Happy Hari Raya Puasa 2025 to all ! | Invest in Watches !

First of all, happy Hari Raya Puasa to all our Muslim friends. For our Non-Muslim friends, happy holidays, but don't go to bangkok now, as there is earthquake around the area. Be safe everyone. Back to the actual topic. Nowadays, investment in real estate in Singapore is very expensive. If you have the money, investing in the right real estate still makes good money. Besides that, Luxury watches are the next thing that can make good money too. Similarly, you need to get the right watch as not every watches can guaranteed you the value. So invest safe ! 😁

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Last Post on Anthem of the Sea !

Overall, it is a pleasant trip. Being in this cruise for 4 days and 3 nights with half a day down to Penang, i felt that i did not fully utilize much of the facilities within the cruise. Going down to islands are fun, i hope that i can go down to different ports. I think we need at least 1 week to enjoy every single facilities possible including different restaurants and different menus. Anthem of the seas cruise ship is considered old and i really saw some equipments are down for maintenance. Refreshing of modern gaming machines and more facilities for the kids will be good. I think personally as an adult, i am satisified with the services and facilities. For us, we just want to chill and not work our brains. 😆 Probably will not take any form of cruise till 2028 onwards.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - My Loots from Penang [Penang]

Basically, never really bought much from Penang. Majority were just my daughter's stuffs, cookies, biscuits and gifts to family and friends. But the Penang White Coffee [Red Packet] was great and not that sweet. Blue one is quite normal. As for the biscuits, it is not bad as we are able to test before buying it. So it is safe to buy. I think samples are important, else it either land into the bin or have to eat it no matter what. 😅 Can't really buy much as we had limited space for carrying. But we were be back to Penang soon for more good stuffs and cafe hopping.

4th Year Death Anniversary [2025]

It had been exactly 4 years since you had left us and we hope that you are currently going through a new phase of life. But as long i am still alive, you will always be missed and be in our memories. Lesson learnt and i had soften up recently. You gave me strength to learn and be better and be more serious in whatever i do. As long we put in our best effort, whatever outcome depends on fate and luck. 28 March 2021 will always be the most impactful date in my life. Perhaps it is a special bond we shared and i wished you all the way either in heaven or in the afterlife. 😗

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Unesco World Heritage Chew Jetty [Penang]

Came to one of Penang's Unesco Chew Jetty. There are actually many other jetties along this junction of the road, but as time permits, we attended the most famous jetty. Seems that they maintain the traditional jetty vibes and there are actually real people staying here instead of shops. Some of the homes, they even stated not to take any form of photography or videos in their private space. I think some shops even told tourists not to take picture at their shops. 😅 So above is just the gist of what they have there. There are some restaurants in the area, but be sure to bring umbrella, in case of rain or even to try and shield off some of the sun. Though i felt that there is nothing much, but you can get some pictures here. Unless u goes all the jetty, then probably half a day. Else i think you can schedule here for 1 hour trip.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Gurney Drive Hawker Center [Penang]

Came here which is just a short walk away from Gurney Plaza. There were many local delights being covered here and it started almost evening time. Stingray were quite ok as it is about RM30 to RM40. Satay were ok as well. The asam laksa however is not that good as there are better ones in the island itself. Sugarcane were pretty normal as well. But toys were affordable and pretty interesting. But if i were to visit Penang again, will probably skip this place.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Bionic Robot Bar

Its really nice to have such innovation and to explore and enjoy both the non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks. And this is achieved without a bartender there to mix your drinks. What you need to operate is the Sailpass card and the option to select the drinks you want. There were many types of customization and even fixed drinks if you are the type that couldn't decide. We tried the Non-Alcoholic version and it was ok because we are also clueless what drink is the best. Price wise is quite okay. One of the staff is there to help you if you faced any issue with the system. Soooo Bartender is out of job now. 😅

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul

Located at the actual location, we had been here for the third time. But the quality isn't as great as what we tried. It is just the hype and it somehow only attracts all the foreigners or other part of the states to try the food here. I believe the gems might be at another hidden place in Penang where the true locals will visit. So we ordered the Penang Char Kuay Tiao with duck egg, Nasi Lemak and Chendol. Very clearly, all were at 3/10. Only here for the vibe thats all since we were there for the local goodies.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Toh Soon Cafe [Penang]

At this point, we were quite hungry already after coming down from our cruise to onshore, Penang Island. ☺️ Had came Penang for the 4th times. 2 times by Car and 2nd time by cruise. Hence, i might be planning for a travel to Penang by flight likely next year to focus more on the island highlights further. So after we got down, there were many local tours and private hire services at the port. But from what i see, it is quite pricey, probably those who don't know will probably engage it. For us, we just simply start our journey from our own grab ride which cost less than RM10. First stop is Toh Soon Cafe which was relatively famous among the locals for its retro and traditional charcoal toasts. As above, we ordered a few dishes as we are planning for more later but we are also hungry at the same time. Think i don't need to comment on individual dishes. All were great and we really enjoy it. Fortunately the crowd was not that many as it is quite late. So we immediately got a seat and began ordering. Personally i don't really like the runny eggs on toast, but this was suprisingly good. My wife also said that the packet Nasi Lemak was good as well.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Jamie Oliver Restaurant

As of today, many Uncle Roger's news for his new marriage as well as his restaurants in Malaysia. On the contrary, you often heard uncle roger criticize Jamie Oliver on his cooking. Jamie Oliver however is more well known for its cooking recipe book rather than being a chef. So I always wanted to try both and provide a better review. I decided to book like many months earlier before the cruise as I worried that the restaurant might be fully booked. But i am surprised that it is not as full as expected. The menu had many choices. I ordered more than 2 mains, starters, sides and desserts. These are what i had ordered:

1) Ultimate Garlic Buns - Soft tear & share bread, veggie Parmesan, rosemary
2) Squid Fritti - Crispy fried squid, garlic mayo, lemon

3) Super Salmon - Crispy-skinned salmon, charred sprouting broccoli, vibrant veg couscous, chilli, tomato salsa cruda

4) Penne Carbonara - Creamy pasta, smoky pancetta, slow-cooked leeks, aged Parmesan

5) Truffle Tagliatelle - Luxurious silky truffle butter, veggie Parmesan, nutmeg, shaved truffle

6) Steak Fries with sea salt

7) Polenta Chips

8) Pasta Bake - Pasta Spirals, Jamie's secret seven-veg sauce, cheesy breadcrumb topping

9) Ice-Cream

10) Specialty Fruit Punch

Basically, for this paying restaurant, you already paid a fixed price. Only Drinks or alcohol is additional cost, other than that, if you can finish the food, you basically can order them all, provided you can finish them. We still order two more cakes from the dessert menu and brought it back into our room to enjoy along the sea. Other than [7] and [8], the rest of the food were surprisingly delicious. The Super Salmon, i would give it a 6/10, whereas the rest of the dishes were clearly above 7/10. Hence I find this is really worth every pennies spent for this meal. The little one did ate her pasta, fries and her favourite vanilla ice cream. The only problem is we are not able to eat so much at our age now.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Starbucks OnBoard The Cruise !

Although not a full fledged Starbucks menu, but its sufficient amount of Starbucks goodness. They are basically using real Starbucks beans to brew. They have large varieties of cakes, even whole cakes as well. But only thing is everything is in USD. 😮‍💨 We had tried some cold and hot coffees and its ok. Probably giving 6/10 as compared from the shores. We just took the free cakes from opposite. 😆

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Italian Dining Hall - Dinner

Its the free dinner and every room had their respective time slot and reserved table for the daily dinner. Unfortunately, i didn't get to try this till the final last dinner before reaching Singapore the next day morning. So they had a sort of farewell parade with all the chefs and crews. We had our nice pick of dishes in the italian theme menu and they even throw in a free dish which we did not order. We were actually quite full from the heavy lunch earlier in the day. But we still managed to finish all and this time, the food and drinks were great. As its the last night, they even squeeze in a wonderful 70% off dinner package for the paying restaurant, but seriously i told them that we can't eat anymore. I guess they just want to earn more $$ and also finish their food stock before reaching Singapore. But what i can guranteed you is, if you come to Royal Caribbean, you will never be hungry ! 😬 Loves the service and clean environment.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - American Icon Dining Hall Brunch

Actually came here right after our breakfast at Windjammer as a second round breakfast. But this restaurant offers brunch, so it caters for both breakfast and lunch. Also to add that i am already quite full before we came here. This is yet another free restaurant, but its not buffet style but rather ala-carte ordering via their brunch menu. The menus does offers many option and food that can make you felt very full regardless of your appetite. So we just ordered Royal Chicken Sandwich, French Toast and apple cobbler. My wife said the chicken meat isn't good. Same for the apple cobbler, but the ice cream is safe. French Toast pretty normal standard, but overall the dish is abit too sweet. So what we enjoy is the service + the seaview corner seat, thats all for this breakfast session as after this, we are preparing to get down to Penang Island soon.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Silk Restaurant Breakfast

This is another free to go restaurant where i access 2 days of breakfast. Food were more or less the same, but at least when i visit the second time for breakfast, some of items offered were different. That is good for people who always come everyday. 😮‍💨 Amazingly, the rice krispies, bacon and baguette is surpisingly good. The rest were quite below average which i also try very hard not to expect so much. But at least the service, beverages were quite good.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Windjammer Buffet

Windjammer is a buffet restaurant in Royal Caribbean cruise where everyone can enter to sit in an unoccupied table, first come first served basis. The food there were typically free and have large variety of choices to eat. Table, seats and view were great here too. You will never feel hungry here as it is available for you for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well ! I went only once to Windjammer for one of the breakfast session as i had reserved for all other meals either at other paying restaurants or free zones. All in all, it is good and have lots of varieties ranging from chinese, indian, western, meats cut, breads and many more. But for me, i'm rather picky and probably gave this spread a 5.5/10.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Performance Arts Music

The performance of them doing Music Arts were great. Using ladders, sticks and their shoes to create sound patterns and music is refreshing for quite a late night performance. The theatre is already quite big and it managed to attract many people to sit in. I think outside at this timing around 9pm is still crowded with people at the shopping alley, casino, pubs and cafes. Didn't expect my baby girl still know how to watch these scenes, despite being very tired and sleepy then. 

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Too many restriction for a kid 😕

Haiyaa, being a kid really boring. So much energy, but yet can't play so many things. Of course, casino will need to wait for at least 2 more decades before can officially sit down and gamble. Of course gambling is bad, but a little fun is okay. 😁 Maybe countdown to this kind of car ride or bumper car. Even such ride, she also need to be at least 4 years old or reaches a certain height before being eligible to enter with a parent. Exactly one year ago, she is at genting, malaysia, but thats worst, not a single ride can play as she was only one year old. No choice, probably next cruise might be 2 to 3 years later from now. The problem is North Star is the special ride from Royal Caribbean - Anthem of the Seas, but also had the same criteria. Still have to reach certain height and age in order to go in with parent. Oh well, didn't expect this, so all she could do for now is to see see and have fun elsewhere on this cruise. However, this is still her official first Cruise ride as a 2 years old girl. 😉

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Jewellery Shop Events

There are tons of shops in this cruise. Easily can see about 8 different shops or booth and this is one of them. I can say we always come here, not that i like to come here, but because of the freebies, my wife wants to collect them all. But because of this, you will tend to see lots of ugly side of things. Usually i am talking about the customers who came to collect the free things. Collecting is fine, but people start to do things their own way by pushing around others, snatch to keep and come to collect again when the organiser provide specific instructions to stay where you are so that they can come to everyone to give one piece per person. In Royal Caribbean, its considered not so bad already. When you start going for the cheaper cruise, you will understand what i mean. 😅 Its clearly not because of the money or price, its the human nature that comes out of them. I tried not to make it so obvious. But if everyone is civilised, the world will be a better place. We just follow instructions for the lucky draw and take what we are given and walk off. Easy as that.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Room, items and Safety Preparation

Selected the highest floor balcony Room at level 13 near the starboard side in the middle. Not only it is close to the lift, but i can simply walk up one floor for the swimming pool and unlimited food and drinks above. View is also important as it is unblock view of the sea wide or islands while cruising or docked. Better think and decide the right room for your next cruise. Aside from this, i also bought the 12 1-litre bottles of Evian Mineral Water to stay hyrated throughout the cruising. They do offer water at the restaurant, although many bring their bottle to refill water, but its not allowed. Other drinks were quite sweet actually, so cannot drink sweet drinks all the time. But instead of 12 bottles of 1-litre, they provided me 24 bottles of 500ml which is ok as well. As for my kid, we bring several bottles of our own filtered water for making milk and for her to drink. One more thing is the Royal Caribbean app, now we can do all the safety briefing which is mandatory by law. Last time, we still need to gather at a place to see live demonstration. Now we just do via the app and have to esign it. LOL ! I guess throughout the years, things are improving and thats good.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Wonderland Imaginative Cuisine

Bought this on the very first day because there was a 1 for 1 promotion which is crazier than the pre-cruise deals. 😑 So for dinner, it costs at USD70.79 [SGD94++] for 2 adults and its free for my daughter. Normally, from the menu, usually anyone can only ordered one appetizer, one main course and one dessert per pax. But from all my earlier cruise trips, i knew that we can order multiple orders, so i managed to try multiple different appetizer, mains and desserts for this meal which truly outweighs the value of what we paid. I ordered the following:

The Rib "I" Luscious Short Rib with Bordelaise Sauce, Halibut Cooked in Clear Paper with Mushrooms and Potato, Wonton Soup with jelly and noodles, Mad Hatten's Crispy Mac & Cheese Fries with homemade tomato ketchup, Liquid Lobster with bone marrow and caviar, Mad Hatter's Purple Potted Shrimp with crispy crump and scotch bonnet, Crispy Crab Cones with cilantro, avocado mousse and ohba leaf, The World chocolate dessert, alice's back to front fruit salad with hot yogurt and maple syrup ice cream.

Overall, its a nice experience where kid or adults are able to use the magic water and brush to unveil the magic menu so that we can make the order upon entering. But the entire meal process takes around 2 hours of dining time. Could be restless for kids, but for adults, its nice to have a good time talking trash while waiting for the waiter to introduce, explain and demostrate the magic of each dishes. So we managed to order more than what we can. Of course, didn't managed to order all because there is a limit to what we can eat. We also order a special cocktail which we have to pay extra. But my wife is holding on to the Royal Caribbean Gold Membership so every speciality drink is 50% off which is a total steal. Throughout we do enjoy Wonderland and recommend for others to try.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Immigration Procedures and Process

Ok need to start with the boring stuff first. First thing first, any size of the luggage that can check in with your flight is also allowed in the cruise. But need to take note that the large Non-Hand Carried need to check in from Singapore Immigration and Royal Cabribbean will emailed you the label tag to print and stable onto your luggage. Hand carried luggage will be fine to bring in, but will go through security checks at the scanning machines. The Royal cabbribean will still need to check your boarding pass + passport. Boarding pass will be emailed to you when you do your check in before sailing 3 days and before, so best to do it early as i did 1 month ago. But Singapore Immigration in Singapore Cruise Center is so much different than what i did during my regular Malaysia Singapore commuting. Over here, no passport required and i didn't even need to scan my fingerprint. All i need to do is look at the machine and walk through, totally took like 15 seconds and pass through the gantry. So fast ! Then fast forward to going down Penang, all we need is to bring the sail pass card and we are out for our Penang trip. There will be many taxi and private tour over at penang jetty. Normally a small family size, just book the grab to go around should be fine and much cheaper. Overheard some charged them for over RM400 for only 4 hours ride. Mine entire 4 grabs car ride costs lesser than RM80 for three pax. So private rides isn't necessary at all. Then back and out to Singapore, just Sail pass is sufficient, but still think passport still necessary to bring around lah. Why am i saying this? Because my last cruise trip procedures were different, passport is always necessary and cruise will safekeep our passport. But this time its different, we are holding on to our passport most of the time. So yeah this is more for the immigration processes.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Cafe@Two70 Review

This is one of the free food cafe with some option of paid drinks and food. This is our first stop upon entering the cruise in the afternoon. Some of the retails as well as the casino was not opened yet as the cruise is still docked in Singapore. So far the food in this cafe is average, but there are ample choices. The orange juice on the first day is very solid and thick. But became less thick in the following days, not sure why there is a standard difference. In terms of seats, there are good enough amount of seats in this area.

Royal Caribbean 2025 - Anthem Of the Sea

Starting today, the daily post will be running a series of in depth Royal Caribbean trip for my 4 days till end of March 2025. Overall, Royal Caribbean is considered as a more premium Cruise ship experience compared to some other Asian Cruise which is focused more on Local Asia taste. Typically, i had already booked this cruise two years back while it is much cheaper than today. I usually book all my trips or overseas trip at least 2 years in advance and paid all. This is to prevent more expensive holidays as prices are rising everyday over the world. 

Super Robot War Original Generation 2 [Complete]

Finally managed to complete Super Robot War OG2 at last ! Its quite a difficult game at first. But after understanding fully the game mechanics, you will be able to handle the game well at all stages. But of course the last stage is the one that is different from the rest of the stages. The Solution or spoiler is to have one or two of your mech that have Fury Spirit equipped with Energy Taker weapon and use it at the above last boss every start of the turn to sap out all its energy. Without doing this, its practically impossible to win against this boss. I think everyone is hoping for Original Generation 3 which is likely won't be releasing.

Important to buy your Paying Restaurant or stuffs before sailing day

As i bought my Cruise 2 years ago, throughout these two years, i had been receiving many pre-cruise deals to purchase what i need beforehand. Why it is important? Because not only it is relatively cheaper, but you can also book and secure your slot in the specific restaurants. My previous Royal Caribbean cruise trip, i tried their Izumi Sushi Restaurant, but the Ramen is not good, totally gave 1/10 and feedback to the manager, they only waive one ramen out. But again, that time we walk in and didn't pre order before the sailing day. We thought that the paying restaurant were usually better than the free restaurants. But its not the case. So this time, we skipping Izumi Sushi and opt for the Jamie's Italian Restaurant. Yeah if you know, this is the Jamie Oliver that Uncle Roger always criticize him. Now Uncle Roger started a restuarant of his own and many criticize him also. 😅

Seiko X Rolex Sea Dweller Mod

Last Minute add-ON for both Cruise + Car Ride

Basically some last minute purchase before boarding the cruise. Adhesive Waterproof Flim Dressing to cover my wound during water activities, Eno for indigestion issue as previous cruise trip few years back, i'm having a hard time after eating so much food and literally a few pizzas on my own. Causing great discomfort to my stomach and i swear that I was having a bad time last time round. So just a precaution to have it on hand. Snacks for chilling in the room with the little one. Motion Sickness patches is extremely important as we encountered many vomit cases outside or within the vehicle. Trying out this brand, if it proves to be good, will recommend in my next few posts after using it. Especially on a sunny day and bumpy grab rides in Penang island.

My 8th Cruise Trip with Anthem Of The Sea - Royal Caribbean

As the title goes, this is my 8th Cruise Trips and this time, it is Anthem Of The Sea - Royal Caribbean. This is also my daughter first time to board on a cruise ship so that she can learn and have fun at the same time. I booked and fully paid this trip 2 years ago back in 2023 for this 2025 trip. So yeah, not only its cheaper, but also still paying the 8% GST instead of the current 9% GST + all the price hikes throughout these years. So its like paying a balcony room for 3 pax and will go to penang for half a day and go back for $1200. 

Preparation of Recording Devices

Today is officially my Day 1 of checking into Royal Caribbean - Anthem Of The Seas. Of course besides bringing my Samsung Z Fold 5 + S24 Ultra which is more than good enough, this is actually a good time to play around with these devices. However, i'm disappointed that my Insta 360 X4 is having issue reading the microSD card. Had tested two different working microSD cards and both are not working on this device, but able to read from my PC. File System also is correct. It was working before, but it failed on me during my CNY River HongBao 2025 and this time on this cruise trip. Oh well, got to live with what i have now and go with the flow. For my Royal Caribbean Anthem Of The Seas Review Series, i will share more on the daily post after my trip.

Monster Hunter Wilds exceeds Steam Deck's Limits !

As i did my pilot testing at the last two demo testing of Monster Hunter Wild on my Steam Deck, didn't get to work on it. But during the second testing, i did it on my Desktop PC and able to work. However, the performance is rather terrible and partly because my Nintendo Switch controller unable to work very well with my PC controls. So yeah, didnt have large hope of playing it on Steam Deck. At $99, i am reluctant to purchase it. Still on the decision of getting either Nintendo Switch 2 or Playstation 5 Slim. Gave up on playing Monster Hunter Wild in 2025.

Fidelity Money Market Fund [USD]

Investing in Money Market fund is not new for me since i had invested in many other Money Market funds in Singapore and in SGD. This is probably my first USD money market fund and i planned to keep investing and riding on Donald Trump's USA. Although Crypto market at the point of this posting is low, but i think its going to crash even further soon. Better go low risk is better. I believed together with all other funds, stocks, FD and precious metals, its going to grow slowly and consistent.

Sembawang Hot Spring 2025

Came to Sembawang Hot Spring to have some breakfast and walk around the nature. Still can see many uncles and aunties sitting there to soak their feets and cooking eggs using the hot spring water. Food there is soso but people often said their fried rice were good. But didn't eat the fried rice. The bee hoon got wok hey but abit too oily. Mee siam dry one is ok. The luncheon meat and egg bread soso also. But at least you enjoy the peace and aircon inside. Not much change in the area.