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New VTLs with Vietnam and Greece

March 6, 2022

As you know, Singapore had this concept of Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) since the second half of last year. These flights are only available for those who are fully vaccinated according to WHO requirements. I was fortunate enough to visit Italy and Spain in Nov/ Dec 2021, and to come back on a VTL. If …
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[Food Review] Noodle Star K

September 15, 2021

The restaurant has a dining limit of 1 hour to ensure that more customers can enjoy its food. It is housed in a two storey shophouse. Using 100% handmade noodles, Noodle Star K’s menu comprised of Naengmyeon which are cold noodles. This is the sister outlet of the Super Star K restaurant, which served authentic …
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The fate of airlines

May 20, 2020

It is a very sad year for a 100 years old industry of aviation. Being an avid flyer, I usually follow travel news about aviation. However, my life has been put on hold since Covid-19 happened. I have flown with more than 20 airlines around the world and every time I board a plane, it …
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10 places to visit in Bogota

July 10, 2018

Colombia’s capital city of Bogota is a vast, sprawling place with a population of over 8 million people, and concrete as far as the eye can see. It’s a great city to visit,cradled by the chilly Andean peaks on one side and steeped in sophisticated urban cool on the other. The city’s cultural epicenter is La …
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Eating out in Bangkok

April 17, 2018

Bangkok is a foodie paradise. For those craving for authentic Thai food, here is the place to be. Since people from all over the country come to Bangkok to find job opportunities, to school or to set up businesses, Bangkok is the place to enjoy cuisine from each province in Thailand. My friend introduced me …
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thesis submission

January 12, 2015

THESIS OVER! It is indeed an achievement unlocked for me and one of the memorable events of my undergraduate life. Being a transfer student with no A level geog background, I jumped into geog after suffering for one year under math. I took GE1101E and the lecturer Chang just somehow inspired me to take geog …
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2014 in travel review

December 31, 2014

How time flies! This is the last day of 2014 and I still recall spending the first day of this year crowding with people at the Vatican City trying to get a glimpse of the Pope. It was an arduous journey for the first half of the year because I had to cope with post-exchange …
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racist door bitch and bouncers at kudeta

August 14, 2014

Yesterday I brought my friends to kudeta to enjoy the city views of Singapore, but it turned out to be a horrible choice. Out of our party of five, only three managed to enter because they are girls and westerner. The two of us left outside were locals, we just got rejected at the door …
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The Hardest Part Of Traveling No One Talks About

July 28, 2014

I can totally relate to this post. That’s why I prefer to keep traveling and see the world with my own eyes. For now when I’m back in Singapore, the travel bug in me is not dead yet because I continue to meet up with international friends and hang out with them. Not to say …
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stay in Saturday

May 10, 2014

It was a pretty routine Saturday for me, besides tuition and dinner at home, then meeting my friend for supper. I forgot that I was scheduled to work today and they kicked up such a big fuss about it. Please luh not like I always call in personal unlike some of your full time staff. …
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spiderman 2

May 8, 2014

Today I went out with sh and chris for lunch and movie. Nisa had a last minute errand and couldn’t join us unfortunately. We had lunch at paradise dynasty, we ordered the colourful xiao long bao which came in eight flavours, such as black truffle, foie gras, cheese, ginseng, crab roe etc. I had zhajiangmian …
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20 problems twenty-somethings encounter in S’pore today

February 25, 2014

While I’m still in school now,  I can’t wait to enter the working world and earning some money. Yet many of my seniors tell me that the best time is during uni. I beg to differ? Currently after coming back from exchange I just do not seem to have the motivation to continue studying. Study …
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Las tradiciones de bodas en Singapur

February 22, 2014

Las tradiciones de bodas en Singapur En Singapur, hay muchas razas diferentes: los chinos, los malayos, los indios y otros. Entonces las razas tienen su tradición de celebrar la boda diferente. Los chinos, las celebramos en un gran hotel. Invitamos muchos amigos y miembros de la familia para la ceremonia. El hombre va a la …
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hablamos español!

February 15, 2014

Today was an interesting afternoon as I went to my first couchsurfing event. It was a spanish language cafe which welcomes spanish speakers living in Singapore from all backgrounds and learning levels. The session was held at Fika, my second time there in two weeks. I love how relaxed and fun the session is, plus …
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Bon saint Valentin

February 14, 2014

What is love? I pondered over this question today as I see many people carrying bouquets, balloons and chocolates. Congrats to those who have found their bf/gf, and to the singles out there is it not Single Awareness Day! Don’t make it sound so depressing can? Even for those who have no reason to celebrate …
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马上有钱

February 2, 2014

beef combination pho from nam nam tea time delights – blackforest cake, lemon meringue tart and vanilla cream infusion tea happy 🙂 CNY this year wasn’t that exciting, I reached home on 29th jan, the day before reunion dinner, from Grenoble. However we did not go in to jb for the annual reunion dinner due …
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31 Signs You’re A Third Culture Kid

July 4, 2013

1. You can curse convincingly in at least five different languages. Source: GraphJam  /  via: cheezburger.com 2. To everyone’s confusion, your accent changes depending on who you’re talking to. Via: reactiongifs.com 3. And you often slip foreign slang into your English by mistake, which makes you unintelligible to most people. Via: suplainey.tumblr.com 4. You’re really good …
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12/12/12

December 12, 2012

12/12/12 special day 🙂so many people getting married today. Vous n’êtes, après tout, qu’un minuscule individu dans le vaste monde.

How to tell if somebody loves you

July 3, 2011

Somebody loves you if they pick an eyelash off of your face or wet a napkin and apply it to your dirty skin. You didn’t ask for these things, but this person went ahead and did it anyway. They don’t want to see you looking like a fool with eyelashes and crumbs on your face. …
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the night i was totally smashed

May 30, 2010

Hier soir nous devons retourner à l’hôtel à 23h59 pour marquer la présence. Puis la plupart des personnes ont quitté de l’hôtel de nouveau, nous sommes allés à lamp disco, un club populaire à kaohsiung. L’autre club qui est plutôt fameux s’appelle “dreams”. À Taiwan, le fumage est permet aux clubs, je déteste l’odeur de …
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man jumps onto mrt track

May 7, 2010

Puisque nous n’avons pas de choses à faire et nous nous envolons le lundi, notre officier a déclaré un demi-jour de congé et nous pouvons rentrer chez nous à 1230h. Nous avons empaqueter des choses dans notre couchette parce que nous n’y retournons pas jusqu’à après trois semaines. Les autres qui habitent à l’est ont …
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happy birthday to me

May 3, 2010

J’ai 20 ans maintenant, pas un adolescent. Ma famille m’a emmené à l’hôtel mandarin oriental pour le déjeuner buffet. Le restaurant s’appelle melt the world cafe et c’est très populaire. La nourriture est délicieuse, il offrit un bon variété, de la cuisine japonaise à l’indien, asiatique. De plus, la qualité de la nourriture est aussi …
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cherry go round

April 14, 2010

Je suis allé à l’hôtel sheraton pour ma première leçon d’espagnol, le professeur nous a donné une leçon expériementale. Si nous sommes intéressés, nous pouvons continuer la leçon. Nous avons appris des phrases fondamentales et comment les utiliser dans une conversation. Je pense que l’espagnol est utile si on voyage en Espagne, le Mexique ou …
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