Is my name... My day job is not a journalist. And I don't run a travel agency. I travel a tad more than an average person does, that's cos it's what I do for a living. For the time being at least. Envy me not cos the job glitz goes just as far as the does, in between, it's (*7%!#@@?). Just another job, that's what I mean. But I love it and I love it, and I'm grateful. Anyhow, welcome to my weblog. In here, you'll get, if not little, scanty info on my globetrots and travels. Do not expect detailed accounts, nor travel-guide type facts and figs. Just some idiot-proof, Info-Sharing-101, you could find handy if you're looking up destinations, I've been to, myself. Feel free to indulge, heed my advice, dump it, comment, pop your queries or judge me, for all you fancy. All info are true at point of publishing, unless stated otherwise. Hmmph, just one advice. I share cos I'm naturally nice like that, but I'm not always, always right. Don't say I didn't warn you.
What say u...
Been There.Done That.
[maa-lee] Capital city of Maldives. Group of atolls in Indian Ocean.
Location: Southern Asia, South-southwest of India.
Flight time: Approximately 6hrs from Singapore Changi Airport.
Climate: Tropical; hot, humid; dry,(November to March); rainy,(June to August).
Ethnic groups: South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs.
Currency: US$.
RecommenD-O-Meter: MUST!MUST!MUST!GO!
*Down Under*
Brighton Beach, Melbourne. South of St Kilda. Bright and strikingly colored bathing boxes, line the beaches.
These bathing boxes, used also for the storage of clothes and sometimes small water crafts, are private change rooms. Found mainly on Brighton and on the beaches of the Mornington Peninsula.
*Down Udder* Christchurch, Nz. Mt Hutt, opens from early May until late October. One of the longest seasons ski resorts in New Zealand. The road to the mountain base is not for the faint-hearted but once there, you will experience world-class skiing, and breath-taking views. Elevation is 2075 metres, with 365 hectares of ski terrain.
*Almost -ous*
"Fame costs, and right here is where you start paying." Driven by that fame-ous motto, a group of talented youths attended the New York High School of Performing Arts, to uncover the true price of FAME.
Running Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Venue: The Aldwych Theatre, London.
Travel: Nearest Underground: Covent Garden
Nearest Rail: Charing Cross RecommenD-O-Meter: If u're into dancy-disco-jiving,this musical is rhetorically, RETRO-rical! It's an Ultimate Ah GO!GO!
*Delhi*
- Sarojini Nagar Clothes,ethnic footwear and accessories. Factory rejects, baring labels from Zara, MNG, Miss Selfridge and Style&Co...Good luck with the rummaging though!
- Delhi Hutt Bric-a-Brac. Cheap and bargainable ornaments.
*Sweetdreams my LAX*
*Istanbul*
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for an excerpt from a travel memoir by Tom Brosnahan. If I could have his dialectology, those will be my exact words too.
*Shopaholic and Sister* We did not kill each other.
*Shopaholic in Manhattan* What do shopaholics do in NEW YORK? Go figure.
I speak Graphics.
Pictorial Therapy.Trigger Happy.Visual Feasting.Eat ur Hearts out.
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Please... This is NOT a travel guide. So read and heed at your own risk. I will not be held liable for your holiday plans that go bust on you and neither should any part of this blog be excerpted without prior permission. Like I've mentioned, I'm usually nice, but I'm ONLY, usually nice.
I got back from London after a pretty rough flight with passengers who stayed mostly awake the whole 12 hours since we departed from London Heathrow Airport. Anyhow, while I was in London, as I could least expect it myself, I fell prey to a phenomenon that had hit London in just recent months and had, what's left of the phenomenon tidal (what that brought with their first debut, seeing all 20,000 pieces of them being wiped out, within the first inauguration hour in April.) are oblivious-turned-hopefuls (like myself), hoping to get really lucky. Anya Hindmarch, British accessories designer's, "I'm NOT a plastic bag" eco-friendly canvas shopping totes that hit London town like an instant whirlwind, are amongst the likes of Keira Knightley and had other American stars like Reese Witherspoon spotting on them. It sold for only 5 pounds, an estimate of slightly lesser than 16 Singapore dollars in London and varies everywhere else in the world. Just a good 200 pieces of them are available on a 2000-people waitlist, of enviromentally conscious, avant gardists at On Pedder, in Singapore. However the date of its launch is not revealed. What makes it even more desirable is that different colours are released in different countries. Blue bags in New York, more Green and Grey ones were released in London at the Design Museum on 18th July, just one day after I departed. How purfect! While the Brown ones await its launch in Milan on 28th July. The launches scheduled for Jakarta, Shanghai and Beijing were cancelled however. The non existent copyright laws in China would definitely come in handy! Oh yes, I did my fair bit of looking, searching and like i said, hoping to get lucky and guess what?!!! I didn't ofcos. Haha! I caught u, didn't I? It's just a bag anyway. Just another shopping bag? A canvas shopping tote! Who needs a canvas shopping tote to go shop for.....errmmm...SOURGRAPES! HAHAH!! Every bit it huh? Hahha! Nolah, I'm still eyeing Neverfull, so that's pretty enough distraction or shall I say, another good excuse, I mean reason, Dunchathink? Okay okay then, enough on the "I'm so NOT gonna get u canvas bag" let's move along... Being the sucker that I am or plainly "soft" person, or so I would love to believe, I dragged Han to Boots to check out that highly acclaimed miracle serum every English person is now smudging over their faces! It was featured in BBC2 and British Good Housekeeping and had women all over England snapping them up in a miraculous instant! A sell-out and second sell-out after its re-stocked! That also with its one piece per customer policy having had enforced! So as Han and I approached the counter and finding just 2 boxes of them, Boots No.7, Protect and Perfect beauty serum left, we were gawd-damn-enthralled. Skinny fingers stretched and reaching out, we grabbed on the boxes each and held on to them for dear life! We were ravishing at the sticker that says exactly these, "as seen on tv"....awwwwwwww.....I could have almost teared I tell ya! Then came a voice just above our heads, still stucked in our neck sockets, in awe and relish. "May I help u ladies?"....breaking our trance....I turned and asked, "Err..yes!!...do u only have 2 of these miracle serums left?" She reached out to behind where her till is, and underneath it, she slid a drawer open, revealing a drawer-full of beauty serum boxes and a sign, which obviously needs some displaying, "Not limited to 1 per customer, anymore!" Bah!!! And u know, it suddenly.....as much as I hate to admit, just doesn't feel quite as desirable.... ...................just the....for the third time tonight, sucker..that I am... ;-{
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