Our National’s Birthday is coming and one of the major events we can look forward to is our annual National Day Parade (NDP show) and National Day holiday. Before the actual parade on 9 August, there are several preview-cum-rehearsal shows open to the public. However, it is not easy to attain tickets to the NDP show. The tickets are free but we have to ballot for it. I think I only attended 3 NDP shows (including this year’s NDP) in my life so far. We balloted for tickets as a family every year but we were not selected. I was fortunate to be able to catch their second rehearsal show…
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Let’s Go Mall Hopping in JB, Malaysia
Sam and I recently made another trip to Johor Bahru, Malaysia on a weekday. This time, our main objectives are to do a fun activity together and feast on all the cheap and delicious local food. While doing so, we ended up visiting a few malls and came to discover the sheer number of shopping malls in JB. Mind you, some of these malls are megamalls and it might take you hours just to comb the whole ground. Shopping Malls in Johor Bahru Unlike the shopping malls in Singapore, the malls in Johor Bahru are rather unique in their own way. Each mall has a unique selling point to it…
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This Hotel Group has launched its own house label of beer and wines
There are not many hotels across the world have their own house label of beers and wines. But here in Singapore, this hotel group has decided to launch its own beers and house pours. Just a couple of days ago, Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) launched their own house label of beer and wine called M Brew and M Wines respectively. Both of their speciality beer and wine labels are exclusively available across all the six Millennium hotels in Singapore. M Brew M Brew is proudly brewed by Singapore’s craft brewery, Archipelago Brewery. This award-winning craft brewery is well known for their creativity and wittiness in naming their craft beers. The essence of Singapore is…
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How to Spend Your Weekend at CitySquare Mall in Johor Bahru, Malaysia?
It’s been quite some time ever since I crossed the border over to Johor Bahru (JB) for a short trip. And things have really changed over the years. The immigration queue at the checkpoint has gotten longer and there are now three Johor Bahru shopping malls which are minutes away from Malaysia’s checkpoint. A Good Bargain More importantly, our Singapore dollar has been rising high against Malaysian Ringgit. The exchange rate of the Singapore dollar to Ringgit is approximately SGD 1 to RM3. No wonder so many Singaporeans flock to Johor Bahru to spend their money to their hearts’ content. Food in Johor Bahru is especially tasty and affordable. I…
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The Bicentennial Experience at Fort Canning Hill: What to expect there?
If you did not already know, Singapore marks its bicentennial this year. It has been almost 200 years ago since Sir Stamford Raffles came to our shores. The Singapore’s bicentennial experience revolves around the theme of Singapore’s pre-colonial and colonial history. It is indeed a special year for Singaporeans but I didn’t sense the hype it deserves. The public interest generated among Singaporeans is pale in comparison to Singapore’s grand SG50 celebration in 2015. But to me, it is rather exciting and intriguing to dig up our past and to re-examine our history textbooks on the mythical story of Sang Nila Utama. Our history plays a huge part in shaping…
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Will Changi Airport clinched the Best Airport title again with Jewel?
The world is eyeing on this JEWEL. This gigantic jewel, worth SGD$1.7 billion, sparkles like diamonds under the sun. From a distance, it looked like a futuristic building from a Sci-fi movie. Even from the photos (which I took with my mini Canon EOSM10), this interior of Jewel looked surreal. JEWEL is Singapore Changi Airport’s latest development which has just opened its doors to the public on 17 April 2019. Before the official opening, I went a day earlier for the special preview. The attraction was equally packed even though access was only granted to preview ticket holders. Both Singaporeans and foreigners are equally excited about this latest addition to…
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Tulips
Thanks to Gardens by the Bay, Singaporeans are able to witness tulips blooming across the flower field at The Flower Dome. It has been a yearly affair for me to visit their annual Tulipmania in the months of April and May to catch a glimpse of these beautiful blooms. But during each visit, I constantly found myself taking photos of the tulips without truly appreciating this spring-blooming flowers. There were signages planted throughout the flower field with a general description of the flower and scientific name printed on it. However, these descriptions did not really stuck with me or help me understand more about the plant. And I find that…
