An Educational Visit to Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park

April 18, 2010

I was working in a country wide project in Japan back in 2008. I was lucky enough that Hiroshima was one of the 4 stops I made. Tokyo, Sendai and Sapporo completes the list. Hiroshima is synonymous with the 1945 atomic bomb .One of the main tourist attractions there is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. [...]

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The Many Stuffs I Bring On My Trips

April 14, 2010

I have friends who asked me what I usually bring when I travel for business and holidays. Do I bring a lot? Or the bare minimum? Most of the time I usually hand carry 2 bags accompanied with 1 checked in luggage. I would check in my Samsonite suitcase bought 3 years ago. After lots [...]

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MH704 Delayed 6 Hours

April 14, 2010

MH704 : KUL – MNL on 10th April 2010. It was supposed to be departing at 1015. But once I went past the immigration, I heard the announcement that it was going to be delayed to 1130. 1.5 hours of delay. Not too bad I thought. I could just sit down, have a Starbucks, read [...]

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A Morning At Sapporo’s Nijo Market

January 26, 2010

I was browsing my travel photo collections the other night and I realized I have not written anything about my trip to Sapporo, which was back in winter of 2007. It was only a 5 days working trip. So I didn’t have much time to wander around. The cold weather there (-16C) definitely did not [...]

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Finally My Own Complete Gear!

January 26, 2010

I finally took the plunge yesterday and bought the final piece of my own scuba diving gear, the regulator set. Got it from my usual local dive shop, Scuba Dynamics in Desa Sri Hartamas. I’ve actually been looking for a regulator set for sometime now and finally they arrived to our Malaysian shores last week. [...]

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Diving With Laras Casse Resort in Manado

January 22, 2010

It’s been a few weeks now since I came back from diving in Manado. I did wrote something about the trip but most of them are only photos I took with a few lines. So I thought I’d write more about the trip. It was actually planned mid of 2009. We planned to be there [...]

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Meet The Boxer Crab!

January 18, 2010

Ever wondered why this pretty and unique crab is called a boxer crab, or sometimes pom-pom crab instead of other names? Let me give you a hint – look at it’s pincers. Does it look like a boxer’s gloves or it’s holding a pom-pom? That’s where it’s name come from. It’s not a gloves nor [...]

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