Day 4: 14 May 2024, Tuesday Rise and shine, it’s the second day of our Jeju RTI ride! It was cool and sunny at 16 degrees C when we woke up at 7am, but the temperature would hit a maximum of 21 degrees later in the early afternoon. Perfect conditions for cycling. On the agenda […]
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Day 3: 13 May 2024, Monday Day 3 in Jeju, and it’s now time for our Jeju Round-The-Island (RTI) ride! As promised by the weather forecast, we woke up to sunny skies, with the morning temperature a cool, 14 degrees C. Compared to the cloudy skies yesterday and the spell of rain last night, the […]
Day 2: 12 May 2024, Sunday We were tired yesterday because of our red-eye flight, but after a good night’s sleep, we woke up today feeling much more refreshed. At 9:10am, IH, ZY and I left Whistle Lark Hotel and walked towards our breakfast venue, Café Antoinette, located about 2.4km away. PL elected to sleep […]
How It All Began To be honest, South Korea was not on the top of my list of places to visit. I am not a big fan of kimchi or K-Pop, and have resisted the Korean wave for a long time. However, I recently started watching some K-Dramas like Squid Game, All Of Us Are […]
Asia | Philippines | Together Again in Manila 2024
Together Again in Manila 2024 – Day 4 & 5: Janet Jackson Concert / Singapore
Day 4 – 13 March 2024, Wednesday Today was D-Day…the day we would be Together Again with Janet, or Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty! I woke up excited at 6:45am and had breakfast at our Airbnb apartment, consisting of Flosss bun that we bought from BreadTalk last night, and instant coffee from home. As the […]
Day 3 – 12 March 2024, Tuesday For our third day in Manila, we decided to go on a day trip to Tagaytay, a popular weekend getaway located about 60km south of Manila. We looked at a few tour operators on Klook and Tripadvisor but they were pretty expensive, so the ever-resourceful WY trawled the […]
Asia | Philippines | Together Again in Manila 2024
Together Again in Manila 2024 – Day 2: Intramuros / Binondo
Day 2 – 11 March 2024, Monday Woke up naturally this morning at 7:45am. The best thing about staying in an Airbnb apartment is that it comes with a fully-equipped kitchen so we can prepare simple meals at home and not eat out. WY heated up the cheese & garlic pita bread that we bought […]
Asia | Philippines | Together Again in Manila 2024
Together Again in Manila 2024 – Day 1: Singapore / Makati
How It All Began When Janet Jackson announced on 15 November 2023 that she would be bringing her Together Again Tour to Hawaii, Manila and Japan for a handful of dates in March 2024, I knew I had to go for it. I had already missed the original US leg of the tour in the […]
Day 2: 12 May 2023, Friday For our second day in Taipei, we had a full day free so we decided to visit Shifen (十分) and Jiufen (九份), two of the most popular day trip destinations located on the outskirts of the city. We woke up at 7am but lay in bed until we could […]
How It All Began After years of dreaming about it, I finally completed my first cycling trip to Vietnam/Cambodia in November 2022. Pedalling my way from city to city over multiple days was invigorating and something that I had never experienced before. Over seven days and 300km of cycling, we traversed across diverse landscapes, seeing […]
Australia | But Here We Are, Perth 2023 | Perth
But Here We Are, Perth 2023 – Day 5: Cycling Around South Perth
1 December 2023, Friday For my last day in Perth, I woke up at 7am, did my final packing and checked out of my room at 7:50am. I had a few hours to spare before my SQ226 flight at 2:20pm. My flight was originally supposed to depart at 1:50pm but I received an email from […]
Australia | But Here We Are, Perth 2023 | Perth
But Here We Are, Perth 2023 – Day 4: Rottnest Island
30 November 2023, Thursday Despite the late night last night, I woke up naturally at 5:15am this morning but lazed around till 5:45am before I climbed out of bed. I had a simple breakfast in the hostel before leaving at 6:38am and walked to Perth station to catch the train to Fremantle. I picked G […]
Australia | But Here We Are, Perth 2023 | Perth
But Here We Are, Perth 2023 – Day 3: Foo Fighters Concert
29 November 2023, Wednesday I woke up at 7:45am, feeling physically much better than the previous two days. Which is great, because tonight’s the night of the Foo Fighters concert – the reason I came to Perth in the first place! After consulting Google Maps, I decided on my breakfast venue and proceeded to rent […]
Australia | But Here We Are, Perth 2023 | Perth
But Here We Are, Perth 2023 – Day 2: Cycling Around Perth City
28 November 2023, Tuesday I was woken up at around 4am because one of my hostel room mates was snoring loudly. Since I was awake, I went to use the toilet. Perhaps also being awakened by my footsteps, he stopped snoring after that, thankfully. However, I couldn’t get back into deep sleep, and decided to […]
How It All Began When the Foo Fighters announced on 5 June that they would be touring Australia and New Zealand in the summer of 2023 to support the release of their latest album, But Here We Are, I knew immediately that I needed to watch this concert, because I loved the new album so […]
Asia | Malaysia | Revisiting Penang 2023
Revisiting Penang 2023 – Day 3 & 4: Penang Hill / Kek Lok Si Temple
24 September 2023, Sunday After the action-packed day yesterday, we had a lighter slate on our plate today, with only two main sightseeing objectives – Penang Hill and Kek Lok Si Temple. Yesterday night, I had pre-purchased tickets for our Penang Hill visit, because I read that the queue to take the funicular can be […]
23 September 2023, Saturday For our second day in Penang, our main agenda was to visit George Town. The historic core of the city was prescribed a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Malacca City in 2008. Penang and Melaka were the two historic port cities along the Straits of Malacca during British colonial rule […]
22 September 2023, Friday (Exchange rate: S$1 = RM3.40) Rise and shine! It was finally time for our short family getaway to Penang, a former British colony located on the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. I have been to Penang twice as a child, in 1987 and 1991, when I was 5 and 9 years […]
Asia | Ipoh (Hor) Fun 2023 | Malaysia
Ipoh (Hor) Fun 2023 – Day 3 & 4: Cameron Highlands / Ipoh / Singapore
4 January 2023, Wednesday It was a cool 16 degrees C when we woke up at 7am this morning. Always nice to experience a bit of natural, chilly weather away from the constant heat and humidity in Singapore. At 8am, we checked out of our Golden Hills apartment and drove to Brinchang for breakfast, just […]
3 January 2023, Tuesday It’s a special day today because it’s dad’s birthday, and that’s why we came on this trip in the first place, so happy birthday dad! This morning, we left Uncle S and Aunt V’s apartment at 8am and drove to a kopitiam nearby for breakfast. When we arrived at 8:08am, there […]