Agggghhh – another year, and time to do another year-end review of the major purchasing and activity decision points we’ve made this year, amidst more white hair on the head and eyesight that gets incrementally poorer every year LOL. We’ve
I turned a year closer to 50 this month, and Ling surprised me with the newly released Samsung Galaxy Watch as a birthday gift just before we left for Taiwan. Ahhhh!! Only thing is that while I wouldn’t mind another
Continuing from my last post on working with the Sony A73’s .ARW RAW files in Lightroom. Here are more examples from our Taiwan trip. I’ve included different locations this time round and also subject matter, especially when the kids are
This is one post where I can leave someone else to do the talking and I really don’t have to write much! All too often on family trips, the adults record their perspectives of the experience, and typically in the
I did a post six months ago showcasing the amount of headroom I get working with the Sony A73’s RAW files, using selected photos I took in Bali as examples. I had to do pretty extreme post-processing work for the
This is a two part post reflecting on our 12 day trip to Taiwan, with the first part here. Accommodations We stayed in five different properties this trip: four of which we booked via Airbnb, and the fifth – The
We had a good trip to Taiwan this December. No one fell sick, no one had tummy upsets, the kids were (mostly) well-behaved, we weren’t swindled, and our itinerary was good for the most part. Barring the rainy weather on
Here’s the second part of my Itinerary Summary, covering Days 7 to 12. Do click here for the earlier part that covers Days 1 to 6. The final itinerary for our trip first: Day 7 (Taroko National Park) Taroko National
These twelve days in Taiwan have been our longest family vacation so far, and the kids have endured the constant movement and changing of accommodations very well. I think they’re ready for an even longer trip the next time, assuming
There were more than a few occasions on this Taiwan trip where I was invited to join the kids and Ling in taking part in our itinerary activities: e.g. strawberry and grape fruit picking, or a dip into the hot
Taiwan is a really popular vacation destination for Singaporeans, and a quick look at my Facebook feed attests to that. There was an ex-NTU classmate who was in Taiwan with his family during our period of travel and broadly covering
I kept a close look at my watch as we were having dinner at Eslite Xinyi Store’s basement foodcourt. I’d missed the sunset photography shoot up Taipei 101 the day before on Day 10 — so this was my last
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