Perth, Australia Apr 2014

First family road trip. Jointly planned by a few people with extremely high organization skill. Initial plan is to get there, have fun and come home safely. On second thought, the plan should covers much more details which is still work in progress.

So far what's done? Flight, accommodation, car & Visa. 

The few most important things are settled. The remaining nitty-gritty stuff shouldn't be a big problem.
Itinerary is kind of set.


















Highlight of this trip is the volkwagen passat free upgrade hehe 4 days for aud304. Food is not cheap around 20 aud per pax . Drink and sauces is a rip off. But food portion is quite huge with lots of chips. We saw many kangaroo at caversham wildlife park. One of them had a little joey in its pouch. In general the trip is enjoyable with a dim sum lunch at northbridge. Parking is plentiful. Penguin island near rockingham and aqwa is not bad. We went to Swan valley to buy some nougat and macadamia nuts. We didnt have a chance to visit fremantle market. Perth outlet mall located inside the cbd easily driven via gps. The accomodation at Como is quite centrally located if you drive.  I may decide to revisit Perth but this time it will be in may/ june period with malindo. All in all its a relaxing trip that is family friendly. All in we paid RM 800 per pax for a return trip with aax.

Short getaway from Singapore

For a small place like SG, one can go for short trips to places like Batam, Bintan, Desaru, Kukup, Pulau Ubin, St John island and Johor Baru. Who says you can't spend 3 to 5 days using SG as the base to tour around?

This indirectly expand the tourism market of Singapore which is also 1-1.5 hrs flight away from places like Melaka, Penang, Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, Medan, Langkawi, Ipoh, Jakarta, and Ho Chi Minh City. How many people are in this urban centers? Roughly 35 million people.

Further on one could fly to Bangkok, Bali/ Lombok, Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Brunei, Phuket, Danang, Bandung, Siem Reap and Surabaya which are further away but serve as a nearby regional getaway.

Home cook FULL meal is a happy meal

Ever since we bought Tiger Vacuum Pot in Dec 2013, we cooked more often.
1) Rice, fried egg, steam chicken, fried shallots, red bean soup dessert, enough for doggie bag too.

2) ABC soup with tomatoes, potatoes, onion carrot and pork rib. To make up the carbo intake, add some spaghetti. New cooking utensil tiger thermal pot bought in dec

3) old cucumber soup is easy to cook, too. Similar to ABC soup, put in old cucumber instead of potatoes & tomatoes. Other than soup, 1 new dish is added to our boring menu. Steam tofu topped with fried shallot & shrimps. Steam the tofu in the rice cooker while cooking the rice.