Seems like when Airbus started to build the gargantuan Airbus 380 they knew this would be coming. They knew that on 12 hour plus flight their clients (the airlines) would be decking out this aircraft with high end amenities. And they have. Singapore

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Well, it’s the Friday after Thanksgiving and for my wife and I that means a serious day of traveling. Three and a half hours to Dallas, then a flight to Austin and then a connecting flight home to Phoenix. Hopefully traffic will be good and we’ll get home around 11pm.

It’s going to be a long day.

But to make it better, we checked in as

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You might think that it takes a lot of skill and training to become a flight attendant. Put aside all the “follow your dream” and “if you stick to it you’ll reach your goal” kinda thinking, it won’t get you anywhere in the Chinese airline business provided you can show certain physical features like attractiveness, a particular height and you

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Twenty-eight beauties competed in the fourth Amazing Philippine Beauties 2006 last year. And this year, the search is on for the 2007 edition of Amazing Philippine Beauties. The pageant actually features transsexuals, transgender people, transvestites and cross-dressers in a grand display of beauty and talent. The grand winner and her court a

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Diane Monique Lhuillier (born 1971 in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) is a Filipino fashion designer based in the United States. She was born and raised in the Philippine province of Cebu and is of French and Cebuano descent, hence her typical French last name meaning "oilmaker".

Monique LhuillierLhuillier's family is one of the more prom

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The history of my love affair with computers began in 1975 when I joined Canadian Pacific Airlines as a reservation agent. When I first started with the airlines there was no computer system. We took airline reservations on cards and then put them on what looked like a mobile washing line. It then moved round a large room to the front where i

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One of the most revered and admired Filipino Interior Designer and Furniture Designer is Antonio “Budji” Layug. He is known to use indigenous organic materials like bamboo, pandan, and other Philippine hardwoods. From these humble materials, he is known to create products that are unique yet elegant, comfortable yet sturdy and as an interio

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Politicians of the criminal conspirator kind are out to sabotage whatever gains have been achieved in good governance by the duly elected Governor of Pampanga. There is a clear pattern to get rid of Among Ed the catholic priest leaving his parish to take on the challenge of providing moral leadership in a province wracked with corruption spaw

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Move over William Hung a new sensation has just dethroned you and made you a “has been”….. Philippine Update described the new sensation as the “Hottest New Talent” officially ending William Hung’s Era in American Idol a popular reality talent show contest.

Reynaldo’s arrival came at a time over this “news item”, American Idol’s William Hu

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Just like a pernicious, malevolent, and virulent strain of cancerous cells, another call for Charter Change has been coming out of the woodwork of Philippine politics. For this round, the protracted deadlock in peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is being used as the dangling “bait” to the Filipino People. Where b

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Well, there are a handful of airline companies to choose from in the Hawaiian Islands.  Which interisland airline do you prefer?  If you are having trouble deciding, this

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Friday, 14 June 1985 Trans World Airlines Flight 847 leaves Athens after some delay, bound for Rome. At the controls is Captain John Testrake, a veteran pilot. With John Testrake on the flight deck are a second pilot and a flight engineer. John Testrake did not know the other 2. In the cabin are five crew members and 145 passen

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Jun Lozada’s revelation has shown that Greed & Corruption is like a jar of Jalapeños. What you do today…………….. might burn your A$$ tomorrow.

Are we seeing a strong resolve from the people to pressure the ultimate demise of an administration racked by rampant corruption? I can imagine this happening in a ship when a man falls

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Conclusion to The politics of Quarry Plunder & Jueteng

Philippine Newspapers used to be reliable and balanced in their reporting and printing news; doing their diligence in seeking out all facts and presenting them without bias or prejudice. Nowadays, the readers are the ones who have to dig deeper to see the truth. Its like

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A recent trip for passengers on a Virgin airline craft turned into a funny merry-go-round. The plane trip which should have only taken 50 minutes turned into a 5 leg flight until the craft was finally able to land in Rockhampton, Australia. The Virgin flight was scheduled to fly from Brisbane to Rockhampton but had to turn arou

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