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Explore Malaysia, Truly Asia

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Malaysia is an interesting country. Multi-cultural society, plenty of English.  Let us look at what to do at Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur (KL): Capital city of Malaysia, known for the popular twin tower from Petronas. Great place to shop such as Pavilion, Suria KLCC, Lot 10, Sunway Velocity & Midvalley Magamall etc . I also like Royal Selangor visitor centre to buy some home decors or silvers. Brickfields is an Indian neighbourhood and is very closed to KL Sentral.  My favourite place is walk around River of Life (Jalan Benteng) at twilight. Visit at night for captivating lights and stunning views of the city’s oldest mosque, Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad. Don’t miss the nightly light show, when the river transforms into a striking cobalt blue, and water and lights dance to various musical tracks. KL is extremely popular and well known for street food. Jalan Bukit Bintang is the neighbourhood and has got a Monorail stop. Pls get down and walk around Jalan Alor or Hutong F...
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Is Singapore a concrete jungle or is it an Oxymoron?

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Singapore is an island, small town (in terms of 284 Sq Miles), with a population of around 6 million has got 10 different express ways (AYE, PIE, BKE, ECP, KPE, MCE etc), 1 million plus HDB or public housing, apartments, 350k + condominiums etc. You can see plenty of high rise or skycrapers at every side of the island. Hence, it is also known as concrete jungle.  But the real beauty of Singapapore lifestyle is the addiction to trees, gardens and the every growing eco awareness. In 1967, then, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) wanted to build SG as a Garden City. And in 2024, SG is really a garden city. Why?  Number of Trees: 8 million plus Public space by Hectares: 7800  Number of Parks (including Neighbourhood):  75 plus Focus on vertical greenery (150 plus)  17 reservoirs Rail Corridor or Green corridor (an audacious idea of converting old train track to Malaysia as green sector thereby growing thousands of species and to provide space for walk / bike Eco Link...
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Singapore, where to eat, drink and host

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I will take a different take on where to eat, drink and host your friends or relatives .... SG has plenty of hang out places and serve good drink. Market is dominated by some local beer Tiger and other imported beers such as Guinness, Asahi and others.  Why do you make social events?  To have a drink after a tough work day?  To celebrate some good things happening with your colleagues or friends? To host your friends and relatives who are visiting SG?  that means, you also need decent food to taste ! Hence, I will list down some good places to have nice food and some drink !!! They are not ranked in any order, but covers all sides of Singapore Island. 1)  BluJaz  , Bugis: Located at the commercial hub, they serve Italian food & Indian food. There is live music from 8pm. Pls get inside the pub or get the window seat behind the Live music gallery else you can't listen !! It is normally a crowded place during Fri and Sat. Do reserve and go.  2)  ...
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Ouse Valley viaduct, Balcombe, West Sussex

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There is one classic landmark available ... it is known as Ouse Valley viaduct, Balcombe of West Sussex. You can explore Haywards Heath neighbourhood, Ardingly, valley, riverfront etc for a nature walk and it is an excellent route if you do between Apr to Aug (due to Bellflowers).  You need to board trains either at London Bridge or at Clapham to reach Balcombe.  This is the steet which has got some cafes and eateries at town near Brambe Hall.  Keep yourself hydrated and enjoy nature walks !!! 
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Saunderton, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire

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 Do walk around Saunderton, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire .... superb landscape !!! You need to take trains from Marylebone station, Central London to Saunderton. Saunderton railway station is a railway station on the A4010 road between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough. Loads of green surface, up and down hills and it is a delightful nature walk. I did the walk during Autumn and loved every bit of colours and lucky to see Rainbow as well.  There is also Hellfire Caves (https://www.hellfirecaves.co.uk/gallery) and cafe for public. Do explore spending some time if you are going as a group.  From Saunderton the route took us to nearby Bradenham, and enjoyed some refreshments at the village church on the green. Dashwood Mausoleum is on top of hills, West Wycombe and it is walkable from Hellfire caves. It is not open and one can walk around and enjoy the town view. Some fusion architecture of Russia and Egypt and was built in 1765.  Enjoy the woods and walk ! Ke...
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Explore Windsor Castle, Berkshire, London

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In 2020-2021,  one of my team mate was living at Slough. I managed to spend the xmas break of 2020 at his place. Due to Covid, we kept it light and explored the neighbourhood during the day and cooked in the evening, watched some movies in Netflix and dozed off.  Some of my interesting observations of the gorgeous neighbourhood of Windsor are: A. There is no issue of buying Asian groceries at Slough neighbourhood.  B. It feels closer to Heathrow but it is not really close. You need to commute in some circular way. C. There are some cafes around Windsor castle and they serve good snacks.  D. I was pleasantly surprised by the Dorney Lake (https://www.dorneylake.co.uk/seasonal-grounds-visiting). The place is magnificient, beautiful, got a small cafe. Plenty of family people visit here as well. You can do a rectangular walk and return to parking spot (around 6km) E. If you follow rowing events, check out the calendar before your visit. Eton wick is nearby and if you can ...
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Central London and Food

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 Hi All, Central London have got great food options, I share some of the places I tasted food in 2021. I have not taken too many pictures of food, so pls bear with me. I will list down the restaurant / cafe names and locations below... they are not in any particular ranking, just random list based on my memory:  1. Pie & Mash at Portobello Road 2. Aladin at Brick Lane 3. Bengal Village at Brick Lane 4. Dishoom at Shoreditch and Covent Garden 5. Chaplins Deli, Bevis Marks 6. Al Kahf, Whitechapel (Somali food) 7. Punjab at Covent Garden 8. Sola at Soho (set lunch) 9. Bab Mansour, Covent Garden (Morocco Food)  10. Dule Coffee, Whitechapel 11. Breadstreet Kitchen and Bar, Narrow Street, Limehouse section 12. Granger and Co, Notting Hill 13. Wahaca, Canary Wharf 14. Bangalore Express City, near Leadenhall market Enjoy and Bon Appetite !!
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