for Doha to embark on a promising new career.

They will be missed as much as we will be thought of longingly. In such foreign lands, surely they will miss the familiarity of the local roads, local flavors, local lingo and local convenience.

*Dear A, stay strong.*