When I was in Darwin, a lady told me that "the best things in life are free". Yes, indeed, the feeling of staying in a villa in Koh Samui for 3.5 days without paying a cent for the room is nothing but shiok!

Back in January 2012, I participated in a V-day contest organised by Fascinating Holidays.  Participants were to submit a photo and a 100-word ( Read more... )

Within a month and a half from 10 Mar, we visited Kuala Lumpur for the second time this year.  If not for me winning the grand prize in a contest (yes, this is one of the 5 contests I have won so far this year. More on this in another post) organised by the Malaysian food magazine Flavours, we wouldn't have made this trip.  The prize is a 3D2N stay ( Read more... )

I think Mum enjoyed the last day in Darwin the most. This affirmed that I made the right choice to change the day's itinerary ( Read more... )

On Day 2, we braved the heat and spent most of the day outdoor.  First stop was to the Visitor Information Centre located at The Esplanade. I had wanted to pick up a proper map but I couldn't find what I want. I had to rely on the drip and drabs of sectional maps I printed from the Internet.


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Not long after I returned from KL on 11 Mar, I received news that I had won a prize in SilkAir's contest to celebrate their inaugural flight to Darwin on 26 Mar 12.  Contest participants had to submit a short entry to say why they think they deserve to go to Darwin.  The prize for 5 lucky contestants (and one partner each) was a fully paid 3 days 2 ( Read more... )

No, I am not doing a promo for NTUC's house brand of household products.

I would unabashedly describe myself to be "home proud". Much as I love the country theme, I always try my best to do up my house as prettily as I can.

Unfortunately, the home deco stuff that I like are not easily found in Sg. Even if they are, they would burn a rather big hole ( Read more... )

Within a week of us returning from Korea, we set off for a short weekend trip to KL for my sister-in-law, Y and her boyfriend D's ROM.

The ceremony was held in one of the most famous temples in KL, the The Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur.

"The Thean Hou Temple is a landmark six-tiered Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur. It is located on 1.67 acres of ( Read more... )

It was our last full day in Seoul.  On this day, we scaled the "summit" of Seoul, Namsan Hill.

As I mentioned in my earlier posts, the Namsan Hill is located just behind the Pacific Hotel we were staying in.  We just had to walk up the slope to the cable car station. We reached there about 20 minutes before the cable car service started at 10am.  I ( Read more... )

Feb 28 is my birthday!  What could be better than to be able to spend this day in a very good mood in a foreign land seeing and learning new things in the company of my sweet Hubby?

Day 4 was jam packed with so many activities. First, we went to the Changdeokgung Palace.


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I had never been an amusement park kinda person. The Lotte World just transformed me into one.


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