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Driving vacation in Queensland

October 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Last month, my family and I went on a vacation to Queensland. This is my dream holiday ‘cos I have been wanting to drive from Cairns to Brisbane. Just simply like driving along the Great Barrier Reef and wanting to make a few stops along the way. The whole trip took me 14 days which [...]

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Tags: Australia · Travel

Visiting MATTA Fair 2009

September 8th, 2008 · 14 Comments

MATTA Fair is here again. it’s held at PWTC just like the past. It looks like there isn’t any convention center large enough to cater for this travel fair. Just like every year, thousands of people will make their way to MATTA Fair in search of good deals for their dream vacation. 
Nothing seem to change [...]

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Invitation to visit Dubai

January 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Vacation in Genting Highlands

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Fitness test at Tangkuban Perahu

January 10th, 2008 · 13 Comments

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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Planning to visit London again

December 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments

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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Shanghai Beach

December 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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.
Here is the cantonese version.
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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Tags: Entertainment · Travel

Holiday in Paris

November 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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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Another Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ mystery unraveled

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Ramblings · Travel

Thinking of Switzerland

November 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Travel