I thought the endless xhs scroll made me well prepared for my very first trip to ✨️🏰 Shanghai Disneyland... I ended up stumbling even before entry. So, here are some tips that will definitely start your Disneyland day better than mine ☝️🤪. 1️⃣ Preparation BEFORE entry. 👉🏻 Early entry let's

12306 is the official China government app to book your train 高铁 tickets in China. Instead of using Trip/ 携程 or other 3rd party platforms that charge you an additional booking fee and run the risks of unsuccessful purchase, us foreigners 🇸🇬 can actually use 12306 without a chinese number! Step

NO CHINESE NUMBER? NO PROBLEM! I'll be heading to Shanghai soon and I really wanted to experience this viral Palace Banquet 宫晏 that I keep seeing on douyin. It is an immersive experience where you'll get to watch palace performances while you eat (imagine all your Gongdou drama banque

Hello! Last weekend, I got to try stand up paddling with my friends at Constant Wind and I really enjoyed it! If you have been to NSRCC Changi (where Stella Seaside Lounge and Zheng Zichar are at) you'll know how beautiful that location is. It's a really good spot to spot airplan

HELLO👋🏻!! I'M BACK! I visited a few cities in the north of China in early Septemver, expecting chilly autumn vibes... *spoiler* it was, unfortunately, HOT 🥵. More on the trip later, for now, here's my quick review of the food I tried in /Beijing 🇨🇳🌇. 📍Man Tung Bing Shi My very fi

Hello! Here's my little review on this year's ✨️ i Light 2024 festival. This year, the installations are scattered in 3 areas, with Marina Bay being where most of the installations are. Personally, I'm not a fan of this arrangement, especially since Tanjong Pagar and Millenia Walk ar

Just reached 3 years mark of being in corporate, and I'm already jaded and disappointed. I've been struggling with my work life recently, and I need to vent. Here are 7 hard truths I've learnt and want to scream to my face: 1️⃣. Don't be gullible! Promotions aren't alway

I saw gongcha promoting that they are giving away a free Jelly Bean key chain when you purchase either (1) Mango Green Tea, (2) Matcha Drink or (3) Taro drink. I thought great! Cause I like their mango green tea and the key chain is cute haha. It was a while since I bought from gongcha so i

Autumn in Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Shanghai meant a lot of yellow 🍂. Here's a showcase of my photos with their locations starting from the 2nd✌️ shot. 2. 留园 (Suzhou) 3. Xiyuan Temple (Suzhou) 4. 法喜寺 (Hangzhou) 5. Lion Grove Garden (Suzhou) 6. Lingyin Temple (Hangzhou) 7. Xiyuan

Unfortunately, somehow you ended up booking your Japan trip on the last week of April to early May. This means, WELCOME TO GOLDEN WEEK 🤓. Golden Week is the holiday season for Japanese. This is like our Christmas-New Years season. This means a lot of travelling, and for the Japanese, they ar

3 reasons why I love solo travelling 💁🏻‍♀️ 1️⃣. Own time own target 🕐 Solo travel gives me the freedom to do whatever I want at anytime. I call the shots! I do not have to accommodate or please anyone. My preferred travelling style is spontaneity. I love exploring by foot (I walk A LOT) and

We all know travelling is expensive💸, so why waste more money when we can get back some 🤑? If you didn't already know, you can earn cashback and miles while travelling without incurring the additional foreign exchange fees + currency exchange fees + bad exchange rates. Here are 3 ways I'

Part 2 of my food log for China! 👇🔽. 1. 外婆家 (Grandma's Home) 🍚 This is a famous Hangzhou restaurant with multiple stores throughout Shanghai and Hangzhou . They basically 家常便饭. Best known for their "tea chicken" which you definitely need to try. 2. 莱莱小笼 (Lai lai Xiao Long)

There is so much food variety in China. I had so much fun trying some of the popular food places, and luckily, the hype for all these places was worth it!! Also, pardon my brute translation 🤣. I can't find the exact location for some of them, so I'll put the closest popular location/

Heading to China (Shanghai) for the first time? Here are 5 things I found out only after stepping foot there. 1️⃣. Register your fingerprints BEFORE immigration 👮‍♂️🛫 Upon disembarking from the plane, you'll walk towards immigration. Before heading to the immigration floor, remember to reg

Been a few viral personality tests lately but this was the most accurate for me!! I believe this is based on the mbti (last image from quiz creator shows you the mbti-cosmo matches). I did the quiz thrice as I had different preferred answers, and these were my 3 results. My results do revolv

This was in my cart for the longest of time because it didn't quite make sense for me to buy a pair of earplugs that were close to 40bucks... But one day, I just went ahead and now... my life's changed. I get stressed and annoyed by loud and busy environments, but with the Engages, I no

Walking around Suzhou made me wish COVID hadn't happened 😕. When the pandemic first started, I was actually scheduled to move to Suzhou for a year of internship. It was supposed to be the best year of my life - Graduation, then moving to a brand new country to work. I'll forever be upse

Hello 👋 ! When planning to travel to China, this is one thing you must make sure to prepare before reaching the country. I really didn't want to bother with the instability of a vpn and I wasn't sure if i could get a data sim at the airport so here's what I did when I went to China

YES! If you didn't know, Singaporeans can use Alipay to pay for things in China. You don't have to rely on cash or the unreliable unionpay (on DBS) or ocbc. Alipay is widely accepted everywhere in China, so your best bet is really them. Transportation by train, high speed rail, and Didi