Fu Shi Traditional Roasted Wanton Mee (富市传统烧腊) for Char Siew and Roast Pork @...
Despite the impending doom that built up after getting the pin from LTA, it's important to fill our empty tummies with food before we sent Toyota-san on its final journey.Remembering the amazing kueh...
View ArticleRenovation Part 2 - Flooring & Preparation for Electrical Works
<<< Part 1It is almost two months since my last update and although there were tons of developments, i prefer to break them into shorter blog posts for ease of flow.Making good the hacked...
View ArticleCaterpillar in the Office - Confirmation that I am a Natural Attraction for...
It's confirmed; i have been labelled as the culprit responsible for attracting fly, skink, gecko etc into the offices i work in. It's strange that i have such weird encounters when no one else has!...
View ArticleRenovation Part 3 for My Three-Room Flat - Carpentry Work; a Major Expense in...
<<< Part 2While the house would take more than just flooring (tiles, vinyl, laminate etc) to create its unique 'character', i personally feel that carpentry work constitutes a major component...
View ArticleMawar Merah Ayam Penyet @ Bukit Merah Central [Singapore]
As i am hardly adventurous when it comes to food, i relied heavily on friends and family members to recommend dining establishments that might somewhat interest me. One such recommendation was located...
View ArticleGuilin Yangsuo Out of the World Paradise (桂林阳朔世外桃源) @ Guangxi Province [China]
There were various English names to this AAAA-rated attraction in China although i prefer the directly translated "out of the world paradise"!I am unsure when this attraction was built and frankly, was...
View ArticleSoek Seng 1954 Bicycle Cafe @ General Aviation Centre with MAJ logo (Beside...
The development of Seletar Aerospace Park has forced the moving out of Sunset Grill and Bar to the nearby yet more accessible JalanKayu and this has no doubt left many diners disappointed; no longer...
View ArticleSin Kee Seafood Soup (鲜记海鲜汤) @ Block 19 Marsiling Lane, Teo Chap Bee Eating...
Sorry for the lack of update as i was facing computer issues; beeping sound coupled with the blue screen of death that irritated the hell out of me! Hence, it does make perfect sense for me to write...
View ArticleDay 5 - Forward to Guilin City @ Part of the 8 Days 7 Nights Scenic Guilin +...
<<< Day FourAll rise and shine for breakfast that was as bad as the day before since i was still at the 万丽花园酒店 (Elite Garden Hotel). That tumbler at the side held my 3-in-1 coffee; the essence...
View ArticleThe Waterfall at Lijiang Waterfall Hotel (漓江大瀑布饭店) in Guilin City [China]
The night was supposed to be free and easy but the tour guide asked if we were interested to check out one of the few five-star hotels in Guilin; Lijiang Waterfall Hotel. With dad who wasn't extremely...
View ArticleWrap & Roll - The Best of Vietnamese Food @ Changi City Point [Singapore]
I usually abhor dining establishments that claimed to serve the best food although i couldn't stop my feet from walking in when i was in the right mood to have Vietnamese cuisine! It's heartening...
View ArticleThe Luohan Fruit Plantations @ Longji Terraced Fields [China]
Although i hailed from one of the last few rural villages in Singapore, rice fields are something we don't see on the island; hence, i did assume that those terraces on the hillside were likely to be...
View ArticleOn The Way Up to Longji Terraced Rice Fields @ Longsheng Autonomous County...
In the past, people travel to Guilin only for their world famous karst scenery but in recent years, the explosion of roads has resulted in the ease of transportation to numerous attractions within the...
View ArticlePing An Zhuang Terraced Fields Spot (平安壮族梯田景观区) - The Village @ Longji...
Getting to the entrance of this village / stockade had been documented in my last post here; from the look of the above photo, i would never have thought that this would be anything but a purpose-built...
View ArticleGuilin City at Night around Rong Lake - A Short, Walking Tour
One of the compulsory additional tours we had to purchase for the Guilin, Longji trip was that of a night scene of Guilin city on coach which was just tons of artificial lighting shining on notable...
View ArticleLet's Blog About Jovyn - While She Is Still in Kindergarten
The bulldog-cheek baby hasn't been given much coverage in this blog recently and i guess it's time to give a short update in the midst of my travel-in-China postings.Well, she is still a handful to...
View ArticleTonkatsu by Ma Maison @ Mandarin Gallery [Orchard Road]
I am not so much an Orchard Road shopper as i am always faced with budget constraint and feels much at home at places like Swanson, hawker centres etc.However, someone in my family recently won a few...
View ArticleEarliest Developed Rice Terrace (始祖田) @ Longji Terraced Rice Fields 龙脊梯田 [China]
I was in awe when the first plot of rice plantation came into our view after crossing the wind rain bridge at Ping An Village; not because it was the very first one right next to me (within touch in...
View ArticleThe Hundred-Year Old House in Longji (龙脊廖家百年古屋) @ Longshen County [Guangxi,...
I resolved to make my way up to the top of the Longji Terraced Fields and with this cannot-say-die attitude, i focused on the path right in front of me and forged onward with just the occasional glance...
View ArticleBest View for Seven Stars with the Moon Scenic Spot (七星伴月最佳观光点) @ Longji...
Almost everyone assumed that we had reached the official spot to get the best view of the "Seven Stars with the Moon" but that's not the truth; there's another way up and i wouldn't have noticed it if...
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