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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
2 January 2023, Monday (Exchange rate: S$1 = RM3.25) First trip of 2023, and we had a super early start to the day. After a light breakfast at home, we headed down to meet our Mercedes taxi driver, who arrived at 4:20am sharp as scheduled. Last night, I made an advance booking on the Zig […]
Day 3: 31 July 2023, Monday For our third and last full day in Kuala Lumpur, we had a light agenda: shopping in the morning and afternoon, followed by dinner with IK. At 8:54am, we hopped on a Grab car to take us to an eatery in Bukit Bintang called Capitol Cafe for breakfast. It […]
Day 2: 30 July 2023, Sunday Despite not sleeping much after returning late from the MUSE concert last night, I still managed to crawl out of bed at 6:20am. WY was too tired so she elected to sleep in. We had another early start to the day because IK and S were taking us out […]
How It All Began When English rock band MUSE announced in February that they would be staging a concert in Kuala Lumpur on 29 July 2023, I knew I had to go. The tour is in support of their latest album, Will of the People, released on 22 August 2022. It was a little surprising […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 100 – Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) / Singapore
8 August 2018, Wednesday Today is the day…Day 100 and the day I return home to Singapore. I woke up feeling a mixture of excitement and sadness – excited because I will finally be back in a familiar place I love so much; and sad because it marks the end of this wonderful Grand Adventure. […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 99 – Thailand (Hat Yai) / Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
7 August 2018, Tuesday After an uneventful day in Hat Yai yesterday, I was very eager to move on to Kuala Lumpur today. I checked out of my hostel at 6:40am and walked to Haadyai Station, aka Hat Yai Junction railway station, less than 10 minutes away. Yesterday, I had already purchased my ticket for […]
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Kuala Lumpur Escapade Day 3-5: Kuala Lumpur / Genting / Singapore
Day 3: 23 August 2017, Wednesday As my Go Genting express bus departure was only at 2:30pm, I had the morning free to roam about. After checking out of Mingle Hostel at 10am, I headed over to Mid Valley Megamall. It is located halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya so it is slightly outside […]
Day 2: 22 August 2017, Tuesday This morning, I had breakfast at the rooftop of Mingle Hostel before setting off to catch the SEA Games. Breakfast was included in my hostel booking and it was pretty basic fare – toast, eggs and coffee/tea. Basic, but good enough for me since I am a bread-and-coffee-breakfast kind […]
Day 1: 21 August 2017, Monday The 29th SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) were held in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur (KL), from 19 to 30 August 2017. Since KL is just a stone’s throw away from Singapore, figuratively speaking, I decided to take the golden opportunity to head over to support our Team Singapore athletes […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 4 June 2017] This February, I took a short trip to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate mum’s birthday. I had gone to KL as recently as last year but mum and dad haven’t been there for about 10 years, so […]