Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Even with travel restrictions largely lifted for a good part of Asia, there still is a mountain of immigration checks and documents to prepare. Apart from working out our detailed itinerary, a good part of the last month has also
The two models we checked out were the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid 1.6 DCT Sunroof (A), and the Kia Niro Hybrid 1.6 SX (A). We’re not car experts at all, so don’t have a deep sense of what finally mattered in
While looking through the blog notes here for our purchase of our Mazda 3 seven and a half years ago, I realized something funny: the oddities that we noticed with the then new car persisted for the next 7.5 years.
There was a time when I was spending a fair bit on cameras, lenses and accessories – Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Then came this three year lull where most of my gear was kept in the dry cabinet. Now that we’re
With most of the world – or Asia at least – finally emerging from the almost three year long pandemic, the travel bug has pretty much hit home to many of us here on this island. We have, after all,
Finally, my last substantive post of our 5D4N cruise with Royal Caribbean International onboard the Spectrum of the Seas, with a 16-20 June sailing date! I figured I’d quickly put together my notes and comments of our trip right after
And here we go: the parts that didn’t work well. Queues. Sure, queuing up is our national past-time. But the fact that guests have already sunk in this much money into a compacted trip, and then feel like they’re getting
Like everything else we’ve written about in our blog here – for more than 20 years and counting now – our 5D4N cruise trip onboard the Spectrum of the Seas was paid for entirely out of our pocket. So, we’re
Well, what’s there to do when you’re on a 5D4N cruise that isn’t stopping over anywhere for excursions? As it turned out, there was plenty that took us out of our stateroom. And the range included headliner performances, casual family-friendly
I’m in an odd sort of place when it comes to food: unlike the missus, I only eat to live! I do appreciate, occasionally, tasty food. But on that same, I’m just not disposed to spending heaps of money on
We actually made our decision to opt for a June school holiday cruise fairly late relative to the sailing date: by the time we were ready to make a reservation, many of the staterooms were no longer available. To be
In a word, the ship is huge. According to Wikipedia, the ship’s tonnage exceeds 169K tons, is 347 meters long, and comprises 18 decks – 16 of which are accessible to guests. The key locations for the ship are: Deck
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