📍 Pasta Loft @ Midtown Residences 🚶 About 850m walk from Hougang MRT Found this little pasta spot tucked away at Midtown Residences! The setup is quite interesting — the 1st floor is mainly the cashier/pick-up area for takeaway orders, while dine-in seating is upstairs on the 2nd floor. Ther

Feeling incredibly lucky that our family managed to ballot tickets for this year's NDP rehearsal! 🇸🇬 This year, the parade is held at the National Stadium, and I honestly found it much more comfortable than the Padang. Even though it's technically open-air, the stadium provides plenty of

Day 13 was our buffer day, and I’m so glad we had one. We originally had Penguin Island in mind, but after reading online reviews, we realised it might not be worth it for us Places we went: 📍 Chu Bakery 📍 Cuddly Animal Farm 📍 Margaret River Chocolate Company Swan Valley 📍 Tsoko Brewing

Rottnest Island was one of my favourite days in Perth. We originally thought about renting e-bikes, but in the end we felt lazy and chose the hop-on hop-off bus instead. No regrets, because it made the day much easier. Places we went: 📍 Rottnest Island 📍 Isola for lunch 📍 Rottnest Bakery

Day 3 was a city and shopping day. We kept it quite casual: a bit of culture, some outlet shopping, walking around Perth CBD and a simple grocery dinner to save money. Places we went: 📍 Art Gallery of Western Australia 📍 Watertown Brand Outlet 📍 Grill’d 🎨 Art Gallery of Western Australia

Day 2 was our first proper Perth sightseeing day, and we kept it focused on classic city spots. We didn’t drive within Perth city because the public buses were convenient enough, and we also didn’t want to deal with city parking. Places we went: 📍 Heirisson Island 📍 Blue Boat House 📍 Kings P

We arrived in Perth around 3pm, so we planned Day 1 to be a very light day. Honestly, after a flight, immigration, baggage collection and getting used to a new place, I didn’t want to pack the first day with too many activities. So our Day 1 was basically: airport → lunch outlet shopping → hote

(Spent HOURS googling all this so hopefully this saves someone’s trip 😭) ✈️ BEFORE YOU EVEN START YOUR TRIP 1️⃣ GET AN AUSTRALIAN NUMBER This ended up being WAY more useful than we expected. Get a prepaid SIM card once you land. 📱 Telstra is said to have the best coverage. You can: