Recently I was in Silver Spring for a work attachments for a duration of about ten days. During the Saturday and Sunday, we visited Washington DC and all the historical monuments and memorials there. I had a really great time. It's easy to get from Silver Spring to any part of DC, just take the Metro red line. I found the train system to be very similar to that of Singapore's mass rapid transit (MRT). We took Tourmobile to get around DC and visit all the monuments and memorials. It's $...

It takes almost a day of flying to get from Singapore to Washington. It should be alright if one is flying by business class, Elite class or First Class, but they are always trying to save and all we got is Economy. To get from here to there, takes three transitions, from Singapore to Tokyo (6-7 hours), from Toyko to Minneapolis (10 hours) or Detroit (12 hours) and then from there to Washington (2 to 3 hours). Leg room is very important to me. It was still cramp. I guess one could get up ...