Chiang Mai - Feb06

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

Last weekend we went to Chiang Mai, one of the 4 most important capitals of the previous kingdom of Sion, now known as Thailand.

Chiang Mai is a beautiful small city with lots of activities to get involved in and plenty of shopping to get caught in.

We got a chance to ride an elephant and that... was a real paradigm shifter for me :)

See, where i come from, elephants are only seen in zoo's. These big "fellas" are amazing !!

Bangkok Feb 06 - Showing Nicky around

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

Come start of February i took Nicky to Bangkok for the weekend to show her around.

We had great weather and got to do some terrific sightseing. Bangkok gives me the same feeling as Sintra in Portugal: they're both World Heritage and no matter how many times you see it, you're still in awe.

Phuket DHL Express Kickoff - Jan 2006

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

In Jan myself and Pita went to Phuket for the start of the year Kickoff conference for our Business Unit - DHL Express.

Yet again, the similarities between DHL and AIESEC were present: from sessions to parties.

We were working overtime for our seniors but... came the weekend and...

BEACH ALL DAY LONG !!

We also got a chance to visit some of the sites most affected by the tsunami where you can already see lots of activity and some re-building still.

Bangkok - Xmas 2005

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

Parents came to visit and stayed for 1 month. They travelled a bit and we spent a very original Xmas in Bangkok.

An experience to remember.

November in Sydney

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

Got a chance to do a quick pop by in Sydney last year in November and saw why Rajat is really enjoying it there.

The city is beautiful with a lot of "western" flavour, there's night life and culture, buildings, parks and the opera house is everything you'd hope and more.

However, when you come into Australia staring at the screen on the airplane with the globe map... geeshhh you really feel you're at the end of the world.

Great trip!

Dinner & Dance 2005

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

In December we were present at the Annual Corporate Dinner and Dance.

Its a great event !! Love DHL !!
Felt just like AIESEC !! And the interns obviously stayed up later partying!

Work hard, play hard!

Beach Soccer

I really wanted to sit calmly and write down interesting thoughts on the experiences i?m having from life here in Singapore and working at a great company, DHL. However, today was beach soccer day and i'm dead...

... plus we lost :)

I gotta catch up sometime... i did look around everyone's adventures & mind-sharings and some really exciting stuff is happening. Particularly liked:

- Minni's birthday cake picture
- Bea's list of things she must do before she dies
- Vaibhav's thoughts on politics
- Devrim's picture of Freight Forwarding in Asia
- Abhi's trashing of terrorism

Brenda was about to qualify for the list but she still doesn't have a picture of me on her blog :))

Islamic Arts Musuem

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Originally uploaded by Pedroo.

This is a must do in KL!

The museum of Islamic Arts is impressive in size and nature. If you want to learn more about Islam this is the place to go.

The highlight includes a single floor with miniature replicas of the worlds most important mosques.