Spotted in Daily Express Newspaper Sabah with Dr. Mahathir
My friend, Frolyn Pansi from Sabah gave me a Facebook message earlier today. She said she spotted me in Daily Express Newspaper yesterday with Dr. Mahathir, Malaysia former prime minister. I shook my head in disbelief. How did I appear in a Sabah based newspaper publication with Dr. Mahathir? Thus, I asked Frolyn to scan the whole article titled “Mahathir admits knowing little about business” and emailed to me.
Well, it was really me. It was on the local news of Daily …

Travel Tips: Travel to Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur for RM 686 via Malaysia Airlines in January 2011 -This is not a sponsored, advertorial or paid post
How cheap is the airfare to travel to Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur? That was my conversation with my friend as we traveled back from Hat Yai yesterday on the road. There are a few prominent airlines that fly to Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur. The list includes Air Asia, Cathay Pacific and Malaysia Airlines. Hong Kong has been my target destination this year …

Travel Essentials:  Save more with American Express Gold Credit Card via Balance Transfer
Out of blogging and traveling, I am a shopaholic myself. Many of my close friends know that!  I have tons of interests and huge varieties of collections. In years I have been spending more than I earned until I settled down with Rachel.

That’s me at Bangkok’s old airport with the Royal Thai Airways Check-in Booth
There’s something we have been keeping a secret. We are moving to a new place next year. Thus, recently, we have been shopping for …

Merry Christmas from PlacesAndFoods.com

*Picture is taken at the beautiful i-City in Shah Alam, Selangor.*
Here, we (Rachel & Wilson) from PlacesAndFoods.com would like to wish everyone Merry Christmas. 2010 has been an exciting year for us.  We recently got married in September and we had awesome honeymoon trips thanks to our sponsors. We would like thank everyone including our readers who helped and supported us. Without all of you all, PlacesAndFoods.com couldn’t be better. We hope for the best in 2011!
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Beautiful Geminids Meteor Shower 2010 Video
Last week, the meteor shower named Geminids are visible in most part of Asia. Like many who lived in the city, the sky is too bright to watch the amazing phenomenon. However, a few days after the Geminids meteor shower, a friend shared an amazing video from Youtube.

Picture credits to http://www.astronomynotes.net
It is a time lapsed video was shot by Japanese “Mockmoon” at Yashimahagara Marsh, Nagano, Japan. The time lapsed was captured by using over 5000 shots. I was amazed by the video so …

Travel Essentials: The Ocean Potion Suncare Dab-On SpotStick
We have been traveling quite a bit in this past few months. Rachel is an outdoor person and she tends to get tanned quite easily. For me, I am tanned all year round.

Rachel loves outdoor sports and she is an amateur 4×4 car driver herself. She got herself 11th place at the 2009 Larut Hill 4×4 International Challenge, beating a dozen of her male competitors. She also loves swimming and jogging.
For me, I travel around with my traveling assignments as well as for …

My Deuter ACT Lite 50+10 Travel Bag from AirAsiaMegastore.com
We are huge fans of Amazing Race Asia TV series. As much as we loved the show, Rachel always wanted to own the “backpackers” travel bag from the show so secretly I ordered one from AirAsiaMegastore.com

I ordered the bag a few weeks back from the AirAsiaMegastore.com. One of my friends recommended me this site and I found this lovely Deuter ACT Lite 50+10 bag on discount. I purchased it online. One thing I loved about this site is the discounted items as …

#Maxis10: Fun 720p HD Videos with Nokia N8: Travel Essentials
I always believe in choices in life. We choose what we eat, what we wear and what to say. I believe that phones are about choices as well.
Just be honest, I don’t speak “phone languages” like apps, Android, Symbian and such. I use the mobile phone for the most basic thing and try to learn a few new “tricks” or functions. To me, a mobile phone is just a phone, anything extra will be a bonus.
Having the Nokia N8 for the …

How to add PlacesAndFoods.com RSS Feeds in iTalk Whoa!
Many know about RSS Feeds but don’t really know how to use it. To be frank, I’m not a RSS Feeds user until iTalkWhoa!
So what is RSS?

RSS is short for “Really Simple Syndication”. It sounds like a mouthful but it is just a label. Well, you will see more of it below:
The beauty of RSS Feeds:
RSS Feeds enable you to get news feeds and updates on any topics that interest you fast and easy. You don’t have to check or …

Looking for a Private Retreat for our Honeymoon, Halloween and Birthday
It has been more than a month since our final wedding lunch in Melaka. A few weeks ago, we spent 5 days in Bali for our first honeymoon. Then, a few days ago, I went to Tioman Island for a media launch for 2 days leaving Rachel alone in Kuala Lumpur.
We are still in honeymoon mood and Halloween is coming. Not forgetting my birthday is on early next month, we plan to celebrate all of them this weekend.  A good …

Raffles Hotel Snow Skin Moon cake with Champagne Truffle and Ganache Review: Air Flown from Singapore
A few days ago, we had a chat with our friends on moon cakes. A girlfriend of ours, Watercloud told us her amazing experience having the Raffles Hotel Snow Skin Mooncake with Champagne Truffle and Ganache. She told us how she fell in love with it with her first bite.
Well, she did really mean her words. She flew down South to Singapore on Saturday with her hubby to buy the moon cakes. A box of …

It’s Our Wedding Day Today
It’s going to be very busy day for both of us. I will need to pick up Rachel later in the morning with my buddies and my bros. Of course, there will be surprises in our sleeves from both sides. In order to pick up Rachel, it’s a custom me and my “bros” to get thru stages set by Rachel’s “sisters”.
Usually it will turn massive punishments for me and my bros for no reason. After agreeing on a “fee”, the sisters will allow me to pick …