Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
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
With border restrictions gradually easing in many places around the world – excepting and maybe even infuriatingly for many persons here, Japan which remains open to tourists in very limited circumstances – we gave serious thought to whether we could
Our first staycation of 2022 at Park Hotel Alexandra turned out to be a disappointment: we encountered significant issues before check-in, and a few more during the actual stay itself. Like everything else we write about on this blog, we
Continued from the last post after a fortnight of use with the Yoga Slim 7 Pro! Aside from the large number of variations along CPU, RAM, screen display and resolution etc., the laptop also comes in two colors: slate grey,
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