Day 2: Angkor Wat Sunrise - Banteay Srei - Banteay Kdei - Neak Pean - Ta Som - East Mebon - Preah Khan - Phrom Bakheng Sunset Yes, I know the sun will still rise without us watching over it, but no trip to Angkor Wat is complete without a sunrise trip, even thought it means we have to leave our guest house at 5am with an empty stomach! When we reached Angkor Wat, it was …

Day 1: Bayon - Baphuon - Leper King Terrace - Elephant Terrace - Ang Kor Wat Angkor Wat. This is the reason why we are in Siem Reap. There may be so many great temples in Angkor, but this is THE temple. That's why this temple is on Cambodia's flag. Angkor Wat was also another Hindu-converted-to-B uddhist temple, at first dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, then Buddhist. …

Day 1: Bayon - Baphuon - Leper King Terrace - Elephant Terrace - Ang Kor Wat The Baphuon is another big temple in Angkor Thom. It is a mid-11th century temple mountain originally built as the state temple of Udayadityavarman II dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. Then it was converted to a Buddhist temple, which is why they then built a statue of reclining Buddha on the other …

Day 1: Bayon - Baphuon - Leper King Terrace - Elephant Terrace - Ang Kor Wat Bayon is the most famous temple in Angkor Thom, that huge temple complex with 37 towers (used to be 54 lor!), each with 4 stone faces facing the 4 directions. This Buddhist temple was built by King Jayavarman VII between the 12-13th century, so yes, it is very very old! Some experts said those 216 …

It takes less than 2 hours to fly from Singapore to Siem Reap, so it makes sense to take a budget airline flight that costs less than SGD300. Those kind that cannot choose seat, cannot check-in online, cannot check-in luggage, no free food and drinks one. But for some reason, even though it was only an one-hour plus flight, we did get thirsty, but White-chan pointed out that …

Singapore is so cheap to live in, we got so many grants so easy to get, even if your family only earns $1k a month, you can get yourself a two-room flat! No problem lah! Just don't eat don't drink, just work-home-work, and don't have too many children so that you can be sure your whole family can squeeze into the flat lah!

Eiffel Tower. Supposed to be the most romantic place in Paris, some says the world. Okay, if you look at it from far, really like very kam dong and you can take pictures that look really like they're from some old school romance movies lah... But once you get there, siao liao. The queue to buy ticket is super long lor! And the queue to take the lift up, even longer! So …

NUS should really check who they give their scholarship to. Seriously.

You really need to pay a visit to the Versailles to understand why the French Revolution happened and why Louis XVI kena his head chopped off. That palace is really super duper grand lor! Can imagine his grandfather Louis XIV telling his officers: "Yah I know the people can't pay more tax because they don't even have enough to put food on their tables, but then I need to …

We went to the Louvre twice. Yes you heard us, twice. Not because of our love for fine art, but because bo bian. On day one, we reached there at ten plus, and the super duper long queue we …