Traveling out of Hong Kong can be luxurious whenever I'm traveling with Cathay Pacific. Us Marco Polo member have the privilege to enjoy their lounge, everything free of charge. Therefore, whenever traveling out of Hong Kong, we would depart earlier from home, check in way before the departure time. And with our frequent visitor of HKIA, we almost no need to line up for immigration, then we will walk straight up to the lounge, elegantly.

The lounge is very well organized. There is restaurant with a layout like a canteen, but more luxury one of course. There is nothing to complain of the food varieties being served, bread, sandwiches, danish, muffin for something light. You can order for soup noodle with shrimp dumpling if you crave for the Hong Kong style of wanton noodle. There are free flow of fresh fruit juices, milk, tea, coffee, canned soft drinks at the restaurant.

After the meal, there is rest area for the passenger to relax before boarding. Free wifi access is available for you to kill time while waiting for the flight. If you are going to travel for a long haul flight and wish to clean up yourself before boarding, there is bathroom, spacious bathroom which you can bring in your carry on luggage. Don't worry if you have your towel in the checked in luggage, there is clean towel ready for you in the bathroom. How sweet is that!!

There is a bar near the rest area, they serve wines, coffee, juices and some snacks. Reading magazine while awaiting for board with a glass of wine in hand, that's marvelous life.

The cafeteria that served good food. Plenty of tables to accommodates for passengers.


The variety of bread, fruit and drinks being served.


Danish bun that looks attractive, it's almost empty and need to be refilled often.


Enjoying the food while watching flights taking off at the most busiest airport in the world.


Enjoy a glass of white wine while working on the Mac, how good if have this everyday in office.

Mini sausages being served as snacks near the bar counter. It tastes good.


What's best when there is free Haagen Daz ice cream whenever you think of it.

Become Marco Polo member to enjoy this privilege, traveling is no long a pain.

When I was small, I didn't get to buy new toy very often, so me and my sister create our own game with our own imagination. Tic Tac Toe was the most common one but we got bored very quick because it's a nine square boxes game, our little brain didn't get to workout a lot.

I wonder where the idea came from, we created this numbering game and we liked it. It's so random and every game we played was never similar to the last one.

One a blank paper, we randomly write the number, I will write all the odd number and my sister will write all the even number, from 1 to 100. After that, both of us use a different color pen, counting together the number from 1, search for the counted number that scattered on the paper and circle it. At the end of the game, the person who got to circle more number is the winner.

When I stumble on this game in the Apps Store, it reminds me of the good old days.

Count Up, when I first played this game, it was still very lightly design, only the game, no options, no score board which I have to manually print the screen to record the shortest completion time.

The game is easy, even a 4 year old child get to play this. It's just counting from 1 to 30, it sounds so childish but well, I always challenge myself trying to beat my own record.

So far, this is the best that I have got, 11.622 seconds completing 30 numbers.

Challenge me!!!

Taipei has always been on the top of the list of the travel destination that we always want to travel to. It's the city that is modern, well built transportation network, full with fashionable people and yet with a sense of vintage and old time affection fully demonstrated in the daily life. The city has a lot to offer, variety of food, good bargain of shopping as well as luxury brands, unique buildings, and a lot of artistic event throughout the year.

The hotel we chose for this trip was introduce in one of the tourist TV program, the Dandy Hotel, a hotel that isn't of any big brand but offer the best service in class. They have 2 Dandy Hotel in Taipei, and we checked in the on located at Da'an.

The front desk staffs are always so cheerful and greet us with a bright smile every time we return to the hotel.

• Entrance to the hotel.

• Uniquely decorated lobby, there is free flow of freshly brew coffee served at the lobby.
  

• The room central controller that is so conveniently control the background music, lighting, TV without having to move around.

• The room is romantic with the dimmed light.

• The same corner in bright, clean and minimalist.

• Facility in the room. Coffee corner, refrigerator, and a big LCD TV.

• The contemporary design that is not second to any five stars hotel in the town.

• Bathroom that is equipped with a big bath tub, and a big mirror covering the whole wall, this is every lady's dream bathroom.

The room rate are inclusive of breakfast for 2 at their restaurant, English breakfast will be served, it's light and healthy to kick start a busy sightseeing trip.

They also recommended Hotel 73 and City Inn which offers a good rate on internet. Bookmark these hotel so you know where to stay the next time you visit Taipei.

After much waiting and speculating, Apple finally unveils the iPad to the world. Being in an Apple fanatic family, we have a few insider information on the iPad long before it launched. But visualizing can never compare to holding it in the hand.

We are waiting to have another new member to our Apple family of Macbooks, Macbook Pro, iPhones and iPods.

• Accessing iTunes anywhere without lugging my macbook, accessing application on the go.

• Oh my god, my paperless book shelf, it looks real.

• Reading email on a bigger screen than my iPhone.

• Viewing images on digital photo frame iPad.

It will look kinda cute if I line up my iPhone next to the iPad, the dad and son.
Get notified when you can head to apple store to get yourself an iPad. I really can't wait to get my hand on it.
iPad, in style.

Working throughout a year, earning for living and saving every penny has become a habit of most of the working class people. Most of us practice a budget and living below mean just like other people do. Once in a while, we should reward ourselves with something, a vacation, not the backpacking and living in budget motel kind of vacation but a luxurious one and pretend to be a queen in the palace for one whole day.

For us living in Asia country, flying more than 24 hours to get to Las Vegas for a shop trip sound almost impossible but a short getaway to Macao, the Las Vegas of Asia can be easily scheduled.

• The magnificent building of The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel.

We’re at The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel on Autumn package for a 3 days and 2 nights stay. It was like a dream that brought me into a sumptuous palace and leading the life of royal family.

At the hotel lobby, we’re impressive by the service of the attendants, they’re quick, helpful and more importantly, always greet you with smile. These made us feel like an important guests of them. We’re given the hotel map in a booklet that stating every detail of what they offer in the hotel itself.

The path way to the suite playing the classical music and the unique architectures compliments each other. Upon entering our suite, the beige and gold color bathroom of the size of a small bedroom at my home definitely is every lady’s dream bathroom. After the bath room, King-sized canopy-draped bed beautifully unveiled. With several soft white pillows nicely arrange on the bed, I don’t mind lying on the bed day dreaming for whole day. The spacious sunken living room alongside, I jumped onto the sofa and enjoy the beautiful suite with a feeling of awe, it’s like a dream.

• The King-sized canopy-draped bed of Royale Suite.

• The sofa at the sunken living room and reading table next to it.

• The white bath suits in the lighted wardrobe.

• Spacious bathroom with a lot of mirrors, love it.

• The bathtub and wash basin with steel hardware in gold color.

• 2 wash basins in a bathroom, I wanted this at home.

• Coffee corner and the tv at the living room.

The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel is having a promotion package that offer the best luxury stay.
Break Free This Winter package from HKD1488++ includes:

• Accommodation for two in Royale Suite
• Breakfast for two or Lunch for two (I recommend the buffet lunch at Bambu)
• MOP200 Venetian Dollar(1 night package) MOP500 Venetian Dollar(2 nights package)
• One way CotaiJet ticket from Macau to Hong Kong for 2, or exchange for MOP100 Venetian Dollar.
• Complimentary Fan Pass to The Manchester United Experience.

• Evening view at the square of Grand Canal Shoppes.

• Night view at the square.

Recharge your energy in style, book your holiday now.