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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
25 January 2018, Thursday It was our last full day in Melbourne and we were feeling the effects of the non-stop action from the past five days. We finally dragged ourselves out of the apartment just before noon and went to Queen Victoria Market to do some last-minute shopping. A lot of people come to […]
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AO Melbourne 2018: Day 5 – Australian Open Quarterfinals Day 2
24 January 2018, Wednesday Our euphoria and fatigue from yesterday’s Australian Open Quarterfinal matches lasted well into this morning, as we slept in yet again before finally climbing out of our beds at about 10am. At 11:30am, we left our apartment for our first destination, South Melbourne Market. One of the great things about Melbourne […]
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AO Melbourne 2018: Day 4 – Australian Open Quarterfinals Day 1
23 January 2018, Tuesday We slept till rather late this morning because we were all exhausted from yesterday’s long but fulfilling Great Ocean Road drive. At about 11am, we headed out to Hardware Street for brunch. The weather was very fine and the temperature was a pleasant 21 degrees Celsius. Perfect for walking. Hardware Street […]
22 January 2018, Monday This morning, we set off very early from our apartment. At 6:30am, we drove our rented car out of Melbourne city towards the airport. Our fourth member, YS, was flying in and finally joining us today. After scooping him up from the airport, we set off for our day trip to […]
21 January 2018, Sunday Today, the three of us took a road trip to Mornington Peninsula, located some 75km southeast of Melbourne city and about an hour’s drive away. It was 27 degrees Celsius and a very fine summer’s day. At 10am, we walked to the Budget/AVIS outlet near our apartment and picked up our […]
How It All Began In January 2017, I visited Melbourne for the second time in my life. My first visit was a decade ago in 2007, fresh out of university and about to enter the workforce. That trip was special because it was the first time I watched a concert overseas. I was so fortunate […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 2 July 2017] Day 4: 11 March 2017, Saturday This morning, I woke up experiencing post-Adele concert blues. I spent a good hour reliving the concert by watching the videos clips that I took with my phone. Ahhh, what […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 25 June 2017] Day 3: 10 March 2017, Friday After the chilly weather we had yesterday, it was nice to wake up to blue skies today. We were banking on good weather this morning because we wanted to make […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 18 June 2017] Day 2: 9 March 2017, Thursday This morning, we woke up early because we had a fun-filled, action-packed day ahead of us. After taking our breakfast in the hostel, we left at about 7:30am and walked […]
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Hello Sydney Day 1: Singapore / Sydney / Katoomba
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 11 June 2017] How It All Began This year, I visited Sydney for two special reasons. The first was to celebrate my birthday, and the second was to watch Adele live in concert. Well, make that three reasons, because […]
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Perth Rocks Day 3 & 4: Foo Fighters concert / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 11 November 2016] Day 3: 8 March 2015 Day 3 and it’s Foo Fighters concert day! By this time, we did not have many places left to go, so we mostly spent our time in the city centre shopping […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 11 November 2016] Day 2: 7 March 2015 The second day was a fun one. We started the day early and made our way to Fremantle (also affectionately known as Freo) to catch the 9:30am Rottnest Express ferry to […]
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Perth Rocks Day 1: Singapore / Kings Park / Cottesloe Beach
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 10 November 2016] This is a long overdue post about my short trip to Perth last year, but I thought I should still blog an entry for posterity sake. From 5 to 9 March 2015, I headed Down Under […]