+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go!

To New Zealand and to find:

1. A baby sheep for Caitlin.
2. Green-lipped mussel pills (?) for mumsie.
3. 30+ UMF Manuka Honey for Janice.

2 weeks of fun in Wellington and Auckland.

Fun, fun. Indeed.

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+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

Damn gate's not even open.

I hate Sunday flights.

At least there's pho to look forward to.

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+travel+ Viva Las Vegas!

Watched 3000 Miles to Graceland yesterday night to get into the mood.

Wish me luck!
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+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go!

Jakarta for a week at my favourite hotel ever, Mandarin Oriental.

I'm a fan!

Will be coming back at the end of the week with a suitcase full of Lapis Legit or Kueh Lapis.

Who would like one?
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+travel+ All my bags are packed, blah blah.

Back to Manila.

Be back with lots of Krispy Kreme and dried mangoes soon.

Place orders nao!

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+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

Manila.

Mon to Friday
Then Sun to Thurs.

Joy.
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+travel+ There's no place like home.

Ahh, Changi Airport.
Cold, impersonal but still the most efficient.

+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

To Kuala Lumpur for the week.
To reflect on my recent failures over last weekend's poker.
To get a decent dose of laksa from Little Penang Cafe.
To come back with 6 dozen sugar glazed donuts.
Indeed.

+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

Ah, Hong Kong.
This week's short and sweet trip, back to years ago- a fleeting and bitter-sweet memory.
My bag is 10.5 kg. I'm proud of myself. I've always had problems with baggage. Who can let go?
Crisp and juicy roast goose + springy wanton noodles + milky iced tea.
Maybe I will forget and learn to enjoy Hong Kong again.

+travel+ The eagle has landed.

I can't believe my suitcase is heavier AFTER the trip than before.
I didn't buy any junk. I got rid of a lot of notes and workbooks.
Duh?
Anyway, after a week of mutton bryani dinners, it's not the eagle who's landed. It's a big fat turkey.
*burp*

+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

To Rangoon.

+travel+ I'm coming home, I've done my time.

+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go!

Manila!

+travel+ I'm coming home, I've done my time.

Home for Chinese New Year!

+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

To Hanoi for a week.

I am looking forward to handmade fresh pate and crusty, soft baguette from Old Quarter.

Also bowls and bowls of fragrant, steaming, subtly flavoured beef consomme drowning a handful of rice vermicelli, dotted with broken pieces of fresh basil and a squeeze of lime.

And coffee! Fresh coffee, dripped impossibly slow over half a glass of sweet condensed milk and ice.

Ah Hanoi, how I love you!

By the way, this is the lightest bag I have packed in a while.

+travel+ I'm coming home, I've done my time.

Blurry, home!

My suitcase is bursting with FOUR huge Kueh Lapis or Lapis Legit as it is known in Indonesia. (I'll post a better photo soon.)

Countless layers of buttery baked goodness, stacked together lovingly to form a perfect rich, vanilla sweet special occasion cake.

This cake was brought by the Dutch to Indonesia almost a century ago. The Japanese have their own version, brought to them by the Portuguese. All similar, yet slightly different. All good!

Lapis Legit from Mandarin Oriental, @375,000 IDR each.

Ah, Mandarin Oriental, I am such a fan.

The cake's the best, I tell ya, the best!

That's how heavy my check-in suitcase is.

+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go!

To Jakarta for a week.

Was a lovely wedding last evening, Roger "Cobra"!

+travel+ The eagle has landed! Last trip for the year!

And I've already received responses for Project Food for All This Holiday!

Nice!
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+travel+ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

To Wellington for almost 2 weeks.

+travel+ I'm coming home, I've done my time.