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Was at Saigon/Ho Chi Minh few weeks back. It's my first time visiting and it's a quite nice cultural experience. The traffic, the way they auto-navigates themselves into the roundabout, the grabbike experience, the humid weather, the architecture amazed me.  One thing that I wish I could have done better prior to the trip, is to make research on the food.  While Pho & Banh Mi are the only two things I ever heard of, the rest of the food is something alien to me. Mind you, most of the eatery place in HCM does not have English translation. Most of the time I was just pointing at the names & hope for the best!   Made an instant Google research after trying out a disappointing Pho at Benh Tanh Market Street Food (commercialized place btw) & Saigon beer is something totally not to my liking, it is still confusing at the English friendly guides/blogs are written by expats whom lived in HCM for at least 2-3 years! Nevertheless, it helps a lot.  Wi...

In 2011, I visited Hong Kong and wrote about this Random Facts About Hong Kong  This year, I went again, 6 years apart. While on the nutshell, it's sorta quite the same, but there are so many things about Hong Kong had changed so much! 1) The usage of Mandarin In the plane, I told the couple next to me to reduce usage of Mandarin while in HK, as the people there will give different treatment to Mandarin speaking people. To my surprise, China market penetration in HK has influenced the locals to be able to speak in fluent Mandarin! 2) MTR ticket kiosk While 6 years ago, you can only pays with using ONE bank note, now it has been upgraded. no more weird requirement. lol $50 & $100 notes are accepted only for fees over $30 & $80 respectively 3) Lesser rude people While my biggest complain about Hong Kong is about how rude they are, this round, it has mellow down a lot!!! I think the only group of rude people are those older aunties & uncles. The younger...

I remember attended a wedding dinner, where the couple made a huge effort in planning their wedding.It was held in nice ballroom, with thoughtful decorations, asking the guests to come one hour earlier by providing pre-dinner cocktail to beat the Malaysian timing attitude . It started with the couple themselves performing the opening gig etc etc... A friend of mine, whom sat across to me, said this sentence that goes along the line like this: "Wahh.... do until so powerr.... raise the bar so high.... siao liao... my wedding gotta raise my game to topple that!" While there is nothing wrong with the statement, however I disagree with the fact the wedding ceremony is being looked as if it is a competition - as if we are entering a one-off performance of "So You Think You Can Throw A Wedding Dinner" contest. Yes. It is an awesome wedding dinner. Yes. It makes the guests go gaga. Yes. It is filled with a lot of romantic gestures. But no, my own wedding doe...