On a grey, long winter weekend, we drove up into the Dandenong Ranges to do a getaway-cation in a yurt. Somewhere, the cold is prettier and the air smells of wet eucalyptus and woodsmoke. Every trip of ours starts the same way: a small ceremony of leaving the city. It’s usually shakshuka at Tall…
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Flying to Sydney for a mental health break. What followed: a vegan Japanese feast, a borrowed dog, and a love language Indomie.…
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Last year I decided that I am going to explore all the aquariums in Australia just to prove that Fafa is wrong about me wasting my dollars on the Merlion pass. I did just that when I went to Sydney to visit Jik. On a cold, rainy Saturday I packed her canvas t0te bag and headed down…
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We are officially entering winter in Melbourne this year, which also means this is my first winter in Melbourne.…
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So you have decided to travel from and to Melbourne Airport by bus. Here is how: Take the train and stop at the Southern Cross Station. From the Southern Cross Station, take Skybus straight to the airport. Skybus leaves every 10 minutes. For more details, please check out the timetable here. Don’t forget to count the travelling time ━ around…
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Today is Melbourne Eureka Skydeck 88’s 11th birthday. Yeah, the building has a birthday, on 13th May. Eureka Skydeck has been yet another overlooked Melbourne city tourist attraction. At least it was ignored by my friends and me the first time we visited Melbourne three years ago. What a mistake! Now that I live…
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There is a much Instagrammed underground mosque called Sumur Gumuling and hidden pathways inside Taman Sari Water Castle complex.…
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I urge you to try the famous "cat rice" and Kopi Joss whenever you visit Yogyakarta. Have it in Angkringan, a typical roadside food stall.…
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The Phoenix Yogyakarta Hotel is decorated impeccably in details. It boosts the vintage theme with heavy Javanese cultural influence.…
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I learned something new in Bandung, poker. Okay, I only half learned it. I still don't know what higher an entire house or a four straight.…
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Singapore Changi Airport constantly finds ways to enrich visitors' experience with things representing Singapore, which is great!…
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I wish you a fabulous, happy, and accomplished 2016 💓 I spent my new year’s eve with Fafa, Jik, and cousin W. We celebrated New Year at the Sydney Opera House. Well, technically, looking at it. Our initial plan was to attend a party at the Sydney Dance Company, but then we roamed around and…
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