birthdaying in singapore!!

last weekend was my birthday, and luckily, malaysia day just so happens to be the day AFTER my birthday, so i'm always guaranteed a holiday around my birthday here! we had a three day weekend, so pin and i headed down to singapore on friday to just relax and get out of KL. but before i get into what we did down in singapore, i should probably mention one small thing: i'm...

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hazy kl and peter hoe and monsters.

last week was a rough one. KL, and all of peninsular malaysia and singapore, experienced the effects of crop-burning from indonesia. this is a yearly occurrence. there are a number of politics surrounding the issue, but basically, crops are burned in indonesia to clear the fields, the smoke makes its way across the strait to malaysia and singapore, we're stuck with haze. the...

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laguna/bang tao

so, as previously mentioned, we moved from patong up to bang tao/laguna for the weekend, since that's where my race was. up there, we stayed at the amora phuket beach resort. it was interesting, to say the least. the room was clean, except for some mold in the bathroom. the wifi was only free in the lobby. it cost 600 baht/$20 for three days of wifi, but even then, the password...

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