It still feels unreal being back from the Maldives. This wasn’t my first trip to the Maldives but I definitely had the most out-of-this-world experience this time staying at the St. Regis… although I feel it’s kind of unfair comparing it against other resorts because the St. Regis hotel brand is a world-standard...
W Insiders are more than just your ordinary concierge service; they are usually well connected and know their residing cities inside out. I tend to do thorough research by myself before visiting one place but that’s not the case of my spontaneous trip to Guangzhou. I simply did no studying and put my trust...
It’s officially 2017 globally but not quite so on the traditional Chinese calendar. It will be in late February, and it will be Year of the Rooster. My mum is a Rooster, so she will leap into the new year in RED. Red is a good colour to be in for celebrations, but let’s not […]
Guangzhou is famous for its food and authentic Cantonese culture (Guangzhou was once called Canton), it’s the third largest city behind Beijing and Shanghai. As a frequent visitor to Beijing and Shanghai, I admit that I am not even close to being familiar to Guangzhou – the Pearl River crown...
I have to share this news with you since I take an Uber in Hong Kong every day – and I need to cross the harbour almost every other day too! Tunnel tolls in Hong Kong really add up, but with Uber you won’t have to worry too much about those tolls again this year. […]
The first thing I remember hearing about Hotel ICON was that it had endlessly long queues at its weekend brunch buffet, which is supposedly the best in town – but I was never able to experience the brunch for myself, as I could never confirm my schedule a month ahead to book a table in […]
Hoi An is a city located in the Quảng Nam Province on the coast of Vietnam’s Central Sea, which I had the opportunity to visit during my holiday in Da Nang. With approximately 120,000 inhabitants, Hoi An is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; its Old Town is an exceptionally well-preserved...
My friends and I always reminisce about our time living in London – the amusement park built at Leicester Square around Christmas, the ice rink in Hyde Park during winter, strolling around the wonderful museums, feeding the pigeons at Trafalgar Square… We tend to forget the unhappy memories...
This February, a much-overdue big family gathering finally took place for Chinese New Year in my dad’s hometown, Suzhou. There’s no rest for the wicked though – I am now packing for a two-week trip back to Hong Kong, then Europe! I’ll be visiting Hong Kong, London, Dublin, Geneva...
In the blink of an eye, January 2016 has already come to an end… So let me shout to myself, “What?! How did this happen?!” How come time seems to pass much quicker as we get older? I keep thinking about what I was doing this time last year, and it feels like yesterday. My […]
