real world size

Hotel stay over the years

1. Bkk - mostly 3 star hotel, Doubletree, Amari, Pan Pacific
2. Hong Kong - Ibis
3. Hanoi - Pullman
4. Ho Chi minh - Metropole
5. Taiwan - Four points, local hotel group
6. Norway - Quality hotel
7. Amsterdam - Carlton hotel, Hilton, Fletcher
8. Australia & NZ - Quest, Novotel
9. Dubai, Togo - Ibis
10. Shanghai, HZ - Ibis, Ritz Carlton
11. Bali, Batam - apartment
12. Brunei - Empire hotel, Radisson
13. SG - Hilton, Aloha, D resort, Changi Cove
14. Kota Kinabalu - Sutera Harbour, Cititel, Kingston, Promenade
15. Paris - Ibis
16. Kuching- Pullman, Citadines
17. Penang - Millenium
18. Langkawi - Resort World
19. Prague - Ibis
20. London - Easy hotel
21. Tokyo - Prince hotel
22. Miri - local hotel

BB flights more than 5 hrs

BB took the long flight 5 hrs first to Perth (afternoon flight) when she was 1.5 years old. As she is now older she start to nap lesser.

Sin amsterdam and sin Melbourne was at night flight, so BB slept in the plane at nite.

Going forward those more than 5 hrs flight better take a night flight

Dinner gang BKK trip 2017 . Revisit BKK after 8 years

my first trip flying cathay pacific. Bkk is quite interesting and vibrant. Stayed at phrom phong. Next time will bring bb to kidzania bkk. Enjoyable trip with big elite group and good food.

Bb now has a seat and it's comfortable. Bb likes flying

Asean open skies have enable more 5th freedom flight that is killing budget air

Age of data roaming

I have collected many prepaid sim card since year 2003. Since 2016 mobile data roaming has become a necessities

Roam ASEAN - Hotlink RM 10 per day 1gb
Roam 12 countries (India, SK) - U mobile RM 10 per day
Digi Roam combo 13 countries - RM 15 for 1 days 2gb, RM 25 per 3 days, RM 35 for 5 days
USA , UK, AU, Macau, HK, Taiwan - M1 prepaid 15 sgd (2gb) for 10 days
NZ, AU -Singtel Readyroam 12 sgd (1gb)
China, SK, Japan, NZ -  Happy Roam
Australia - Vodafone AU 10 AUD for a week 1gb last 365 days
EU and Turkey - Vodafone NL 10 Euro per gb sim last 365 days

Roam Combo -AU, Brunei, CN, FR, HK, India, Indo, Italy, Japan, SK, Myanmar. Ph, Saudi, SG, TH, TW, UK, USA

Country	Operators under Telenor 25
Bangladesh	Grameenphone
Bulgaria	Telenor (Globul)
Denmark	Telenor DK
Hungary	Telenor
Montenegro	Telenor (Promonte)
Myanmar	Telenor (TNM)
Norway	Telenor
Pakistan	Telenor
Serbia	Telenor
Sweden	Telenor
Thailand	DTAC(TH-DTAC)/dtac TriNet

Country	Operator under Roam combo 35
Australia	Telstra
China	China Mobile (CMCC)
Hong Kong	3 (Hutchison)
Indonesia	INDOSAT OOREDOO (Indosat)
Japan	NTT(JP) Docomo
South Korea	KTF Olleh
Taiwan	Chunghwa
France	SFR
Italy	3 ITA
UK	EE UK
USA	T-Mobile
Saudi Arabia	Mobily

Frequent flyer bb

9mo Sin kl Airasia

12mo Sin kk Airasia

14mo sin Penang Airasia

16mo Sin kl kk Brunei - Airasia, Malindo, Royal Brunei, Silkair

18mo Sin Perth Scoot

19mo Sin Amsterdam Norway SIA and KLM

23mo Sin Melbourne Auckland Emirates and SIA

2y6mo KL - Airasia

got her own seat now :)

2y9mo Bangkok - Cathay

BBflew with Airasia, Royal Brunei, Silkair, SIA, KLM, Emirates, Scoot. Malindo, Cathay Pacific,

Bb now have finnair frequent flyer junior account which have no expiry until 18 years old. After which bb can earn miles from Qatar, Cathay, British airways and Qantas.

Looking forward to Hobart airport direct flight in 2018

Fly from Perth to Hobart can take up to 5 hrs

Fly from sin to Hobart direct will be possible

What will happen from 2017 to 2025

T4
Dtl3
Tecl
Jewel 2019
Tuas port 2020
Keppel lease ends
North South corridor 2023
Kukup bridge 2020
Jrl

Circle line extension 2025
Rts stop
Ets johor 2020

Hsr 2026
Ecrl 2024

Credit card rebate impossible trinity

You can only get 2 out of the 3

1. No min spend
2. Track your spending either quarterly/ via spending category
3. High interest

example

One card, maybank visa, manhattan  - quarterly any type spend, high/ tier interest but min spend

dividend card, hsbc, ocbc 365, posb everyday, uob Yolo - category spending, high interest but min spend

hsbc advance, amex cashback, sc cashback, uob unionpay - low interest, no min spend, all type spending

Future car tech

Will it be electric, diesel, hybrid , turbo ice or hcci ice?

Cvt (japan) vs dct (europe) vs auto (USA)

Visa pay wave is 10 years old

Singapore, 21 February 2013

Contactless payment cards reach critical mass with growing acceptance infrastructure paves the way for Singapore’s cashless society.

Visa today announced that Visa payWave contactless technology has reached a major milestone in Singapore with one million Visa payWave-enabled payment cards issued since their introduction into the market in 2007. With more than 11,000 acceptance points across the country, Singapore consumers are now enjoying a new way to pay through a secure, quicker and more convenient contactless “wave, pay and go” payment card transactions in greater numbers at supermarkets, dining, entertainment venues and retailers across the island.

10 million card in circulation in Singapore 2016. Each person holds around 4 cards.

One year itinerary in australia from jan -dec

Tasmania - melbourne - Perth - cairns - Brisbane - Sydney - adelaide

3g 12 gb plan finally can rest in peace

SIM only plan is offering 42 sgd with 15 gb data 4g with data jump. Why still want to hold on to the slow 3g plan?