Tornado in Singapore !

On 25th at Changi Airport, i witnessed for the first time in my life the phenomenon, Tornado, which i thought is common in America's. I was on my way back from Thailand and was approaching the customs check at Changi Airport Terminal 2 when i noticed people gathered in large numbers and gazing outside through the glass window panels. First my thought was that, there is something wrong with one of those planes parked outside. But i didnt find anything abnormal until i saw this...


"Should i take a taxi to home now or wait ?" was the only question that flashed in my mind. I quickly grabbed my camera and took these pictures. Further the fear of something worse to follow these really troubled me a lot.

Initially i thought that these are tornados until i heard in the news that they are not tornados but are Water Spouts. It has appread in the east coast sea. The ministry said these are common in singapore and occurs once or twice in a year. Hopefully things stops here and dosent worsen further !!

As things gain pace .....

Seems like it has become an habit to skip updating the blog since i joined Yokogawa. It neither carries any wrong message about my previous stop, Nanyang Polytechnic nor does it carry any unusual and strange message at my new stop, Yokogawa. Rather i am trying to get along with my new responsibilities and roles by burning extra gas!

To let u know about the team, Business Solution Development (BSD) at Singapore Development Centre of Yokogawa.... My boss Mr.Joseph Lee (Singaporean) is very understanding person. Then we have three executives, Mr.Sharad(Singaporean), Mr.Naveen(Indian) and me. We have a senior engineer Ms.Emileen (from Venezuela) and the rest are Developers (1 from China, 3 from India, 1 from Indonesia and 1 singaporean).

(Myself. Mr.Jasbir Sing, Mr.Kumar, Emelin and others from Yokogawa, Singapore at Saraburi Inn, Saraburi)

Well things are fine so far and had quite few sharing sessions. Last week i was visiting one of our customers, Thai Acrylic Fibre (TFA) located at Saraburi, Thailand. I was there since monday (21st May) until friday the 27th May. I am into developing some diagnostic tools for some unit operations and went there to collect data for my research and development. Myself and Emelin represented SGDC and there were two other gentlemen from SVO team of Yokogawa. We had a nice stay at Saraburi Inn, Saraburi. Mr.Jasbir Singh (GM -E&I, TAF) and Mr.Kumar (Mgr-Textile,TAF) took care of us during our stay. Mr.Singh was very keen in preparing some tools for TAF through us. He is very energetic and readily participated in all the sharing sessions during our stay. Mr.Kumar on the other hand is very reserved but equally willing to support us during our stay. Unfortunately few problems in the plant, during our stay, kept him focused on the resolving issues and hence could'nt mingle with us.

We enjoyed shopping at LOTUS hypermarket, Thai food at the company guest house, Saraburi Restaurant, Hospitality of Thai people. That was a great experience. The garments price were really very cheap. Also got a chance to talk to one of my good old friend, Balaji (Mgr-Aditya Birla Company, Rayon). We spend thursday evening together at the Saraburi Inn. It was a nice chance to talk about personal things apart from normal plant details. The Swarnabhubi Airport, Thailand, is really a classic one. Very good architecture but poor maintenance. I had taken some pictures inside the airport.