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When we’re not travelling, we’re Taobao-ing 😎

Our best Taobao kitchen buys (for now)

1. Cutlery holder Rating /⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Got this as we had no idea where to keep our knives after washing - we have a knife block but it was a solid wood block so we were concerned about the moisture from freshly washed knives seeping into the wood ☹️ We also didn’t want to keep it in the overhead dryin

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Climbing one of Taiwan’s most beautiful mountains!

🏔️ How we got to Hehuanshan: - We rented a car from Taichung and drove to Cingjing (1-2 hours drive) - Stayed over at Cingjing before driving to Hehuanshan early next morning - There are tiny little towns and settlements closer to Hehuanshan but if you’re looking for somewhere with more peopl

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Check this out if you’re going to drive in TW!

We’ve gotten a few more thoughts about driving in Taiwan after our most recent trip in central Taiwan, so here’s some more tips and tricks for anyone who’s thinking of renting a car for your next #Taiwan #roadtrip adventure! 1. Parking Rule of parking seems to be the same for Taichung/Cin

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How we spent a super chill one day in Taichung

Arrived in Taichung during a major heat wave ( the “feels like” temperature on Google hit 43degs at some point in time 😩) so we didn’t really venture out far. Sheltered places in Taichung are few and far in between unless you hang out in the malls 😢 Quick tips for Taichung: - There’s an MRT l

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What we buy from our favourite JB store

We love MR DIY! It’s the only place I can spend money without Frog giving me the bombastic side eye 😂 so after visiting Mr DIY (and of course Mr Dollar!) here are some of our tried and tested favourite items: 1. Surface wipes We use this so much that we tend to.. stockpile 🤭 which is why we ha

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Here’s what we think of these viral cookware 👩🏻‍🍳

We (or rather just Duck) was really excited to start cooking when we got our house so we were on the lookout for a set of affordable and reliable pots. We have quite a few friends using these Modori pots already so Duck was quite interested to get a set of her own 😎 We got the “starter kit” for

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Don’t make the same mistakes we did!

We’ve been sharing a lot about all the good stuff we got from Taobao, so here’s a list of the things that didn’t quite work out for us 😅 (and also a quick disclaimer that this doesn’t mean the products are lousy! They all arrived in one piece but they just didn’t align to our intended use/didn’t p

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Which Anessa product should you get?

Most of us are no stranger to Anessa sunscreens (I’m a huge fan too!) but each time I wanna get a new one to replace my empty bottle I always end up spoilt for choice because there are so many variations 🥹 so here’s my review of three of these sunscreens after trying each one out… 1. UV sunscre

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No budget doesn’t mean no beauty 😎

If you’ve been following us for a while you’ll know that we are… always on a budget because Duck likes beautiful things and beautiful things are often expensive 😅 So when it came to our master toilet, we really wanted a luxe hotel vibe but obviously couldn’t afford the expensive things (goodbye

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Our household must haves - Taobao version!

Are we getting lazy if we’re getting these household essentials from Taobao? 🥲 we’ve been restocking these items from Taobao mostly via the 249 free shipping promo… cos to #BeReal we can’t say no to free shipping AND cheaper items huhuhu 😗 1. Our laundry essentials If you’ve seen our previ

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How we saved some money on kitchen reno 🤑

We were initially skeptical about Taobao sinks too - heard reviews of poor quality finishing, features spoiling, peeling taps… but when our budget was running high and dry after getting the sintered stone of our dreams, we decided to try getting our sink from Taobao! Here’s what we like about i

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Have a full day to spend at Fuji? Try this plan!

Sharing our one day #mtfuji /Hakone roadtrip plan here! Some additional info that might be helpful for you: 🏔️ We stayed at Lake Kawaguchi for two nights - which explains how we were able to start our day so early 😬 Sunrise is at about 5am! 🏔️ Parking at Sengen Park is EXTREMELY limited s

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Never imagined we could buy these from Shopee 😂

Sharing some of the shopee stores where we got our bathroom items from in this post - everything arrived in great condition and have been installed with no issues 😬 We decided to source items from #shopee because we didn’t have that much budget (see this post for the reason why 😂: https://s.le

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What we did to make bathroom cleaning less painful

We have two bathrooms in our house and the lesser used common bathroom was designated to be the low-maintenance, practical one (as compared to our slightly more luxurious looking master bathroom) Here’s what we did to make this bathroom low maintenance and easy to clean: 1. Opted for a niche

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Getting bored of the food in Midvalley Southkey?

You’ve got to try this cafe located just opposite the mall! It’s literally a 1 min drive to enter the Midvalley carpark 😅 Bee Hive cafe serves honey themed food and desserts! Here’s our review: - Duck pizza was pretty good but the soba was 🤩 🤩 - Honey latte was a solid cup of coffee (with a

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We felt the burn 🔥 but not in a good way 🥴

If you’ve been to Don Quijote/ #Donki in Japan, you’ll definitely have seen these stacked up together with the vitamins and the heat packs in the souvenir must-buy section - they are apparently famous medicated plasters that are available in little dotted stickers 😬 We bought a pack of these m

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The truth about where our money goes…

… it’s not just into the joint account! Here’s how we manage risk as a couple to make sure our money works as hard as Duck does to write Lemon8 posts 😂 💰 How did we decide on this strategy? Based on our interests LOL Frog is just generally more interested in the financial markets than Duck

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Need budget storage for your bomb shelter?

Same here same here 😂 We are always running out of budget too 😅 so we decided to self assemble our own storage rack from Taobao! 📦 Is it hard to assemble? As an experienced furniture assembler, Duck rates it a 6/10! Instructions were pretty easy and she did 99% of the assembly (minus a few mo

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If you’ve already been to USJ and Disneyland…

Try Ikoma Amusement Park - this quaint old school theme park may not be the most advanced in terms of technology (they’re still using paper coupons for the tickets 🙃) but it’s a really cute place for a date! 🏔️ How to get there: We took the train to Ikoma Station and then walked 10mins to get

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Clueless about couple finances? This is what we do

⭐️ When did y’all decide to get a joint account? We started our joint account only AFTER we settled reno and some of the wedding expenses (and were pretty sure we’re gonna be stuck tgt for life 😂) Before that we were splitting the expenses by taking turns to pay and trying to even it out, but

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