Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
I stayed at the same property over the four nights in the city: the Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Tourism Zone. During the earlier months before the trip, there was scant information about this property – but more recently, the hotel
We were supposed to have arrived in the mid-afternoon, but the flight from Changi took off an hour late + customs clearance was very slow with the half-dozen immigration counters taking a while to clear the hundreds of persons arriving
Chenghuang Temple (上海城隍廟 or City God Temple of Shanghai), is the well-known Taoist temple situated in the city. Since the 19th century, the place isn’t just for religion though, as the area surrounding the temple has been significantly expanded with
The more famous museum in Shanghai seems to be the Shanghai Museum, located in the Huangpu District (I visited that in the 2012 China trip, and it was again included in our itinerary though I won’t be posting about this
The Oriental Pearl Tower – longer name is Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower – was at 468m the one-time tallest structure in China, until 2007 when it was surpassed by new skyscrapers just beside it. Unlike many of the
Ah! Shanghai’s most famous and popular sightseeing and photo-taking spot, that thankfully is also a huge area and free of admission fees. The waterfront stretch stretches roughly 1.6km, and the best spots for photography are undoubtedly squarely facing the modern
The first in my series of posts commenting on selected aspects of a 5 day trip to Shanghai. Just to put things in context too: this was a work and not leisure trip, and the itinerary was planned and arranged
The main segment of the four day conference was a two day series of keynote speeches, talks and presentation of the papers – and hosted at the Hong Kong Science Park, which was right at the end of the Sha
I was browsing through my photography posts and realized that I should do a 2017 update to the annual m4/3 review – a possible camera system change later this year notwithstanding. And so: In Jan, the one year old then
It’s become our tradition on our blog here to do a short post every Lunar New Year. Like last year, the E-M1 and 12-40mm f2.8 did the heavy lighting for the family shots. And for a change this year, the
Ling and I really like Thai food. And we’re lucky in that in Singapore, there is wide range of options that suits all budgets when it comes to Thai food cuisine. Interestingly, the Thai restaurants here that we’re familiar with
Our second place of stay for Phuket Dec 2017 is situated at the eastern side of the island – the opposite and western side of the island is where Patong and party creatures would gravitate towards. The eastern side doesn’t
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