Reflections on... airport security

You would think that Singapore would be as forward looking as the US if not more. In this day and age even the US relaxed its ban on liquids with respect to contact lens solution. No problems when I traveled through Hong Kong or Taiwan. (Hmm... looks like I wasn't supposed to leave Hong Kong with contact lens solution though.) But Singapore demanded that it be tossed since they haven't updated its list of exemptions. Alternatively the guard suggested that I could pour the contents into a smaller container at the gate. Yup, pour sterile lens solution into a random bottle. Clearly, the guards weren't too understanding of the situation. Anyway, this liquids ban is silly. I may have to check in a tiny bag with just lens solution like I did when the ban first started back in August 2006.

Hmm.... the US is way too proud of spreading this "3-1-1" concept. Given that the idea is to stop terrorists from bringing bombs on board a plane - if it's clearly obvious something's not a bomb, what's the point in throwing it out?! Anyway, hopefully one of these days the Powers That Be will realize this is as silly as the "have your bags been in your possession the whole time" business that we all had to deal with just a few years ago.