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When I was in Bandung with my friends, the one from Dubai extended his invitation to us to visit him. During our vacation in Bandung, he told us so many interesting things about Dubai that really generated lots of interest among us to visit him in Dubai.
First thing first, he offered us free accommodation at this house […]

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Resort World has expanded its Genting Express bus service to 1-Utama shopping mall recently. One way journey to Genting Highlands, inclusive of Skyway cable car, costs only Rm6.80. This is definitely cheaper than to drive all the way to Genting Highlands. I wouldn’t mind bringing my kid to Genting Highlands more often as this is […]

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Last December, I went to Bandung for vacation with some friends. The primary objective was to do shopping plus catching up with old friends. One of them came back from Dubai for Christmas. The choice of location was between Langkawi or Bandung. Everyone chose Bandung for obvious reason - Shopping.
For this trip, we stayed at […]

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I have just finished chatting with my sister in law in England via Skype. She reminded me of my previous trip to London in 2003 which is 4 years ago. So, the expected question like “When will you visit London again?” cropped up. My wife and I stayed with her at Belper near Manchester. This time, […]

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My friend sent me a link to YouTube for one of my favorite Chinese songs, “Shanghai Beach” by Frances Yip. This is the mandarin version for the “New Shanghai Bund’ series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g257bozJKaw

Here is the cantonese version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15n-vxXRk4c

Which version would you prefer? For me, it’s still the Cantonese version that sounds best.
Shanghai is a nice city. I love […]

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One of my favorite travel destinations is Paris. Paris is a city which is synonymous to romance. So, I had many expectations when I visited Paris in August 2003. Unfortunately, 2003 was the year when Europe was hit by massive heat wave. News reported a few thousand people died of heat stroke. When I was […]

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Giovanni Mario Pala claimed that Leonard Da Vinci has encoded some musical notes in his famous ‘Last Supper’ painting. This is the latest code to be revealed from Da Vinci’s masterpiece made famous by Dan Brown’s  ‘The Da Vinci’s Code’.
How did Pala discover the encoded mysterious musical notes? In his book “La Musica Celata” which […]

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Just as what the header says clearly, I am thinking about visiting Switzerland. Just thinking. Thinking is free. Thinking is motivating. Thinking will give you the drive to make things happen. That’s the power of our mind!!!
 I have been wanting to visit Switzerland since the day my sister got a free trip to visit Switzerland […]

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From Brisbane, we flew to Cairns which is 1700 km north. Initially, I was considering driving but after looking at the distance and the amount of time I need to be on the road, I felt it was better to go there by flight.
Upon arrival, we went straight to one of the hotels in Cairns […]

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Air Asia is flying to Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. This is really a good news for me. The last time I went to Brisbane was 12 years ago. I missed the place so much and I long to go back there again. Low cost flight is all I need to make my […]

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