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Saint Petersburg

We finally made a trip to Saint Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia. My parents were in town and Saint Petersburg was part of the itinerary for them. The place is generally more tourist friendly as compared to Moscow. The signs were printed in English and most people could speak English too. This made moving around much easier. We left Moscow on the Red Arrow, a Russian sleeper train that connects Moscow and Saint Petersburg. This is the most historic overnight train and is still one of the best. We took the Sapsan, the bullet train for our return trip. It takes only 4 hours. We slept in a cabin of 4. Supper and breakfast are also provided. The red arrow takes 8 hrs to arrive which is double the time of the bullet train. Due to the speed, one can sleep comfortably in the cabin without even feeling any movement of the train. As it is an overnight train, it departs Moscow at 11.55pm and arrives in Saint Petersburg at around 7am. The perfect timing for us to start a bran

Happy 30th B'day Darling!

Derrick turned 30 in Moscow and we decided to head down to the highest restaurant in Europe to celebrate his special day - Sixty. The restaurant is located at the business district in Moscow and the area resembles Raffles Place. I felt like home the moment I got out of the train station. I have always love working in town and the feeling just came back when I see all the office buildings and office workers getting off work. The view of Moscow city from the restaurant was breathtaking. The food there was generally good. The borsch soup with wagyu beef was perfect. The only dish that did not get a thumbs up was the burger. It was not worth the price and the presentation was not what we expected out of such a posh place. I had a fantastic miso cod.  Happy Birthday Derrick! This dessert is called Mercedes Benz. It is made out of a white chocolate dome, there's cake and some berry jam inside. I really loved it. I would go back to have it again. This is much better than Pu
I am the new IKEA model! kidding..... hahah IKEA was doing some roadshow at the mall and everyone had a chance to be on the cover of the IKEA catalogue. We also get a physical copy of the actual catalogue with our face printed on it. Isn't it cool? I'm not sure if it's the lightings or camera function but everyone turned out good. There were no editing done. I got the raw pic and I think we both looked pretty good hah. Cheers to IKEA!