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A short visit to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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YAY! Baby and I went for another short getaway during the July long weekend holidays. We purchased our air tickets to Ho Chi Minh (HCMC ), Vietnam early in June from Tiger Airways . My first visit to HCMC was great! I loved the laid back and relaxed vibe, strong aromatic coffee, and of course, the cheap local food which is seriously affordable and tasted extremely delicious!    My 3days 2nights to HCMC  was quite an adventure! Entering the city was relatively hassle free but we were pretty skeptical to take a cab at the airport, as we read online that there were some prevalent scams, so in order to be safe, we paid 220,000VND (about SGD13) for private car to our hotel in  District 1 . This was probably a pretty pricey price to pay, as the cab we took back to the airport on our last day was only about was about 150,000VND, but this was our first time, so we wanted safety first! Actually, we tried to take a cab prior to this, but was quote 330,000...

[GEWR 2015] Welcome session of #RuntoLiveGreat

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This year, Great Eastern Women's Run ( GEWR) 2015 celebrates 10 years of empowering women to live healthy and great through running, and at the same time, to commemorate SG50.   Thanks for the invite! This year, I was not part of the  #RuntoLiveGreat programme, but I will still participate in the Great Eastern Women's Run (GEWR), which will be taking place on the 1st November of 2015 at The Float@Marina Bay . I attended the welcome session of  #RuntoLiveGreat  together with the selected 80 pairs of participants which was held at  The Luxe Museum. During the welcome session, we had the chance to meet up with the  #RunToLiveGreat  influencers, Cheryl Miles and Kelly Latimer and the most inspiring pair from last year’s edition - Zann Soh and her mom, Teo Yok Wan. The female pacer Ranjini Mei Hua was also there. They shared their personal experiences and tips to encourage the participants on how to kick start the...