World’s most expensive holiday sold to unnamed Chinese man

A luxury vacation package costing $1.5 million, dubbed "the world's most expensive holiday," has been sold to an unnamed Chinese man. 

The luxury holiday takes in all of UNESCO's spectacular 962 World Heritage Sites, spans over 157 countries and lasts one year. Costing $1.5 million, the package was put together by luxury travel company Hurlingham Travel and sold through exclusive e-commerce site veryfirstto.com.

After first being offered last month, the luxury package has been sold to an "unnamed man from China," according to a report in the UK's Guardian. Though neither VeryFirstTo or Hurlingham Travel have released press statements on this matter, the report indicates that the buyer is studying for a PhD, though little else is known about the man who will embark on his luxury travels next year.
The report also indicates that the site received a total of 15 enquires into the "the world's most expensive holiday package."

Original Source: Yahoo News

Why Children Must Learn Music and Art

There are not too many people who are inclined to learning music and the arts. That is the reason why enrollment in other endeavors such as sports outnumbers signups for arts and music subjects. Sad to say, there tends to be lesser emphasis and opportunity for the creative and performing arts in education as children move up in the grades. When there are budget cuts in school districts, the firs hits are art, music, and drama. This is inopportune because much is to be gained by providing musical and creative experiences all the way through a child's learning expedition.
Luckily, preschool and kindergarten core curriculum is a great deal embedded with music, art, and movement.  Art and music lessons for children are very significant components of an effective preschool and kindergarten program.

Children learn a lot by hearing music of different genres. They are subconsciously trained to distinguish between different sounds, pitches, and rhythms. They become skilled at identifying rhymes, which are so common in the lyrics of songs. Rhyming is critical to the development of phonemic and phonological awareness in children.

Enjoy the Sights and Sounds of Singapore On a Bus

Singapore is a city of sights and sounds. Traveling in groups within the city can be very challenging. Generally, the challenge lies in finding a transportation that will accommodate the whole traveling party. It is difficult enough to travel on your own even if you seek the services of a car rental provider. The dilemma is compounded when you want to travel as group.

Well, you can now enjoy the fun of traveling in this amazing city even if you are a huge group using the finest bus transport services in Singapore.

If you are going on a trip together with ten to 50 individuals, you better get a good bus rental Singapore service. You will be able to save yourself a lot of trouble in organizing your trip and at the same time save a lot of money while you and your travel companions travel around different Singapore spots in style and in comfort. 

Traveling by bus rental is amazingly economical. Since everybody will be traveling using a single vehicle, that beats the price of the cheapest car rental. If you only had one bus to book, instead of 10 regular sized cars, you can take a big percentage off the expenses for transportation. As you can imagine, you do not have to go back and forth and waste time trying to find a ride for all of your companions if you have a bus rental Singapore.

Free MRT travel for early birds

SINGAPORE: Train commuters in Singapore who exit 16 designated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in the city area before 7:45am on weekdays will be able to travel for free from 24 June.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is embarking on a one-year trial of a free pre-peak travel scheme to better spread passenger load on commuter trains in the mornings.

The 16 designated stations are Bugis, Chinatown, City Hall, Clarke Quay, Dhoby Ghaut, Lavender, Orchard, Outram Park, Raffles Place, Somerset, Tanjong Pagar, Bayfront, Bras Basah, Esplanade, Marina Bay and Promenade.

Those who may miss the cut-off time by just a few minutes can also save on fares.

The early travel discount of up to 50 cents which was originally applicable for travel before 7.45am will now be offered from 7.45am to 8am.

Currently, about 18,000 commuters exit the 16 stations in the half hour before 7.45am.

This goes up to 29,500 in the following half hour, and hits 83,000 between 8.15am and 9am.

Obama thanks Singapore for military cooperation as US prepares to deploy ships

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday thanked Singapore for its military cooperation as the U.S. prepares to rotate ships through the prosperous city-state to boost its presence in the Asia-Pacific.
The U.S. president met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the third Asian leader to visit the White House this year, as the Obama administration pursues closer ties with countries in the region.

Singapore is a close defense and economic partner of the U.S., and later this month, the U.S. will begin rotational deployments of Navy vessels there. That’s part of the Obama administration’s “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific region as the U.S. disentangles itself from a decade of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We have extremely close military cooperation. And I want to thank Singapore for all the facilities that they provide that allow us to maintain our effective Pacific presence,” Obama told reporters.

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News Source: WashingtonPost