I have just spent five lovely days in Fukuoka, eating piles of yummy food, pounding the streets in perfect weather (neither cold nor windy), and making day trips to Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Dazaifu and Yanagawa. I like Fukuoka. It is a
Korea: Suncheon Bay In South Jeolla
Suncheon Bay is an ecological wetland comprising a long stream, a wide tideland and wide fields of reeds. It is the habitat of migratory birds, plants and animals. I knew I wanted to visit this place when I first read
Korea: Songgwangsa Temple In South Jeolla
Every photo decluttering exercise is an opportunity to reminisce about my trips. This time, I am cleaning up the folders containing photographs of my 5-week trip to Korea in late autumn of 2010. I dugged out some photos of my
Oslo Throwback
I was decluttering the folder of photos in my computer and came across the ones which I had taken in Oslo. It has been one-and-a-half years since we visited Oslo. If you were to ask me what I remember
Vacation At Lombok Lodge
On the third day of Chinese New Year, after completing our Chinese New Year visiting, we left on a 5D4N getaway to Lombok. Late last year, we started looking around for a resort in the region for a short vacation,
Eating Weekend In Kuala Lumpur
Merry Christmas! This blog is still alive, it just went into hibernation mode for a while. November, an eventful month for me, came and passed by so quickly. Besides turning a year older, my dear maternal grandfather passed away peacefully
Seoul: Toy Museum At Heyri Art Village
After leaving InSquare Cafe, I turned the corner and walked pass a colourful window display of toys and dolls. I looked up and saw that this building is a toy museum. *squeals* How could I not visit this place…? The
Seoul: InSquare Cafe at Heyri Art Village
I have been planning to visit Heyri Art Village, a cultural art village located outside Seoul in the city of Paju, since I first heard about the place in 2010. From the accounts that I have read of the place,
Seoul: SOFTREE Organic Milk Soft Serve In Garosugil
On my way to One Chu at Garosugil, I walked passed this nondescript-looking ice-cream parlour called SOFTREE which was two shops away from One Chu. The fonts on the signboard caught my attention and I decided to check it out
Seoul: Club Expresso + Sanmotoonge In Buamdong
One of the places that I wanted to visit during this summer trip was Buamdong, a quiet but quirky neighbourhood in Seoul that is nestled between two mountains. I read that it had lovely walking trails, leading to a number
Melaka: Nameless Kway Teow Mee Soup
Melaka is all about eating. We think about what to eat every second, every minute, every hour when we are there. After a big dinner and in anticipation of an even bigger lunch, we decided to have something really light
Melaka: Teo Soon Loong Chan Teochew Restaurant
Last weekend, we went with our friends on our annual whirlwind 1-night pilgrimage to Melaka to eat and catch up. Pity I was ill throughout the trip and was unable to fully appreciate the gastronomic delights which I had planned
Seoul: One Chu, Churros Bar In Garosugil
Having discovered the eclectic Churro 101 in Hongdae which serves up some darn good churros, I wanted to see if I could find other churros bars in Seoul. I did some research and the one name that kept popping up