A Finnish Professor who was a keynoter at our conference last June came back to Singapore for a Roundtable conference. She contacted me and we arranged to meet up. Due to an impending threat of strike by Lufthansa, she was forced to take an earlier flight back to Finland tonight rather than on Sunday evening. As such, my plan to take her out on Saturday had to be abandoned. But not wanting her to go home empty-handed, I decided to take her to Arab Street before her midnight flight as she had mentioned that she hoped to buy silk fabric for her daughter.
It was both our first visit to Arab Street. We were both amazed by the large number of fabric shops there! We tried to bargain but failed miserably haha. :P Regardless, we were fast shoppers and the Finnish prof managed to get her silk fabric within 30 minutes. :) Another colleague came to meet us and we went to Suntec City for dinner.
After dinner, we sent the Finnish prof to the airport. We arrived at the airport just before 9pm, with plenty of time for her to check-in.
We were really happy to see each other again. We hope we will meet up soon again, either in Singapore or in Finland.
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