here's my updated travel-log (updated on 20 aug 2026). trips highlighted in red are work-related:
2025
jan - malaysia (melaka)
jan - malaysia (melaka)
jan - malaysia (jb)
feb - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
mar/ apr - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
may - malaysia (genting highlands, kl, petaling jaya)
jun - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
2024
jan (from dec 2023) - china (chengdu, xi’an, beijing)
jan (from dec 2023) - china (chengdu, xi’an, beijing)
feb - taiwan (taipei city, yangminshan)
mar - malaysia (jb)
apr - china (hangzhou, shanghai)
may - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
jun - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
jul - malaysia (jb)
aug - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
aug - australia (sydney, katoomba-new south wales)
sep - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
oct - taiwan (danshui, shimendong, diaoshi, yilan, taipei city)
nov - malaysia (jb)
nov - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
nov - malaysia (jb)
dec - malaysia (jb)
dec - malaysia (petaling jaya, kl)
2023
jan - china (hong kong sar)
jan - china (hong kong sar)
mar - malaysia (jb)
mar - china (hong kong sar)
apr/ may - thailand (chiangmai)
jun/ jul - indonesia (denpasar-bali)
aug - australia (victoria-melbourne)
dec - china (hong kong sar)
dec (into jan -2024) - china (guangzhou, chengdu, jiuzhaigou)
2022
feb - malaysia (kl, penang, perak - taiping)
apr - malaysia (kl, perak - ipoh, penang, seremban, melaka)
may - malaysia (jb)
jul - malaysia (jb, muar, melaka)
jul/ aug - uk (london, edinburgh, inverness, portree, glasgow, manchester, birmingham, wareham, bath, brighton)
sep - malaysia (seremban, kl, penang, ipoh, bidor, teluk intan, selangor, jb)
nov- malaysia (kl)
2021
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2020
jan - malaysia (jb)
feb - malaysia (jb)
feb - malaysia (jb)
2019
jan - malaysia (seremban, kl)
feb - japan (osaka, kyoto, nara)
feb - malaysia (seremban, kl)
mar - malaysia (jb, kota tinggi)
mar - malaysia (kl, selayang, batu caves)
mar - malaysia (kl)
apr - malaysia (seremban, bentong, genting)
may - china (xiamen)
may - malaysia (jb)
may/ jun - malaysia (penang)
jul - malaysia (jb, kota tinggi)feb - japan (osaka, kyoto, nara)
feb - malaysia (seremban, kl)
mar - malaysia (jb, kota tinggi)
mar - malaysia (kl, selayang, batu caves)
mar - malaysia (kl)
apr - malaysia (seremban, bentong, genting)
may - china (xiamen)
may - malaysia (jb)
may/ jun - malaysia (penang)
jul - thailand (bangkok, ayutthaya)
jul - malaysia (kl)
aug - indonesia (jakarta)
aug/ sep - malaysia (penang)
sep - malaysia (jb)
sep - malaysia (melaka)
oct - malaysia (kl, seremban, jb)
nov - malaysia (jb)
nov - philippines (boracay)
dec - taiwan (taipei, taichung)
dec - malaysia (jb)
dec - malaysia (jb)
dec - malaysia (kl)
2018
jan - china (hong kong sar, macau sar)
jan - malaysia (penang)
feb - china (hong kong sar)
mar - china (hong kong sar)
apr - usa (boston, ma)
apr/ may - japan (tokyo, kamamura, enoshima, fuji)
jul - malaysia (melaka, muar, jb)
aug - malaysia (kl)
sep - taiwan (taipei, taichung)
sep - malaysia (kl)
oct - malaysia (jb)
oct - indonesia (bandung, bandung)
oct - malaysia (kl)
nov - malaysia (melaka)
dec - malaysia (muar, kl, melaka)
jan - malaysia (penang)
feb - china (hong kong sar)
mar - china (hong kong sar)
apr - usa (boston, ma)
apr/ may - japan (tokyo, kamamura, enoshima, fuji)
jul - malaysia (melaka, muar, jb)
aug - malaysia (kl)
sep - taiwan (taipei, taichung)
sep - malaysia (kl)
oct - malaysia (jb)
oct - indonesia (bandung, bandung)
oct - malaysia (kl)
nov - malaysia (melaka)
dec - malaysia (muar, kl, melaka)
2017
jan - china (hong kong sar)
jun - india (hyderabad)
oct - japan (osaka, kyoto)
nov - australia (sydney)
nov - thailand (bangkok, bangkok)
dec - malaysia (pontian, batu pahat, muar, melaka)
dec - malaysia (kuching)
jun - india (hyderabad)
oct - japan (osaka, kyoto)
nov - australia (sydney)
nov - thailand (bangkok, bangkok)
dec - malaysia (pontian, batu pahat, muar, melaka)
dec - malaysia (kuching)
2016
feb - china (hong kong sar)
feb/ mar - china (guangzhou, guangzhou)
mar - china (hong kong sar)
apr/ may - taiwan (taipei)
may - malaysia (malacca)
may - china (hong kong sar)
jun - taiwan (taipei)
aug - china (hong kong sar)
sep - vietnam (ho chi minh city)
oct - china (hong kong sar)
nov - china (hong kong sar)
dec - china (hong kong sar)
dec - taiwan (taipei, kaohsiung)
feb/ mar - china (guangzhou, guangzhou)
mar - china (hong kong sar)
apr/ may - taiwan (taipei)
may - malaysia (malacca)
may - china (hong kong sar)
jun - taiwan (taipei)
aug - china (hong kong sar)
sep - vietnam (ho chi minh city)
oct - china (hong kong sar)
nov - china (hong kong sar)
dec - china (hong kong sar)
dec - taiwan (taipei, kaohsiung)
2015
jan - taiwan (taipei)
2014
jan - indonesia (jakarta)
jan - philippines (manila)
mar - china (guangzhou)
2013
may - philippines (clark)
jul - malaysia (kl)
aug - indonesia (jakarta)
oct - indonesia (jakarta)
2012
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2011
feb - malaysia (jb)
jun - malaysia (jb)
oct/ nov - china (hong kong sar)
2010
may - malaysia (jb)
oct - indonesia (bintan)
nov - indonesia (jakarta)
dec - united arab emirates (abu dhabi, dubai)
2009
jun/ jul - australia (perth, cervantes, margaret river, augusta, walpole, denmark, pemberton, manjimup, albany, hyden, corrigin, york, fremantle, joondalup)
jul - malaysia (malacca)
sep - malaysia (malacca)
nov - malaysia (jb)
2008
jun - thailand (phuket)
oct - malaysia (malacca, kuala lumpur)
dec - malaysia (cameron highlands, malacca)
2007
apr - malaysia (malacca)
apr - china (beijing)
jun - australia (perth)
aug - vietnam (hanoi, haphong)
aug - indonesia (jakarta, bandung)
dec - china (shanghai)
2006
apr - malaysia (kl)
jun - australia (sydney)
aug - thailand (bangkok)
sep-oct - indonesia (jakarta, bandung, lembang)
oct - thailand (bangkok)
dec - china (hong kong)
2005
feb - thailand (bangkok)
mar - malaysia
may - thailand (bangkok)
jun - indonesia (bintan)
jul - indonesia (bintan)
sep - indonesia (bintan)
oct - malaysia (kl)
nov - malaysia (jb, malacca)
nov - indonesia (bintan)
dec - taiwan (taipei)
2004
feb - taiwan (kaohsiung)
mar - taiwan (kaohsiung)
jun-dec - united states (whole of florida, new york, chicago / illinois, etc)
dec - china (shanghai, hangzhou)
2003
jun - australia (sydney)
sep-oct - taiwan (taipei)
dec - s korea (seoul, sorat, incheon)
2002
jun - england (london, oxford, stratford upon avon, leeds, manchester, scarborough, windermere, etc)
2001
mar - united states (california [la, sfo], new york)
may - taiwan (whole)
may - malaysia
jul - united states (san diego)
dec - malaysia
2000
jun - australia (sydney)
dec - indonesia (bintan)
1999
feb - indonesia (jember)
may - england (london, brighton)
jun - malaysia
oct - japan (tokyo)
1998
mar - malaysia
jun - malaysia
sep - new zealand (christchurch)
nov - new zealand (christchurch, auckland)
1997
jun - indonesia (bintan, batam)
jun - thailand (bangkok, pattaya)
nov - switzerland (zurich, lucerne), israel (jerusalem, tel aviv, massada, black sea)
pre-1997
lots of places but mainly in asia. these include east and west malaysia (lost count), taiwan (almost every city/ town you can think of, lost count), hong kong (twice?), australia (brisbane, tamborine mountain, byron bay, gold coast, sydney, melbourne) (1994), australia (perth) (many times), thailand (bangkok, kanchanaburi, chiangmai, chiangrai) (lost count), indonesia (bintan, batam, jember, surabaya) (trice?), brunei (lost count), philippines (metro manila, cabanatuan city) (1995), china (huangshan, jiuhuashan, anhui, shenzhen, guangzhou) (late-80s), etc etc etc...
