Now that the house is almost done, it's nice to finally have a little breather to start traveling again, and travel we did! Can't believe it's already been a month since we went to Bali... and as if travel isn't wonderful on it's own already, I was gifted my very first TUMI luggage just in time for the trip - their newest, lightest and most durable yet: Latitude.



I've used Samsonite luggages since young, and ever since moving out of my family home, I've needed to get a luggage of my own (things you don't think about until you become an adult and realise that you need to stop using the family suitcases).

Getting a TUMI seemed like a natural upgrade, especially since Samsonite bought TUMI so they're basically the same family, except TUMI is basically your super cool, classy aunt who travels the world often and doesn't look a day past 30.


Timmy the Tumi (yes I named him, if you don't follow my Instagram) weighs just 2.8kg and is TUMI's lightest most flexible luggage yet, without compromising on the durability. This is due to their special SRRP Ballistic material in which layers upon layers of 100% polypropelene are pressed together to form the Latitude's outer casing. Fun fact: this material is also used for sporting equipment and in the automobile industry!

While Timmy is an International Carry-On size and thus, didn't have to go through the horrors of check-in, he did have his fair share of hits falling face first off a ledge when the wind blew him (as if I don't need a better example to show how light he is, ha!) But he got away clean without a single scratch on his body: a testament to the durability of the design.

 Other than the airport, I did bring Timmy the Tumi out of the villa when we went for our day trips. Rolling him around was a dream because of how smooth and sturdy the wheel system is, and it was pretty funny because my friends would ask every day, "is Timmy coming along?" as if he were the 9th member of our 8 person group!


I think one of my favourite things about my new luggage is that they also provide monogramming services on your luggage - for life! They had a 4 letter limit, so I just put my initials ML (for lack of creativity, ok, and I figured I can always go back!) They even had other options and colours such as gold and silver for the font, but I personally preferred the blind embossing.

Another thing is that every TUMI luggage comes with a tracer number which can be registered online. While they can't actually locate the bag (it's not GPS guys), if it is ever found and returned to a TUMI store, they are able to use the 20-digit serial number at the back of the luggage to contact the owner!

It's been a while since I've blogged about anything just for fun, but here is an evening not too long ago in which we found ourselves all the way at the new Timezone in Vivocity. If you feel all nostalgic about the 90s, then this is definitely the place to be.

They have all the popular games from bishy bashy to para para, usual arcade classics like basketball and car racing, but also massive, modern flashy machines that look like they could only be from the future (guess we reached it), hell, they even have the old school ticket printing machines! (Which, ahem, are lots of fun but also a bit of a waste on the environment as we realised at the end that they just get shredded up after the machine count them - won't be doing this again whoops).

The place was crowded with families but not overwhelmingly so. They have birthday packages for kids and prize redemptions with OK prizes (as expected), but there was, an iPad up for grabs, though sheer amount of tickets needed may actually mean it would be more worth it to just walk out and buy one yourself, hahaha.

Anyway if you are heading down, it's worth noting that there's 1-For-1 at Timezone on the Entertainer! After a hard couple of hours of throwing balls at clowns and smacking plastic buttons till our hands were sore, we, like any self-respecting adults who were still awake late in the night, decided to find the nearest open hotpot place - which in this case was Hai Di Lao (and also conveniently located in Vivo) and rolled off to it. Not bad for a night's work!

Spent a really chill weekend at the Park Regis, which is part of Staywell Holdings and located really centrally in Clarke Quay. The hotel has all the usual facilities but my favourite was the swimming pool, right next to a fully equipped gym, in which we took a dip after a 745am morning trek at Fort Canning (which is just a 10 minute walk from the hotel).


Said trek - it was a miracle we woke up, but there's always a first for everything, right? Considering I've lived in Singapore my whole life, I've actually never done anything like this in my whole life. It was actually really pleasant and not too strenuous!


The rooms themselves were really, really cozy. So cozy we slept most of the day away after taking a nice hot shower post swim in their open plan bathroom! Also really loved their bay windows which we chilled on at night after an amazing dinner at Jin Shan Restaurant, which is in the Park Regis itself. The restaurant used to be located in Marina Bay Sands but has since moved here - I've included my entire stay in an IG Story highlight on my Instagram page for this month because I think the videos share the dinner way better than any of the photos I took.

Their Stay Well Package includes all the things I did during my 24 hours stay including their mind boggling Butterfly Pea Welcome Drink (it changes colour right in front of you!), the guided trek around Fort Canning, complimentary use of their bicycles and e-scooters (which we missed as it rained, oops), as well as their buffet breakfast and late check-out at 2pm - all for just S$198++! This is valid for the next 3 months (till August 2018).

So treat yourself guys!