Reverie of Thoughts

Early on, I've decided where I wanted to go for 2018. The place in question is United Kingdom. As citizens of a third world country, I am obligated to apply for a visa. So what does the UK Visa cover? A UK visitors visa allows you to visit England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can also visit the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Other parts of Ireland are not covered by the visa, thus, if you are planning to go and venture to Ireland, you need another visa. Here are some tips when applying for a UK visa. How early can you apply? 3 months before intended travel. How long do they process General Visit visas? Most applications are processed within 10 days. How much is the cost of the visa? As of Dec 2017, S$171 How to apply ? When applying for a standard visit visa to the UK, you need to: 1. Fill up the application form  online The application form can be intrusive. You must have all the information at hand. I am travelling with my family, so ...

I was casually browsing my email when I saw that there was a mail from Apple , and it says " Apple ID has been disabled".  It says that to prevent further loss of information and for my account to be "activated" again, I need to click on a link. ( Very desperate, huh?) After the incident when I was asked to pay S$1,000 for a purchase that I didn't do. I've been wary of the things that I give out online. This time around, I was on my guard and stay one step ahead of this would be scammers. I am now hesitant to giving out any of my information online. I have to be sure that if I were to give out my information, that it will be treated with utmost care. I have to be sure that this came from a legitimate source.  Once I hit reply button, I immediately check the sender's address.Lo and behold, the sender's address was some computer generated address. And with that my suspicions were cleared, this was indeed a phishing email. Of course, I reported ...

Don Dae Bak Singapore never ceases to amaze me as this city is home to quite a few number of restaurants. It has some eclectic collection of dishes from countries like Korea, China, Japan, Spain, Mexican, and others. We decided to try Don Dae Bak, a Korean bbq joint that offers bbq buffet at an affordable price. The dish Side dishes : Free Flow Side dish ( Most korean side dishes are quite sumptuous that I consider them meals on their own accord. haha! Noteworthy side dish was their potato salad, kimchi, and soybean skin) As we've reserved their lunch bbq buffet, we ordered from their ala carte bbq buffet selection menu. For the other dishes outside of the bbq buffet , you have to top up accordingly (but you'd not want to eat anything else other than their bbq buffet!). We opted to order 3 dishes in a row and just space the other orders in between. You are given a time allotment of 90 minutes. Ala carte bbq selection includes:  Chicken: Marinated chicken,...

It has been a tradition of mine to have some forecast of who I think might win for the Academy Awards. This year is no different from any other year. I do this for fun. Not even looking at what the pundits are betting on.. but here goes nothing, my fearless forecast..  Best Picture -  Shape of water (WIN) - My Forecast: "Get Out"   Nominees: “Call Me by Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “Phantom Thread,” “The Post,” “The Shape of Water,” Best Actor - Hands down, Gary Oldman , The Darkest Hour (WIN) - I didn't even notice that it's him underneath. It was as if he was truly immersed in his character.  Nominees: Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”; Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”; Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”; Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” Best Actress - Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards" (WIN) My Forecast: Margot Robbie, I, Tonya - the role was certain...

I have been preparing for my not-so-impromptu trip to Taiwan. Taiwan was not actually on the radar of the countries I should visit since I've been there a few times. This time around, it's different. One thing, I am travelling with friends and attending a Japanese concert ( Basically since the Jp artistes only consider Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan as their base market, I have no choice but to choose a country that is relatively ok to travel with as long as I know the lingo.) This trip, I considered it to be hassle-free pre-travel. Thank God, I do not need a visa ( I just hope they don't retract it on the day of my travel. ) for now to go Taiwan. The visa-less trip will lapse on July 2018. So if you want to go Taiwan visa-free, now is your chance.  So first things up, like in any of the travels that I've been, I have to research..   Where do you want to go Since I've frequent Taiwan and have gone to their touristy destination, I decided that thi...