Some People Never Learn

Preparations for the Chinese Lunar New Year are well underway across the whole globe. Inside China itself it has become a tradition now that people - usually those who work in cities - return to their families outside of those cities, and sometimes quite far away in fact, to celebrate the festival.

On the one hand the Western media has it that China is suffering some kind of downturn...

The kinds of statistics which are quoted in the media do not hold the same significance to me that they might to those who dabble in Exchanges that put up moving prices for people to bet on and have stops run through on and all of that saga. It's all very clever. Very, you know, technological.

Cathay First Class Lounge -
part of it, anyway

I am much more personally interested, in things such as whether or not the First Class Flight Lounges are going to be fairly empty or not!

Or whether the Vodka Mandarin tray is well topped-up regularly. You know, it's kind of a 'James Bond' lifestyle thing... ; )

And they have at the service desk in there, a supply of the new Cathay Dragon-branded USB sticks - complimentary; you can just ask for one and they'll give it to you for nothing (that is to say, it's all contained in the excellent pricing arrangement they currently have for your tickets). 

What is the news in the world today?

Well, the top crook judge, friend of now dead Chief Gangster Lee of Singapore, also died himself this week. This guy, whose name is not worth remembering anyway, spent his life doing his master's bidding from the bench of the Supreme Court. And now he's dead and has to follow his master to wherever these sorts of characters go after they depart from this Earth.

Absolute Mandarin Spirit...! In the First Class Lounge. Places in the clouds. Not for the unworthy.

Wonder what Gong Li is doing this CNY? She will not be in Singapore of course. I hope they give her at least part of the Cathay Dragon brand ambassador mission. That would be something special. This is a truly first class airline.