Singapore & Malaysia

Meeting Yap Today I spent the morning relaxing in my hotel waiting to meet up with Yap. Yap is the regional distributor for ARRB Systems, and since I was on a trip to learn about international business, I decided to take my dad’s suggestion and arrange a meeting with...

Monash University Malaysia Visit During my study tour, I mentioned to the professors that after the tour I was hoping to visit the Monash University campus in Malaysia. Throughout my studies, I often came across lecturers and students from this campus and was...

Central Market Today in the morning I decided to go visit the Central Market. At the market, I purchased some souvenirs and walked around looking at the different stalls. At home, I have become quite a big fan of coconut water, so at the market I purchased myself a...

Today I said farewell to my peers checking out of the study tour hotel and into a new hotel called Scarletz Suites. Last night was quite a late night celebrating the end of the study tour, with some people heading straight to the airport in the early hours of the...

Today was the final day of the study tour and the day of our group presentations. My group was feeling well prepared so we could continue with the day's itinerary, however, other groups were not so well prepared and missed the morning company visit to work on their...

Today was a free day for the study tour, and we mostly just spent the day working on our presentations. Our presentation was coming along nicely. In between writing the presentation, I also walked around the park by the Petronas Twin Towers for a little while and took...

Batu Caves Today is effectively a sightseeing day. In the morning, we all boarded the bus to head for Batu Caves. It was really hot outside, when we arrived and got off the bus I instantly felt like I was a snowman in a desert. After getting in a group photo, I began...

Today I started the day early by going to the hotel gym. For some reason, the equipment uses a combination of pounds and kilograms to measure the weights so it was a little interesting trying to calculate the right weights. Sadly, the breakfast at this new hotel was...

Today in the morning, we boarded a bus to leave Singapore heading for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our journey was in a few parts, first taking a bus from our hotel in Singapore to the Malaysia border, then taking a bus from the other side of Malaysia towards Kuala Lumpur...

Bolttech Visit Today in the morning we visited Blottech in a shopping and office building called Suntec Centre. The last time I visited Singapore, I visited Uniqlo at this shopping center to purchase a new shirt before returning to the airport for my connecting...

Today was an early start, especially since I was writing my blog until around 1 am last night. I work up just after 7 to go to the gym in our hotel before breakfast. It was quite convenient that I could go to the gym before going straight to the breakfast buffet for a...

This study tour itinerary appears to be quite packed with long days every day, and this first day of the tour was no exception to that. We started the day quite early having a buffet breakfast in the hotel. The breakfast was impressive with many different options, and...

Today was Angie’s last day in Singapore. For breakfast, we went to a near by Toast Box, which is a popular breakfast chain here in Singapore. At Toast Box, we enjoyed a bowl of laksa, some toast (obviously), cake, and coffee. Visiting Orchard Road After breakfast, we...

Today we went to visit Sentosa Island. Before leaving we walked around the nearby China Town markets to look at some souvenirs, before going to get a rather late brunch. Our brunch was at a place called Song Fa. As shown in the photo, we enjoyed a fulfilling breakfast...

Today we started the day around 9am. After leaving the hotel, a little tired, we went to get some breakfast from Ya Kun Kaya Toast which was soft boiled eggs, sweet, buttered bread, French toast with Kaya sauce, and milk tea. It was a simple but very satisfying,...

Today marks the first day of my trip to visit Singapore and Malaysia site-seeing and participating in Monash University study tour. My study tour will start on the 1st of December, so I will have a few days to spend relaxing and site-seeing in Singapore beforehand. My...