Back in Shanghai from Singapore

Alright, we are back in Shanghai at 5:45am this morning; left Singapore at 0:55am this morning. China Eastern uses Singapore's new Terminal 3. Man, it is such a nice terminal. The colour coordination, the decor, the lighting and the layout really make this terminal a world class. I am willing to spend an extra hour in this terminal just to check out the place. I cannot describe how nice this airport is; you guys have to go there and look!

Foggy and rainy when we arrived in Shanghai; only 12C. A big drop from the 30C with high humidity. Just finished unpack and did laundry; car is booked for tomorrow afternoon heading to the airport; going to Haikou for Audrey's triathlon. We'll be staying at the Sheraton where the race begins. And as it happens, we are heading to a category 1 typhoon. Right now, a tropical depression developed over the Philippine sea has turned north by north east up toward Vietnam and the Hainan Island (where Haikou is ). I believe we will land at Haikou just ahead of the storm cutting across the Hainan Island. But who knows; last report indicates this typhoon will hit landfall by Vietnam instead; if so, that will be good. Otherwise, based on projection the typhoon will cut across Hainan Island Friday night; just west of Haikou then continues northward to mainland China. Yikes. I better pack more batteries for my flashlights. Sheraton is located by the sea. But it is kinda protected by the bay; no trees though. Will be interesting. Funny the organizer of the Ironman China is not aware of the typhoon. So is most competitors. I emailed the Shanghai Tri club president telling him about the weather; he simply does not know there is one. Actually, I wouldn't know if I didn't by chance had the TV on in Singapore tuned to CNN. Caught a glimpse of the weather reporting. The Chinese News Media definitely does not have any info. Haha, I just got on to the Chinese's equivalent of Google; it's called Baidu.com. I did a search on Haikuo news, in chinese of course! Now, I am getting the local evening newspaper; it does report the typhoon.