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Posted On: December 29th 2024 at 12:47 am | Add a Comment?
Categories: Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX

We went to Victoria Peak as part of the tour package that we signed up for. It’s a really great view and we skipped the long queues for the tram rides so I would think it is very worth it to sign up for the tour package to go to Victoria Peak. Highly recommended!

The tram ride is like more than 45 degrees slope upwards. Totally giving San Francisco vibes except that we are seated down/standing instead of climbing up the slope.

The views… simply awesome.


Posted On: December 29th 2024 at 12:45 am | Add a Comment?
Categories: Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX

I had to split the travelogue into several parts since I realised I am uploading too many photos in a single post and it is slowly down the loading of the page.

We signed up for a tour and when to Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront area to explore. I enjoyed this part of the tour but will I sign up for a tour just to visit this place? Nah.


Posted On: December 29th 2024 at 12:44 am | Add a Comment?
Categories: Friendship, Overseas, Personal life, Pictures, Travel, With my NEX

Itā€™s my first trip to Hong Kong and it was quite an experience.

I got a flu and sinus infection less than a week away from my flight and didnā€™t manage to recover in time. Then I still took the flight while having partial blocked nose. It was a terrible experience because I basically got blocked ears after that. Luckily it went away in half a day and I was with my friend, Xiao Wei, at that time. Her presence definitely calmed me down and not make me panicked due to blocked ears.

It was a 5-day trip and since I was not feeling well, I wasnā€™t able to enjoy much.

Just gonna post the photos here for memories sake. šŸ˜€

Xiao Wei wanted to get her sneakers so we went to the famous Sneaker Street.

The public transit is also quite interesting. There are some similar/exact names of our stations or roads in Hong Kong. Like Admiralty is in North South (red) line in Singapore and it is also red line in Hong Kong!

I have to say the public transit card is so cute!

Something random I spotted while exploring streets at Hong Kong…


Posted On: December 25th 2024 at 7:02 pm | Add a Comment?
Categories: Personal life, Pictures

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! This year is special because I visited the Christmas city and chanced upon one of the highlights for Christmas attractions when I was just scrolling in New York City.

I also managed to get my first cup of bubble tea from Xing Fu Tang in the same shopping mall. šŸ™‚

I am definitely feeling very blessed this Christmas with so many gifts that I got myself. Well, mainly because of the tech refresh that I needed to replace my gadgets. Iā€™m lucky to get to go to US for work trip this year and went to New York – a city that I have always wanted to visit. It is also the origins of some of the brands that I know and love such as Kiehls, Tiffany and Co and Coach. Of course I got the New York exclusives from Tiffany Landmark store. Haha. šŸ˜€ Most importantly, I get to explore the city and gained new perspectives in life too. Definitely a great way to end my year even though my wallet is like crying. Haha.


Posted On: December 22nd 2024 at 11:33 pm | Add a Comment?
Categories: Insights, Overseas, Personal life, Rants, Travel

I had so much epic-ness in this trip which I think I should blog about before I forget.

(1) The first has got to be me falling sick (runny nose) before all my flights. It got me really worried about the blocked ears from the changes in air pressure during takeoff and landing.

(2) Then I almost missed my flight for the SFO – PHX route which I blogged about it here.

(3) Next is when I forgot to check what time the departmental store is closing and almost couldn’t get to the pick up point for my hotel shuttle bus. I blogged about that in here.

(4) My transit flight for DTW – LGA is like 10 mins after I am expected to land in DTW airport from PHX. Again, I blogged about it in here. Luckily it turned out to be okay.

(5) Then there was an epic deplaning incident for my flight DTW – LGA which I blogged about it in here.

(6) As usual, I had a bit of nose bleed when I was in Scottsdale. Happened on the day 4 or 5. Then it nose bleed more in New York. New York winter is no joke.

(7) My hands became red from the cold exposure within the first day. I went to Uniqlo at Hudson Yards to get the cashmere gloves. However, it might be a bit too late but applying the Kiehls Ultra Facial Cream on my hands help to control redness from getting worse.

(8) I was the last to board the JFK – SFO flight which I blogged in here.

(9) I had to give up my Popcorners and Sulwhasoo skin care bottles due to luggage weight limit and space constraints.