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  • JB Buy: Yong Sheng Gift Shop (荣成礼坊) @ Taman Sri Tebrau

    Yong Sheng's Sun Cake (太阳饼) is a little smaller in size as compared to other sun cakes.

  • The day I did a "Michelin Food Marathon" in Chinatown, Singapore

    It was not the first time I came to The 1950's for their thick black coffee, but I never had the chance On this Friday and during the COVID-19 period, there was no queue and I finally got what I came for — Then, I came across a mural on a wall outside Chinatown Complex along Smith Street. Then I came to Da You (Chinatown) Departmental Store on the second floor of New Bridge Centre. I headed back to Chinatown Complex and came to Lian He Ben Ji Claypot stall.

  • Conquer 10Km in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

    After the junction to Kruing Path (which leads to the main road), continue on South View Path and on to Cave As the name implies, expect to see a couple of caves along Cave Path. The caves are sealed up for safety, but they are not of any interests. Cave Path will have more uphills than downhills since it should be leading you up Bukit Timah Hill eventually Departing from the quarry, go back the same way you came until you see a signpost on your left.

  • Travel Tip: What are "We Buy" and "We Sell" Exchange Rates?

    In this case, since they will be buying the MYR from you using the Singapore dollar, the exchange rate So, even though the action is to exchange SGD to MYR in both cases, we have to look at different columns

  • China #3: Beautiful Little Sights of Yangshuo (阳朔)

    After Moon Hill, I did a U-turn and stopped at Gold Water Cave Scenic Spot (Jinshuiyan or 金水岩), just Although it was another limestone cave, I was particularly interested in the mud bath, so I went in. The Mandarin pronunciations for both terms are the same but "Yulong" in this case actually means "meet

  • Travel Tips: Why is it Necessary to Plan for Trips?

    In most cases, they are not in paid employments. They came to see what they planned to see and went back before their annual leaves ended. Few planners make contingency plans in case of undesirable circumstances. Not that mishaps will definitely happen, but the rationale is to travel safe and with piece of mind before Travel smart and travel safe!

  • Singapore Buy: Dough @ Bukit Timah Food Centre

    The colourful tiger skin cake is attractive and has multiple flavours.

  • Home DIY: Get Rid of Stain (Limescale) in a Kettle without Wasting Water

    Limescale does not have the volume to achieve those benefits thought, and in most cases, limescale are In my case, one cleaning can last at least a month. However, that is for the case when the cleaning is done after two months of residue accumulation.

  • Travel Tips: Insure Against the Unexpected when Travelling

    Living in safe — or perceived "safe" — environment can make us overly complacent and give us a false In worst cases, deaths or disabilities due to accidents, or unforeseen natural disasters, or serious Milder cases can be trip cancellations, lost or damages to personal properties, etc. hospital or the repatriation cost (if you passed away on foreign land), or maybe both in the worst case In most cases, only people who travel frequently to many places in short period of time will be insured

  • Demystifying Dao Lang's "Luocha Haishi" Lyrics (刀郎-罗刹海市) - Part II

    So, this line means a place that seems honourable or elegant on the surface, but is not the case in reality 打西边来了一个小伙儿他叫马骥 From the west, came a young man name Maji 美丰姿 少倜傥 华夏的子弟 Charming and suave, a Chinese So "龙" in the last line is referring to Maji, not a dragon, and how he came to be stranded in Luocha expressing true love using a scarf → Claim to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case means pretentious or hypocrisy (claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case

  • Singapore Eat: 133 Penang Authentic @ Bukit Timah Food Centre

    Interim Hawker Centre, #01-063 Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm | Closed on Wednesday Next: He Zhong Carrot Cake

  • Singapore Eat: Come Daily Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee (天天来炒福建虾面)

    After a 13Km long hike at MacRitchie Reservoir with three colleagues, we came to Toa Payoh West Market

  • iInsured: Know Your Financial Protections

    You will also know which of your policies are reaching maturity or, in the case of short-term protections is the protection benefits (death benefits, critical illness benefits, disabilities benefits, health care

  • Traditional Specialty Food Trail in Yunnan, China

    Among the long list of local food that I came across, I would like to share the more traditional ones BaBa (粑粑) Baba is a type of rice cake (米糕) in the southern provinces of China. eating variant of Dali's erkuai by cutting the soft bread into shreds, called ersi or shredded rice cake #Nuodeng There is also a variant using "mung bean cake" (豆粉) instead of noodle. Where I tried this? Qingke is also a main staple to Tibetans and they will use it to make noodle, bread and cakes.

  • JB Eat: Tian Xin Lou Dim Sum (添心楼粤式点心茶楼) @ Tan Hiok Nee

    The Fried Carrot Cake (香炒萝卜糕) has a nice flavour, including the use of fried lard oil, and is mild-spicy

  • East Malaysia Day 7: Day Tour to Mt. Kinabalu, Poring + ATV in Kundasang (神山)

    At 7am, I came to Keng Wan Hing again. We came to Borneo Adventure Basecamp, or BW ATV, at Sosodikon Hill just before noon. And we came to another gate to the forest for the canopy walk (foreigner RM10 per adult).

  • Singapore Hiking: Points to Note when Trekking at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

    Bring along a cap for hot sunny day and a foldable umbrella or raincoat in case it rains. 5. Whichever the case, the calories burned for the 7Km-loop should be close to that for the 10Km-trek.

  • JB Eat: Kopilicious Kopi-Bing & Malaysian Delights @ Taman Sentosa

    The iced coffee has a well-balanced taste between the coffee and milk — and less sugar for my case.

  • Singapore Eat: Hokkien Street Bak Kut Teh (福建街肉骨茶) @ Chinatown

    It is the only Hokkien-style bak kut teh stall in Singapore that I ever came across.

  • Day 4, Vinh Long: Floating Market & Cycling Tour in Vietnam's Mekong Delta

    The snack vendor sold not just one type of snack, there was also rice cakes on banana leave and topped I had a glutinous rice roll and some rice cakes, and not feeling full yet. A short walk and we came to a bicycle rental shop. Then, we came to a marketplace where we would be crossing a river by ferry. , who had came over. It was already 1.30pm.

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