24 hour blogathon @ tangs

Some of the bloggers I know are doing this 24 hour blogathon. Guess where are they blogging from? From a department store's display window on Orchard Road.

You can read more about it at: http://www.tangs.com.sg/blogathon/
They started at 6 pm yesterday and will stop at 6 pm today. There are two winners who will walk away with some prizes.

If you want to support them, head down to Tangs. I did and took some photos.

It kind of reminds me of the Myer Windows in Melbourne. Almost everyone in Melbourne will visit the Myer Window display each Christmas.





This is Claudia from http://claudia.sg



This is DK from http://blog.dk.sg/



These two are Aaron and Hillary.
Aaron's known as Geekonomics and writes on CNET Asia. (http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/geekonomics/)
Hillary's column is High on a Hill on CNET Asia. (http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/high-on-a-hill/)




Who will win?
Two hours more to vote for them if you happen to go down to Tangs Orchard Road.

habitat - the boutique flashpackers hostel

I never knew this place existed until we were waiting for the traffic lights to turn green. I glanced and saw that it's a backpacker's hostel.



They don't use the word backpackers, but flashpackers. There's a boutique word too!



I was curious why they call themselves a boutique flashpacker's hostel.

Well, take a look their website: http://www.habitat-hostels.com.sg/ or facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Singapore-City-Singapore/Habitat-Hostel-The-Boutique-Flashpackers-Hostel-Singapore/46632193756

It's quite interesting. :-)

Do you stay in hostels or hotels when you travel?

futurecart

Some "Cold Storage" branded supermarkets have this new high tech shopping carts in their stores. I have yet to hold one of it (I just took a photo of this poster), but it reminded me of an assignment for one of the modules of my Masters course I took around 6 years ago.

My group mates and I came out with a business proposal and our topic was about these shopping carts! Our Professor did not really think it was a feasible idea and thought no one will implement it. But look, someone did! ( I think I still have the assignment and his remarks!)

Not sure what the function of this cart has, but our proposal had sensors on both carts and around the store that can keep track of user behaviour and show relevant promotion as they go through the aisles. There were many other things too, but I can't remember the details.




If you want to see how the cart looks like, look at ZS's blog post here. You can click on the photo of his daughter on the cart to expand it. ;-)

Count the steps while you climb it.

You saw the different signs at the door to tell you to take the steps. Well, I did, guess what I saw?



They numbered each step! Wow!
I wonder how many calorie do I burn for climbing each step. :-p