Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Continuing from my last post about the new Acer Swift 3, here’s my fourth and 2018 edition of a long running series on notebooks: with the previous editions in 2008, 2012 and 2016. Things move so quickly in the technological
The Dell XPS 13 that I bought 3.5 years ago experienced a critical component failure 6 months ago in January this year – right at about the three year mark. Specifically, its battery could no longer be detected, and the
Like many Singaporean families, we do about two family vacations a year that coincide with the longer school holiday breaks in June and December, and routinely have to suffer the higher peak period prices that go along with it. And
I did a lot of HDR compositions while I was still using the Nikon D300 ten years ago. And with a good deal of luck and preparation, pictures like these were quite possible: HDR shots though are by their very
There were three lenses – the FE 24-105mm f4.0, FE 16-35mm f4.0 and the adapted Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – accompanying the Sony A73 on its maiden overseas outing: and I ended up using just two lenses: and about 99% of
The last post in our Bali 2018 travelogue! Right after we landed in Singapore last weekend, three of us – the kids and myself – all fell sick with largely similar ailments: coughing and runny nose – and in my
This picture-heavy post is for our Ang Mo bud! Unlike the Melbourne, Western Australia and Phuket trips, we didn’t dine-in Villa this Bali trip, opting to eat out every day on account that Bali has no shortage of restaurants, albeit
I’m a creature of habit that routinely overpacks when it comes to traveling! Like in the previous trips, a tripod and ballhead got tossed into the luggage bag and since I’d lugged it all the way to Bali, I had
Now that we’re back at home, here’s our usual post summarizing the various places and activities we covered, with approximate admission prices and our recommended period of stay. Day 1 Kemenuh Butterfly Park (SGD30, 1 hr): small but beautifully done
Our last day in Bali was nominal: we made our way slowly from the island center – Ubud – in a south-westerly direction, going through Gianyar, Sanur and past the airport first for a stopover in Jimbaran to pick up
The other activity we’d arranged for day 8 was in the afternoon: a local would be bringing us to his village for cultural immersion. This was something I really looked forward to, but as (bad) luck would have it, I
Our next stop was the Tirta Empul, known to locals also as the Water Temple. The Balinese come to bathe at the temple as they believe the pool water to have purification powers. I was initially really uncertain about taking
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