Wanderlust Diary

You guys might be interested to book in advance!!

Bring a friend for free for some destination, however all promos must depart from Singapore. That’s one of the reasons I miss Singapore, cheaper travel deals!!!!

After a long walk from Cityhall MTR then trying to find our way to a uncommon area to find a fantastic restaurant, we found the famous restaurant in Hongkong that serves great dimsum! Located at a sort of museum, quite a 20 minute walk from the MTR however we might have been lost. A no reservation policy, we thought by 1:30 p.m., the place would have eased a bit from the weekday lunch parade from nearby offices. However, we were up for a “long” surprise.

Starving for a best treat that Hongkong can give, we waited the infamous queue that brought us to dimsum heaven! I remember eating here last time I visited with my parents. That huge banquet hall looks like a typical place where Chinese people celebrate wedding banquets. I got giddy seeing push carts full of bamboo plates and mini dimsum plates.

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I heard this festival in Bacolod is quite colorful and eye candy for a lot of first time visitors. I haven’t personally visited the place but I would want to someday.

Maskara 2008

Good thing my cousin is residing there, she might be able to tour me around!

Here’s the schedule for Masskara Festival 2009!
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Pre plan your trip!

Here’s the current seat sale (Asia)

Jetstarasia

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Cebupacific going to Osaka!

We usually have a yearly family out of town trips and since we are a family of 9 people ( I got lots of siblings), the kids are not getting any younger so no more free stay in a hotel with my parents. Since I usually plan the trips, I scout for better deals (bigger space/beds) at the budgeted price. Last May, we went to Beijing and Shanghai, I opted for Agoda’s deal of Service Apartments.

In Beijing, we stayed at Luxury Serviced Residence. It is located within Chaoyang District, nearer to Beijing’s famous tourist attractions such as Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, etc.

We chose the 3 bedroom apartment that will fit 6-7 people however there was a change of room for us since they cannot give us the 3 bedroom that time (some water leakage at the bathroom), they gave us the 2 bedroom suite and a studio type apartment. It wasn’t so bad, my sister and I stayed at the studio type while my parents and 3 other siblings stayed at the other room. Though we prefer to stay in one apartment for the food, it was not bad.

It had a kitchen, pretty decent bathrooms, cozy living room area, table for laptop (free internet), huge clean beds. Overall the place was great to go back to after a long day of tourist attraction walking.

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You want to feast on local Singapore dishes at a cheaper price? Well, you better head your way to Chomp Chomp! Tourists were usually lured to more expensive areas for hawker food centre, like Newton Circus or Lau Pa Sat in Raffles.
Chomp Chomp is located near Serangoon Gardens, at 20 Kensington Park Road . We head our way to Toa Payoh Central bus station, riding bus 153 or 317. If you came somewhere else, you can just use Streetdirectory to find out how to reach that place. The beauty of Singapore is that everywhere seems to be within reach, just be patient that sometimes it will take an hour by commute when by car it will probably just take 20 minutes!

I noticed a lot of locals enjoy eating out (guess that preparing food is more hassle than buying them in a nearby hawker centre). More laid back dining here for sure however it’s quite small, I recall that it only had 4 aisles of hawker food stalls.

Before anything else, order this HUGE sugarcane juice! This is the one thing that made me come back for the last time! My dare to my friends was to finish this all by myself and drag others to follow my lead! Silly dare that made me regret because it was an hour bus ride back to our place!

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