Not very happy

I am flying Thai airlines on my way back from Singapore (SIA-BKK-MUC-FRA) and I have to say ‘I am not amused’. Having previously flown Lufthansa, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Swiss on that route I got some experience in economy and business class from Europe to SE Asia. Having plenty of air miles to spare I opted for a business ticket.

Flying business class there are just some standards you expect for paying so much more. Singapore Airlines and Emirates are great when it comes to customer experience (at least on most flights – had an exception with SIA to Mumbai). So flying another Star Alliance airline shouldn’t differ too much you would think…

Safety instructions

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Though I usually don't pay much attention, these safety instructions were a little difficult to follow. The projection into the door was difficult to see...

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I have been back in Singapore a little over two weeks now. Good to be back… But doing nothing then walking up and down Orchard Road for four weeks seemed a bleak outlook. Therefore I decided to do something useful: I started to learn Mandarin 😉

Mandarin is a Chinese dialect, spoken by most Chinese and dominant in mainland China (or PRC or People’s Republic of China – whichever you like). Since I have spend a lot of time in south east Asia, why not take it a step further and learn a language spoken by a good share of the earths population.

As usual I decided pretty late before coming here to learn Chinese (I think it was on the plane on the way here), so I had to find a language school providing full time courses and immediate enrollment. Quickly, I discovered that the Spring Language School in Bishan let’s you in pretty much at any time (2 weeks for 535SGD, 790SGD for 4 weeks). So Monday morning I went to their office and enrolled for four weeks. Half an hour latter I already sat in class.

The benefit of joining at any time comes to the cost of not getting into a dedicated class. So I am learning with other students, which are already studying for months and new students are joining the class at any time. The individual skill level is quite diverse as you can imagine. If you’re looking for a dedicated class it may be best to check the language schools a few months prior to your desired start date when they start new classes.

In the next few posts I will write about some of the tools and websites I use for my daily study. So watch this space…

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