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February’s Kuala Lumpur Staycation

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The Ringgit dollar recently suffered a huge currency drop against the SGD Dollar. Naturally, Many Singaporeans will take this good opportunity to go Johor Bahru (JB), which is the nearest Malaysian city to our country to do their shopping and to eat. However, we prefer to shop & eat at Kuala Lumpur (KL) instead.  The vibes are totally different as KL offers a really good shopping experience and the food selections are wider and nicer! As Kuala Lumpur (KL) is the capital of the county, we can experience many new malls or things before the other states of Malaysia do. To celebrate this year's 'Chap Gor Meh' of CNY, we decided to have a short getaway to Kuala Lumpur (KL) by Scoot. Our flight was scheduled on a Friday night and we rushed to the airport after our work. We did our check-in, and we went to have a light dinner before boarding the plane. During our meal, we learnt that our flight was delayed for 3.5hours, and was re-scheduled to 00:15hours instead. It was shoc

Winter Japan Holiday - Back to Nagoya for 3 nights

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We're back to Nagoya, and we checked into a different hotel -  The Nagoya JR Gate Tower Hotel for a 3 night's stay. The room was   comfortable, clean and was of a decent size even though it was a Japanese Hotel, which are notorious for having small compact rooms. Furthermore, the breakfast buffet was splendid too! We made our trip to Mitsui Outlet Park Jazz Dream Nagashima f or outlet shopping, and before we started on our shopping spree, we had an early lunch in order to beat the crowds. The eatery at the outlet is similar to a food court, but it had restaurant vibes and you needed to place your order up front from the menu at the cashier upon entering. The food was then delivered to our seats efficiently! We spent the entire afternoon at the outlet, and I only managed to pick up a bag from BLUE LABEL CRESTBRIDGE. There are many winter illumination events in Japan. However, Nabana no Sato Winter Illumination is recognised as one of the largest ones in Japan. The illuminatio