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Taiwan holiday, Day 2 to Kaohsiung

2nd day in Taiwan and full of energy! Woke up at 9am and here is the view from our hotel room. A lovely day and we are leaving Taichung after lunch. Why so soon? The only plan we had in Taichung was to visit Fengjia night market. We heard of nice historical places in Taichung [...]

Eating and shopping at Feng Jia Night Market in Taichung, Taiwan 吃喝玩樂在逢甲

Fengjia is the first night market we ‘attack’ in Taiwan. This is the most famous night market in Taichung as well as the second biggest night market in Taiwan after Shilin night market in Taipei. Most of the latest fashions at reasonable price and variety of delicious local delights are available there. Fengjia night market is [...]

Taiwan Holiday, Day 1 at Taichung

This is the second time for HolidayBoyboy to visit Taiwan. The first was when he was serving the Singapore Army 10 years ago. He had 2 days of rest and relax to visit Kaohsiung. He enjoyed the stay and vow to go back to Taiwan someday in future! HolidayGirlGirl never been to Taiwan and she [...]

Eat Vietnamese food at Madam Saigon in Millenia Walk, Singapore

Craving for Vietnamese cuisine?? Looking for a light, clean, healthy meal? There is one Vietnamense restaurant at Millenia walk. I would say it is a casual but cozy place for dine in.  Similar to Pho24, this restaurant serves vietnam local foods like wrapped spring rolls, fried spring rolls, beef noodles, chicken chop rice, and vietname local ice coffee!!! We [...]

Day 3, Mekong River Trip at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Gathered in front of Sincafe at 7.30am for the one day trip to Mekong!! We are assigned to a bus randomly. You can see alot of tourists carried their luggage waiting for the bus arrival.

Day 2 historical tour at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

There are few historical places you must visit in Ho Chi Minh City. We actually walk from one historical location to another for Day 2 within Ho Chi Minh City.  All are close to each other and with a map, you should be able to find those places On of the place that we visited [...]

3 tips to ensure you get to enjoy your visit to the Singapore Zoo

1. Be there early! The Singapore Zoo is open from 8.30am to 6pm. HolidayBoyBoy and me reach there about 9.30am and finish our adventure about 2.30pm. Still we did not cover the entire Zoo. So go to the Zoo early and spend the whole day there to get what you paid for the admission ticket! [...]

Sinful moment at Coffee Club, Singapore

Too much to do and so much to eat! Been rather busy and blogging but didn’t have time to complete the final review of all our blog posts. However I find is important that I declare the sinful act we done at Coffee Club Singapore

Day 1 at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

We arrived at Ho Chi Munh, Tan Son Nhat International Airport after 2 hours flight from Singapore!! After collecting our luggage, we headed to the counter at the exit of airport to exchange currency as we have no ‘Dong’! Be careful of the taxi scam!! Advisable to take Vinasun or Manlih Taxi to avoid overcharge! Taxi fares [...]

Spend spend spend at Great Singapore Sale

The Great Singapore Sale 2009 is here from 29 May – 26 July 2009!!! Sales and discount galore!!! What are the best deals around?? I really don’t know YET! Not much details on the newspaper on Saturday today so I am going to head out and find out whether this is the sale we been [...]