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HMM's Dinner & Dance 2025 + Happy Hour Indulgence at Chimichanga

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My company (HMM) holds its annual Dinner & Dance every December, but this year, it was held in November instead. My company’s Dinner & Dance was held at the PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay. My amazing fun-loving department!  Kudos to the nicest colleagues that I work with! I enjoyed my 8-course dinner very much, and of course I was definitely more into the lucky draw than the food lolx!  My night ended on a happy note, as I won the 7th prize during the lucky draw! Lucky me! I brought home an  Apple Watch Series 11 (with GPS) . Currently, I am wearing the Apple Watch Series 8 (with GPS) which I won from the Dinner & Dance’s lucky draw way back in 2022. It is also time for me to change my phone to a newer series, so Baby got me an iPhone 17 Pro for my Christmas gift. Lastly, thanks HMM for the early Christmas gift! Baby and I re-visited the Mexican chain Chimichanga at VivoCity , which   had a resort-like interior inspired by the disti...

Fall Vacation - Day 05/06 - Kyoto

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Kyoto has to be my favorite cities within the Kansai region, and it was once the ancient capital of Japan. Kyoto is famous for many classic aspects of Japan, such as having various Shinto and Buddhist Shrines, and the very well-known Geisha area Gion. Geishas are Japanese female entertainers that are experts in traditional Japanese songs, dance and performing as hosts for the ancient Japanese tea ceremony. They are mainly found in the Gion District of Kyoto! My first visit to Kyoto was back in 2017, and my last visit was in 2023. This city is actually my favorite city within the Kansai region among others. I decided to re-visit this city again by staying here for 3 days. We made use of our JR passes, and we took the JR train from Osaka to Kyoto which took about 45 minutes of travelling on the special rapid train service. We purchased the famous Butaman buns from Horai 551 from Shin-Osaka station before boarding the train. We ate them as our lunch. The Butaman and Shumai tasted deli...