Perth, Australia 2025

 Here’s our recent trip to Perth.

• Living in Scarborough 
• Blue Lakehouse
• City tour
• The Pinnacles
• Rottnest Island
• Caversham Wildlife Park
• Fremantle
• Property viewing and Outlet shopping

Top 13 pix!

Perth For Retirement

 Is Perth a good place for retirement?

IMHO it is great at least six months of the year, autumn and winter time.

Temperature is 10-20°C which is VERY NOICE.

So it’s about whether I’ve got a nice place to stay while I’m here.

Buying a property incurs large sums and many say it is a waste of if I don’t rent it out and collect rent to pay for my taxes and other miscellaneous upkeep costs.

Renting might be an option.

Hmm.

Also I think the AUD is waaaaaaay undervalued against the SGD. Right now at 1 AUD buys only 0.83 SGD. So everything I spend here is at an almost 20% discount. Yummy!

Slowly becoming a fan of Australia as a potential home away from home.

Penang, Malaysia 2025

The kids’ first overseas trip of the year.

It always makes me extremely excited to travel with my kids alone. Even since Osaka 2022, it’s a must do with either one or both of the kids at least once a year.

So this year we get to do Penang together, just me and the both of them. Super fun and memorable!

We flew budget because it was already so expensive to fly during the Easter weekend. Stay at Courtyard by Marriott, which was excellent.

We flew late on the Thursday right after school/work, so by the time we arrived it was 11pm already and all we could do was get to the hotel, made a midnight run to the nearest convenience store for some snacks, and then rest for the night. Still worth it so we could get up early to tour.

Day two we were up and about early. Started with a Penang hawker centre power breakfast, followed by walking from hotel to Georgetown. Visited the Komtar building and then Armenian Street and the murals, then the famous jetties, and then had 菜贩 for lunch, Penang style.

We then chilled our tired bodies at the hotel pool, used the gym awhile, then at night went to the Penang night market. Wasn’t that fancy but still got a power local dinner.

Day three we went for a power dim sum breakfast, followed by a trip up Penang Hill. This was possibly the highlight of our trip. Penang Hill is so beautiful, weather was cooler up there, and very full of greenery. We also got to take the Penang Hill Funicular, which has steeped in history and the ride was fun.

In the evening we went for local crabs at Seafood Choo. The steamed small local crabs were delicious, though I prefer our local Jumbo better haha. 

Finally day four we started he morning heading to Toh Soon Cafe but it was closed so we went for Roti Canai instead. The Roti Canai turned out really delicious. Then we chanced upon a fancy cafe where we chilled for longer. Finally went for more toast and eggs and dumplings. 

And then we had to head to the airport to fly back liao. Still a very fun and priceless trip with my two most precious gems.

Penang Hill 1984

  Mummy sent me these photos while I was on the way to Penang with the kids.

So nostalgic.

I was only 5yrs old. The last time I was in Penang.

My dad and mum look so young then.

Malmo, Sweden 2025

 Part of my Copenhagen work trip, I snuck in a train ride up to Malmo, Sweden for a Sunday.

Only 30mins away and you get to check into another country. Why not?

Essentially wanted to see all the sights I brought my family up to see back in 2019, to see if they have changed.

Basically nothing has changed haha.

Here’re some of my best pictures.

Copenhagen, Denmark 2025

 Another trip back to the mothership.

This time was a pretty rushed one.

I managed to squeeze a day trip up to Malmo, Sweden.

Then the rest of the week was work work and more work, with great dinners with my foreign friends every single night.

It feels like Copenhagen is my second home now and I really just enjoy the familiarity and cold weather when I’m up there.

Lots of Saxo pictures too.

Here’re my best pictures, with the Malmo ones in another post.