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Aleenta Resort; Phuket #xbtravelogue

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Happy Lunar New Year folks!  How was your Cny break? It's back to work for me tomorrow and I'm sure going to miss the past 6 days of not touching my computer.   I've been spending time with Sean, catching movies in the cinema and doing movie marathons online. We actually watched, Kingsman, Abtm3, From Vegas to Macau 2, Rec 4, Don't go breaking my heart 1 and 2. Can't wait for Dragon Blade tomorrow!   Times like this are really precious right now and I'm really thankful for this much needed break. Is it true that as you grow older, you no longer look forward to CNY, going visitings and collecting angbaos? Hmm.. Anws I completely forgot about this post that I was drafting, oops.  Here it goes:  We went on the most relaxing getaway to celebrate our 100th monthsary together. Came across an article on Fb which gave a list of the things you don't need to do when you're on a vacation and the 2 that left an impression were: - You don...

Australia; Melbourne Itinerary part I #xbtravelogue

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Don't know how I should begin this entry since the trip to Melbourne was more than a month ago!  Call me the queen of procrastination, this entry has been in my draft for weeks... Anw this vacation was rather impromtu cos I had a hard time thinking of what to get Sean for his birthday which was also our 8th anniversary, and since SIA was having promo, why not travel?  We wanted to get out of Asia this time but couldnt decide between Sydney and Melbourne. After seeking advice from friends, we decided to go with the latter. We found a pretty good 4d3n Groupon deal at $400+ for 3 nights of stay in Tune Hotel, 2 days of day tour of our choice and airport transfer. They were saying it was pretty risky to go with Groupon cos we won't have anywhere to stay if they were to screw up.   First thing we did was looking for SIM card in the airport the moment we got off the plane. Queued for a good 45mins and left because the queue wasn't moving. Thank god the a...