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Samsen @ Sheung Wan {Foodee}

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After a gruelling hike at Dragon’s Back, we had a much deserved sumptuous Thai dinner at the famous Samsen restaurant at Sheung Wan. I highly recommend Samsen, by the way. I have been to their Wan Chai branch before and their food consistently blows me away. They have so many flavours that come together so wonderfully. This prawn salad with […]

Hiking @ Dragon’s Back {Deetour}

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A couple of Saturdays ago found me and my friends May, Mico, and Adrian huffing and puffing our way to Dragon’s Back. It was Adrian’s brain child; he loves to hike and promised that it would be easy but well, I suppose he grossly overestimated my fitness ability. 😜 It probably didn’t help that the […]

Peng Chau Island {Deetour}

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On Valentine’s Day, my friend May and Mico invited me to go to Peng Chau island with them. First we had brunch at a place called Flying Pig Deli Social at Sai Ying Pun. Then we caught a ferry to Peng Chau island. It was a quaint seaside village. We ate some grilled squid and […]

CNY 2021

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I celebrated my first Chinese New Year in Hong Kong yesterday with my Filipino friends May and Mico. I picked them up at the nearby mall before walking to my flat. There were lots of nice pictorial-worthy backgrounds along the way. We ordered food from Ho Lee Fook, a Chinese restaurant recommended by May. We […]

Hiking @ The Peak

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Last Saturday, I went on my first hike of 2021 and visited the peak since May invited me. Since I’m not a very fit person and usually don’t do well on hikes, we decided to take the easy way by taking a shortcut via the escalators on the mid-levels. Along the way we passed by […]

New Year 2021

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2020 – the longest year of our lives – finally came to an end! 2021 came swooping in with some happy news: Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin – stars of last years’s popular K-drama series Crash Landing On You – are confirmed to be dating! ☺️ I don’t care if you think I’m shallow. […]

2020 Highlights

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A lot of people will look at this year as the year when nothing happened, but as a friend reminded me in the Christmas card she sent me, I actually accomplished a lot of things this year.  Travel – I’m glad I had a chance to travel to El Nido, Palawan on the first of […]

AAP Golden Crane Podcast Awards Nominee

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My friend Rey and I started the Banana Q podcast this year and I’m happy to announce that we were nominated for a Golden Crane Award by Asian American Podcasters Association! The awards ceremony happened this morning. It was a black tie event that happened over Zoom. Can you spot me in the screenshot? Rey […]