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Oh man. I think it’s been a whole year. Longer, actually!

It’s kind of funny because on the main page, I can see a post titled “2019, Finally!”

Posted in… February 2019. Yep.

And scrolling through the sheer number of images on my phone to choose the featured image made me realise just how much has happened since then.

First things first. 2020 has been… Hoo boy! Quite the year so far, hasn’t it?

I mean damn, when news of Covid-19 (the coronavirus) first started coming out of China, people made jokes about pandemics of the past… but we’re in March now, and no one’s laughing.

Fortunately, we seem to have a grip on it here in Singapore.

Brief panic-buying aside, even with the Malaysian lockdown (scheduled to end in a few days), there haven’t been any shortages or even unusually long queues.

Yea OK, he’s wearing a mask a precaution but that’s about it, really

Psst, any Australians need a toilet roll hook-up?

We’re expecting a rise in cases though, and I haven’t been to the malls since the new social distancing measures were announced a day or two ago.

On the bright side, I have to say that working from home really agrees with me. Until I’m doing proposals at 3am… but yeah, that’s… that’s not really a major difference from what I’m used to so… yeah.

Maybe in times like these, it’s best to remember the good things that have happened, and try to stay as positive as possible, though it can be as hard as scaling a mountain with business shoes at night (which I kind of did in Hong Kong). Would not recommend it.

From Victoria Peak, and I’ll write more about my trip to HK in a separate post soon… eh, probably never.

So yeah, a lot has happened. From my mother-in-law finally making the move to Incheon (and just before the outbreak!) to a close friend getting married, to my first-ever trip to Hong Kong, to my return visits to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. It’s been quite the year!

Infamous Bangkok traffic (just, um, ignore the opposite road)

There’s so much more to write about… but it’s 1am and I’m exhausted.

So I’ll leave you guys with a few pretty pictures taken recently here in Singapore.

Multi-colour sunset at Gardens by the Bay

The Flower Dome at… Gardens by the Bay. I took a lot of pictures on that day, OK? It was a great day, dammit!

Oh, and I’ve only just learned how the new “Gallery upload” function works in the updated WordPress format. So… yeah. Eh, I’ll post more pictures later.

Oh man, I’ve been meaning to write this for ages. Specifically on the first day of 2019. As you can tell, I’m an expert at procrastination.

So many things have happened since my last post, but two main things have remained the same. My mother-in-law, Raya, is still in Busan, and we’re still here in Singapore.

I’ve actually been doing a ton of traveling, mostly for work, and at first I’d wanted to continue posting, but I’d made the mistake of getting an iPhone SE with only 16GB of memory, which means I had to constantly back up and delete pictures which became a major pain.

BUT! I now have an Android-powered Huawei P20 Pro! More pictures! And with better quality! YES!

Anyway, before I get into the other stuff, our plans have changed quite drastically. After considering France, we’d agreed that it might not be practical, and Raya decided on Jeju-Do instead. I was pretty stoked. But again, there’s no direct flights to it, and since most of her siblings are on the mainland, it made her understandably concerned about being somewhat isolated.

In the end, she settled on Incheon, which is where the main airport is located, which you’d fly into to get to Seoul! Gotta say, I’m stoked about this too! At long last I might see Seoul! And of course, the ticket prices are gonna be cheaper too, since we’d be able to take direct flights.

Right now though, there’s a sort of property downturn, and no one’s buying or selling. Hell, she’d even drastically reduced the cost of her luxury apartment, and yet there are no buyers still. Not even prospective ones. So she’s staying put in Busan for now.

In the meantime, things are going pretty well for me in my current role! Been traveling often to KL and even been to Bangkok twice, hopefully with more trips to come.

There really is so much to write about, but for now, I’ll share a few pictures of the places I’ve been.

First, Bangkok!

View from the roof of the Avani Riverside Hotel, in Bangkok

On one of my quests to find Halal food in Bangkok

Next, Kuala Lumpur!

Actually, I haven’t had the time yet to take many new pictures so um, keep tuned!

Anyway, it feels good to be back!

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