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Oh! Open House Potong Pasir - A Review

Oh! Open House Potong Pasir – A Review

If you’re looking for something to do during the weekends, you should probably sign up for Oh! Open House‘s Potong Pasir walking tour. Its previous one was in the super historical Joo Chiat area, and in case you didn’t know what it was, this non-profit lets artists explore the area and stay in flats of a Singaporean heartland, in exchange for a site-specific artwork. After most of the work is…

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Keisuke Kani King - A Review

Keisuke Kani King – A Review

Keisuke Takeda is really spoiling us with his slew of ramen shops across the island, with the opening of Keisuke Lobster King giving us a thick, rich, and creamy broth. We headed down for a tasting a week before opening, and found it strategically placed on the first floor of Cineleisure. This time, we ordered the Crab Broth Ramen with Clear Soup ($12.90), foregoing the Crab Broth Ramen with Rich…

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Spartans Boxing Club - A Review

Spartans Boxing Club – A Review

Before I write about this, I have to make one thing clear: I hate exercise. It’s not enjoyable. My memories of exercise are filled with PE teachers telling me to do ‘sit and reach’ even when I can’t touch my toes, or to ask for one more pull up when it’s obvious that my arms are shaking and I don’t have the capacity to do it. In other words, exercise is torture, and this made me shun it in my…

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Keisuke Lobster King - A Review

Keisuke Lobster King – A Review

Keisuke Lobster King officially opened on 20 Jan, and this time, it’s lobster bisque-style ramen on the menu. The chef is known for experimenting with ramen, like putting a chicken thigh in the broth and coming up with brews inspired by the four seasons, so it’s not much of a surprise that he’d combine a French recipe into something Japanese. The outlet is also his biggest one yet, and it’s…

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7 Unique Places You Can Sleep in Tokyo, Japan

Aside from its ubiquitous capsule hotels–which we’ve of course mentioned–here are our top 7 places to catch a good night’s sleep. I highly recommend bringing earplugs and/or noise-cancelling earphones. A caveat: some of these places have very very basic amenities, so these are great (and cheap) for travellers wanting to try a new experience and hoping to get a cheap and unique stay. The spaces…

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5 Tips and Tricks for Staying in a Capsule Hotel

A temple in Kyoto, image by Chung Hu How to get the most out of your affordable and unique capsule hotel stay in Kyoto, Japan. The Process: The Exterior of 9h Kyoto, image by Yusuke Kawasaki In Kyoto, you enter the capsule hotel and you’re given a pair of slippers to change into. Take off your shoes and put them in the corresponding shoe cubby – you’ll get a key for this. Go to the counter and…

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The One Thing I Tell Travellers I Meet

The One Thing I Tell Travellers I Meet

I went to Vietnam on a week-long vacation, and when I tell people that I used to be a travel writer, people often tell me that my job was very cool. They get slightly envious because they think I get to have fun and write about it, but in actual fact, there is so much more to the job. It’s as though they want to see what it’s like behind-the-scenes, and I tell them the truth. Everything that I…

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5 Things I Learned From Travelling Alone

5 Things I Learned From Travelling Alone

I’ve had the chance to travel frequently in recent years — well, frequently for me means once every few months — but I only made the plunge to travel alone last June, to SIchuan, China. And I regret that I didn’t do it sooner. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be resourceful enough, and that I was too highly strung. I was a wuss, and I thought that it would be unsafe since I was a woman. I was wrong…

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12 Ways To Book The Cheaper Flights Without Using Airline Miles

The original post title was called, “How To Book The Cheapest Flight”, but I have decided that it is not very true because the cheapest deals always involve a long transit. The price also fluctuate often, so there is always a cheaper deal out there, no matter how hard you have looked. Nowadays, there are way too many flight search engine portals out to get your money — although booking a flight…

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5 Ways to Pack Incredibly Light

5 Ways to Pack Incredibly Light

I’ve done a lot of travelling over the years for work and for leisure, and the one thing that bugs me the most? Trying to run for a train when you’ve got a semi-heavy backpack and a wheeled luggage, in full winter gear. I’ve been actively scaling down on bringing things around. My proudest, brag-worthy moment was when I travelled to Phuket with just a small-ish handbag i- the kind you’d bring…

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How To Choose A Travel Companion In 5 Easy Steps

In 2011, I was going to Europe with my “best friend”. I didn’t realise how big of a mistake that was — the trip turned out to be something of a disaster, and I realised that I didn’t want to be friends with her anymore after that. To be fair, the problems with our friendship were already there, but they were magnified tenfold as I was always on the road with her, all the time. I found ways to…

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