Day 17 [11th June]: Otaru

Today is my last full day in Hokkaido, but I keep having thoughts of visiting Otaru again instead of hanging around in Sapporo. After struggling through the decision for some time, I went to the train station and hopped on to the train heading for Otaru. When I reached Otaru, I went to Ajidokoro Takeda in Sankaku Fish Market again for my meal. This time round, I ordered chirashi don, which comprises of crab, scallop and prawn. I also ordered grilled scallop amd clam. The clam comes with sauce in it that tastes really sweet. A pair of scissors were also provided for me to handle the big juicy scallop. Eating seafood in Otaru is just such a delight as they are just so fresh, juicy and sweet.

Japan (May/June 2013)

Needed a good break and was looking around for a destination suitable for travel in May or June. After much research, it came down to either Eastern Europe, Spain/Portugal/UK or Japan. As I started doing some research on Japan, I discovered that accomodation is not as expensive as expected, especially compared to Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore. Furthermore, the airfares by Malaysia Airlines and Cathay Pacific seemed attractive. I was more interested in visiting Hokkaido, but decided it's probably cheaper to fly to Osaka/Tokyo and take budget airline to Hokkaido instead. And I went ahead with my travel planning and bookings.

Day 7 [3rd May]: Ocean Park

For the next day, I visited Ocean Park and was kinda dissappointed that the drizzle started when I reached the entrance. I just had to proceed on with the visit since I had already purchased the entrance ticket at the bus terminal. I walked around for a bit at the foot and found my way to the cable car station where I took the ride up to the summit.

Sydney (March 2011)

Photos from my biz trip in March 2011....



Airline: Qantas Airlines
Accomodation: Star City
Places visited: Sydney Aquarium, Wild Life Sydney, Taronga Zoo, Sydney Tower, Circular Quay, Opera House, Darling Habour, Bondi Beach, St Andrew's Cathedral, Hillsong Church (City Campus), St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney Fish Market

And I really really loved fresh seafood at the Fish Market and chocolate spread from Guylian cafe! There are only 3 Guylian cafes in the world, and 2 of them are in Sydney! And I was fortunate enough to stay in Star City's serviced apartment and the location was fantastic!

Philippines (Aug 2012)

For work purposes, I flew over to Philippines via Cebu Pacific Air and stayed in Somerset Olympia in Makati City  for almost 3 weeks. During week nights and weekends, I managed to visit several malls like Greenbelt, The Landmark, Glorietta 3, SM Makati, Robinsons Place Manila and SM Mall of Asia. I also did some souvenir shopping over in Balikbayan Handicrafts. On one of the long weekends, I managed to do a bit of sightseeing. I started off with San Agustín Church.