Day 4 – 12 February 2019, Tuesday Rise and shine! It’s my last day in Tokyo and I have a full day to roam about before my late flight back home tonight. I wasn’t planning on doing much initially but thanks to my primary school friend MB, I ended up with a packed and fulfilling […]
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Day 3 – 11 February 2019, Monday After experiencing the high of Janet Jackson’s State of the World Tour last night, I took it easy today. I managed to wake up early enough to enjoy the two free bread rolls for breakfast. Unlike yesterday’s mostly sunny weather, it was a day of gloomy skies today, […]
Day 2 – 10 February 2019, Sunday I woke up after 9am this morning and lazed in bed for a while before making my way down to take a hot bath. By the time I was done, I had missed the free breakfast bread rolls, which are served until 10am daily. After the cold and […]
How It All Began I wasn’t planning to make a trip to Tokyo this year but when my friend JK told me in late December 2018 that Janet Jackson would be bringing her State Of The World Tour to the Nippon Budokan at Tokyo for two nights in February 2019, I jumped at it. JK […]
30 October 2017, Monday After resting for most of yesterday, I felt better physically today. In fact, I wasn’t aching as badly as I thought I would. I had a whole day in Kathmandu today so I took it nice and slow. At about 7:45am, I left my guest house to look for a nice […]
29 October 2017, Sunday Rise and shine! After yesterday’s gruelling race, I woke up at about 5:45am today. I had planned to make my way to the viewing area to see the sunrise but my body was aching and I didn’t have enough motivation to climb all the way up there, so I only got […]
28 October 2017, Saturday I felt like I had barely fallen asleep when my phone alarm rang and it was time to wake up again. It was 2:45am and I only had about five hours of sleep. After washing up, I ate my apple strudel and cinnamon bun for breakfast and tried to calm my […]
27 October 2017, Friday This morning, I woke up at about 7am and it was a nice, cool 18 degrees Celsius outside. At 7:45am, EW and I walked to the main street to have breakfast at a restaurant called Boomerang. I ordered a Trekker’s Breakfast set, which cost Rs 325 (S$4.40) and consisted of muesli, […]
26 October 2017, Thursday This morning, we woke up at about 7:30am and went for breakfast at 8am. It was about 16 degrees Celsius in the morning, slightly chilly but still comfortable because it was sunny. The hotel breakfast buffet was not bad and we ate our fill before heading out for one last stroll […]
How It All Began Last October, I visited Nepal for the third time. My previous visits were in 2012 and 2013/2014 and I’d been wanting to go back for some time now. Alongside Iceland and Japan, Nepal is one of my favourite countries in the world. I love the Himalayan mountain scenery and the simple […]
19 September 2017, Tuesday Day 3 in Boracay, and it’s raining again. It’s not called the wet season for nothing. Because of the rain, I decided to have my breakfast at the hostel café. I ordered a full English breakfast set and coffee and it cost PHP 380 (S$10.34), more expensive than the eatery outside. […]
18 September 2017, Monday This morning, I had a very important piece of business to settle, and that was getting my mobile phone repaired. The front and rear cameras were not working anymore after I dropped my phone last night. I felt extremely handicapped without a camera so I made it my number one priority […]
Prelude Boracay is a tiny island in the Philippines, often portrayed as a paradise on earth, famous for its white sand beaches and raucous nightlife. In the past year, it has been in the spotlight because the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte branded the island a “cesspool” due to the lack of proper drainage systems, resulting […]
Day 3: 13 September 2017, Friday It’s my last full day in HCMC and I didn’t have anything planned today so I checked the cinema listings to see what movies were showing. I found out that there was a new 3D release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day out now. It’s my favourite film of all […]
Day 2: 12 September 2017, Thursday This morning, I woke up at 8am and went to the rooftop of The Like Hostel for breakfast, which was included in my hostel booking. It was a simple buffet breakfast with sticky rice, vermicelli, pasta, baguette, sunny side eggs and fruits to choose from. I loved the sticky […]
Day 1: 11 September 2017, Wednesday Last September, as I was looking for a quick getaway from Singapore, I browsed through the various budget airlines’ websites to look for the lowest fare and eventually settled on Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the largest city in Vietnam by population. HCMC is also commonly known as Saigon, […]
Asia | Kuala Lumpur Escapade 2017 | Malaysia
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 […]
Bali All The Way 2017 | In Search Of Incredible | Indonesia
Bali All The Way Day 4: Water Sports / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 30 September 2017] Day 4: 28 April 2017, Friday It’s our last day in Bali and we spent the morning doing water sports activities at Tanjung Benoa in the southern part of the island. From our villa, we drove […]