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Americas

Newseum, Washington D.C.

The Newseum is one of the new modern boys on the block here along Pennsylvania Ave right here in Washington DC. Opened in 1997, it's essentially a museum focused on the news, thus the name New-seum. Decked in a modern glass and beam facade, it's one of the only few museums here with a modern design flair-...
Americas

Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C. is formally known as the District of Columbia (D.C.) and commonly referred to as Washington or simply just "The District". My trip in Washington starts with an overnight 11pm bus ride over from downtown New York. Besides domestic air travel, you could be better off taking an overnight bus between neighboring states, saving you the...
Americas

American Museum of Natural History (New York)

The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869 and houses a variety of nature related exhibits covering areas such as Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology of the past and present. It's a large museum located on the upper west side of Manhattan just beside Central Park West at 79th Street. It attracts over...
Americas

New York Hudson River Cruise, Wall street and Rockefeller Center

So what other way to waste the night lazying around at night at New York city but spending your time at Times Square. On the streets in general, New Yorkers, though friendly are not as cheery as their Californians counterparts as a whole, and yes the people culture here is still leaps and bounds ahead of that...
Americas

New York City & Brooklyn

Good old New York City, the pumping heart of the United States which never sleeps. New York is a metropolitan area located on a large natural harbor at the mouth of the Hudson river. New York itself is mainly located on the Manhattan island and is shaped like an elongated "island" spiting the island into two distinctive...
Events

Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention (STGCC) 2011

Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention, was held this weekend with the last day being today. As the name suggests, it's a convention featuring an assortment of Toys, Comics and Games, Cosplayers with creepy photographers included. If I am not wrong this con is roughly into just over it's 5th year or so, with my last con...
Blog

Site US and European panoramas gallery update

Whew didn't know putting together hundreds of photos together can be such a tedious and tiring task. After sorting, ploughing, stitching and uploading almost a year's worth of panoramas, behold, the largest panorama update on the site ever! With a whole new section (United states and Europe) and various other niffy additions to the other regions as...
Americas

Ultra massive trip photo update- North America and Europe

Hey hey! Guess what's keeping me busy from the blog over the past months? Travel! Yup, lots worldwide, it had been a rather fast 2nd year in uni, together with all it's opportunities and challenges alike. What other better way to let off all the post exam stress than with planned trips travelling the globe? Travelling is...
Europe

Exploring the Clearwell Caves

The Clearwell Caves is an iron ore mine at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It is still an operational mine, which much of it functioning as a mining museum. There are 2 aspects to exploring the caves, via the visitor center where nicely laid paths and guard rails allow you to explore 9 caverns...
Americas

On the Alcatraz (The Rock)

You should be no stranger to the "The Rock", with the island being featured in many movies, TV shows, cartoons, books, comics, and video games alike. Located in the San Francisco Bay, The Rock (Alcatraz) is an island about 2.4 km from the shores of downtown San Francisco, California. It was a maximum security prison, a military...
Americas

San Francisco Legion of Honor Museum at Lincoln Park

Legion of Honor Museum (Link: Museum website) The California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum is a Fine Arts Museum located in Lincoln Park, San Francisco and is the largest public arts institution in the city. The name is used both for the museum collections and for the building in which it is housed. Architecturally, I find...
Americas

Golden Gate Park, Music Concourse and De Young Museum

Golden gate park and de Young Museum Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is a large 412 hectare rectangular urban park located on the north western part of the city. Comprising mostly public park grounds and lakes, it is over 5km long spanning east to west, about a kilometer north to south in height, bounded by Lincoln Way...
Americas

Golden Gate Bridge, Promenade and Fort Point

No visit to San Francisco is complete without a visit to the bay side and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. My trip there starts off from the northern bay area of the city from the palace of the arts. The area is served by MUNI buses services 28, 76, 43 & 30 from various points around the...
Americas

Up the Twin peaks and the Castro district, San Francisco

The twin peaks (also known as the San Francisco hills) are two high hills standing at an elevation of 281m at the geographic center of San Francisco itself. They are the the second-highest point in San Francisco, after Mount Davidson and is part of the iconic 49-Mile Scenic Drive in San Francisco, with one of the highlights...
Americas

San Francisco Cable Car Museum, Palace of the fine arts and Exploratorium

Cable car museum The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last permanently operational manually operated cable car system dating back since the 1800s. The Cable Car Museum is a free museum showcasing this very history which the city is famous for. Situated along Washington Street at 1201 Mason Street just off Chinatown in the Nob...
Americas

Chilling out in the city of San Francisco (Pier 39, Fisherman’s Wharf, Lombard Street, Cable Car)

Trip date 8th to 17th January 2011 It had been nearly 15 years since I last set foot in one of my most favorite cities in the world, San Francisco. My journey there across the Atlantic begins with my departure from Heathrow London on United with my travel group towards San Francisco international airport. After some minor delays...
University

Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit 2011!

Gong xi fa cai! What other better way to welcome the year of the rabbit than a back to back Chinese new year feast for 5 consecutive days? And I thought last year's 3 day steamboat affair was good. I guess it's get better this year knowing where are all the parties are. Before Chinese new year, (1st...
University

The Cambridge student diaries- 2nd term of sophomore year.

The Cambridge student diaries- 2nd term of sophomore year. Hey mum, shez, It had been sometime since I last wrote a decent update to you and dad, so I figured I do one now since I have some time before bed, juggling between a modest 4 hours of sleep, a project presentation and a judging panel in 5 hours...
University

Start of the Cambridge student diaries

I noticed the obvious lack of updates here on the site for quite sometime. Don't worry I am not dead. But pretty much caught on other forms of work, travel which kept me away from my computer at time. My move to microblogging on twitter also placed me on a different light for update on this site...
Europe

Paris Disneyland Hollywood Studios

The Disney Hollywood studios is an independent park of focused more on the aspect of filming making and action, namely all the lights camera and action stuff. It is located west of the Disneyland Paris hub, next door to Disneyland Park at the heart of the resort in Marne-la-Vallée. This part of the hub aims to celebrate...
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East Asia

Exploring Yokohama City and Chinatown

Let’s take an explore of Yokohama city in Japan today, checking out key sights like the city district, Chinatown, and Shinko Island. Yokohama city...

Visiting the Tokyo imperial palace

East Asia

Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

Computers

Dining at Tapak Urban Street Dining in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

South East Asia

Mr DIY Plus, KL Malaysia

South East Asia

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Computers

Visiting Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

Plaza Lowyat Bukit Bintang KL

Galaxy Ai 2024 new Fold 6 and Flip 6

Gadgets

Belkin BoostCharge portable Magsafe 5k charger review

Gadgets

Belkin 2-in-1 Wireless Charging Pad review

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Events

Events

Singapore Comic Con (SGCC) 2024

The Singapore Comic Con (SGCC) 2024 is in full swing this weekend. It showcases the very best of pop culture under one roof at...

Food and Beverage Expo 2024

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Lights by the lake 2024 Jurong lake gardens

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Singapore Night Festival 2024

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Food Reviews

Asian

Heun Kee Claypot Chicken Rice KL

Heun Kee Claypot Chicken Rice is renowned for its traditional claypot dishes cooked under a traditional charcoal fire. The restaurant is situated at Jalan...

Fuiyoh! It’s Uncle Roger fried rice

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Swensen’s Unlimited buffet

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Dessert First Bugis

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Huevos Mexican River Valley

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Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian restaurant

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Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle Bukit Merah

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