singapore
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Cambodia
Trip to Cambodia with Thomas, Shelley and Ran was great. We had a good time in KL before leaving. First we did some climbing!!! and then headed to the airport. Taxi driver was either high or… very high. We made it though so s’all good.First two days were spent in Phnom Penh. Long story short:…
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…it has been a while
I haven’t updated the page for a while and believe it would only be appropriate to update.So first off it was the weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur. After realizing that I cannot go to Thailand on Wednesday and then be back in KL for Formula 1 race in Sepang on Sunday (23nd of march), I…
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Jurong Island Visit
A week ago, on Wednesday I had an opportunity to visit Jurong Island. This place is off-limits to general audience so to visit the place was an honor in itself. The trip was arranged by Prof. Young of Geography Department here at NUS. I’m in his class titled Economy and Space.So bus filled with 45…
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Douglass North visits NUS Law School
The other week I have visited Bukit Timah Campus of National University of Singapore, where Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy and School of Law is located. On this day (11th of March) Douglass C. North (a nobel laureate of economics in 1993) was giving a speech on what he called “a natural state”.…
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Pilipinas (Part II)
So off we go the the village called Panaman. After a long trek we get there and the village has a population of about a 100. I don’t think they have electricity, not to mention other things we are so attached to nowadays. So we walked through the village and stop on the shore of…
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A week in Philippines (Part I)
I will try to make this short and sweet. Arrived in Manila, Philippines on Saturday (Feb 23rd). After figuring out our bus route to Pasay, south part of Manila, and taking the ride there, we got our ticket to Legaspi (13hrs bus ride away) and left with a couple of hours on our hands we…
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Spring break (recess week)
I am on spring-break now at the National University of Singapore, so I, Gabi, Loic and Rahel took a flight to Philippines for a week and now we are in Legaspi. The end of monsoon season is not very travel-friendly so instead of the expected sun we are flooded with ton of rain. Last Saturday…
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Batam Island (Chinese New Year Weekend)
So the weekend started early 🙂 – Wednesday night. Went to city for Chinese new year and checked out the scene in Chinatown. Sat around a huge screen watching a concert that was happening live right behind us but because the streets were closed off we were too lazy to make a big circle around…
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Article about Malacca/Melaka
I simply have to share this… Today while surfing net for our recess week travels I found this article on National Geographic. I wish I would have read this before the weekend trip to Melaka. I believe it would have given me a different feel for Melaka. Author writes about Malacca Straights and Batam (the…
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Bike Quest Update
So the race went very well. We have completed two areas West and Central that included about 16 checkpoints spread around Singapore, at which we had to solve puzzles and play games to complete the area checkpoints and receive clues about the next area. The race attracted a total of 58 teams (4 members each)…