Jewel of Singapore
My cousin, Pearl Kwok, sent me tickets to the soft opening of Jewel Changi Airport when she knew I was in Singapore for some business, to see the lush Shiseido Forest Valley and witness the HSBC Rain Vortex, the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. Ma ...
Traversed The Mountain Ranges and Plains of Tainan, Taiwan
The 4th Edition of Flock is here! Flock is periodical covering birding events in the region. Made into a Flipbook, you can flip the pages, pinch and zoom and even access videos embedded within. As it would be updated from time to time, downloading has bee ...
Got Hacked
The past few weeks had been a nightmare for me when my website got hacked and hundreds of folders began to mysteriously appear with thousands of files within them in my server. I’d probably lost my Google ranking in the time when my site suffered a 3 week ...
The Money Cowrie in Chinese Characters
The entire Chinese culture is IN the Chinese characters. As I dig deeper into them, I get more fascinated each day because I uncover all that make up who I am, what I've been taught in my childhood by the people around me, the festivals I have celebrated ...
Fortress of Seoul
An ancient map of Seoul. When dynasties once ruled the empire of Goryeo (what Korea was named once), kings were born & thrones were fought for. King Taejo Yi Seonggye declared a new dynasty in 1392 under the name of Joseon, thus reviving an older dy ...
How To Select A Good Dive Instructor
Added Number 8! Dear divers, I'm putting this together for the benefit of the many who had asked me 'how would I know if someone is a good instructor or not?' As most newbies have no idea where to start, or may have been referred to one by his/he ...
Straighten Crooked Teeth With No Pain or Braces
Do you have an odd looking tooth jutting out or inverted (recessed)? Is one or more of your teeth crooked or misaligned? Do you have stains or marks on your teeth that are beyond repair? Or any broken tooth that robbed you of a beaming smile?? Have you go ...
Tickling The Feather Star Open for Critters
See the Clingfish and its pattern? Crinoids are what divers know as Feather Stars, sporting feathery arms that sway back and forth towards the centre of the body. One of the easiest subjects to photograph, crinoids are prehistoric animals in the class o ...
Catastrophic Event at Dog Shelter
In the last few months of hiatus, I’d spent my time with friends, relatives and catching up on outdoor pursuits all over Germany & Italy and getting a bit of underwater time in Egypt. I took a break from myself because I wanted to get more input to ...
Protect Your Credit Cards & Identity From Thieves
Ever since I read about identity thieves using RFID (radio frequency identification), I'd been shopping around for a wallet that contains RFID-blocking properties. What exactly is RFID? According to this Wiki, "Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the ...