SCMaglev and Railway Park

Probably my favourite place that I visited in Nagoya, the SCMaglev and Railway Park is a haven for train lovers. Everything about Japanese train history, from the steam locomotives to the avant-garde maglev trains, and everything in between from onboard refreshments, tickets, even the toilets were on full display! Whilst I’ve been in other train museums in Japan, this definitely blew the ones I’ve visited out of the water.

I regretted leaving this place as an afterthought when I visited for the first time, which left me with not enough time to explore the place before I had to rush back to the station to catch a bullet train to Tokyo. Visiting this place the second time was much less rushed and allowed me to explore even more of the place, but I still feel like there’s not enough time to look at everything – I didn’t have enough time to look at the special cafeteria nor the theatre sections. Given some of their exhibits rotate, I could probably make a case for visiting a third time. Maybe someday.

I did buy the comprehensive museum guidebook to tide me over until then.

WHOOSH (Indonesian Shinkansen)

I never thought my home country would have not just a bullet train, but also the first bullet train in Southeast Asia. It’s amazing how a trip to the neighbouring city of Bandung went from a 3-hour car ride to just 1! Apart from the slight louder noise from other passengers and the super cringey way they end their onboard announcements, the experience is very similar to the Japanese Shinkansen.

Super proud of this achievement and I do encourage you to try it if you ever go to Jakarta and make a day trip to Bandung (a pretty cool city in itself). Tickets start at just $16 each way.

Migliore Dongdaemun 10-Year-Challenge

Dongdaemun may have changed between July 2012 (left) and October 2022 (right), but the crazy amount of spotlights appear to still be the exact same.

Indoors 3 – Old and New(ish): Apple Watch

Map of ‘Melbourne’

  

Chinese WOTD – 现代

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现代 → Xiàn Dài → Modern

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Woman in Egg

Weird fashion stuff pose.

Changes

Been a while since I’ve done one of these, and I’m quite sure those who go here would have seen the changes, so let me put ’em together, as a list of changes and why they’re good:

  • Utilising a custom-made child theme – Customizations carry over easily, for each theme update changes don’t get wiped.
    • FontAwesome – Neat icon font, retina-ready and beautiful.
      • Post Meta sprites use FA – Decrease load time, increase resolution.
      • Categories have descriptive icons – Visually appealing, credit to @Kujikato for idea.
      • Social Icons on header bar uses FA icons – Decrease load time, increase resolution.
    • Header Bar sticks to top of page on Desktop and Tablet displays. – Can always get to other content easily.
      • WP Admin Bar adjustment – Good for me, so the admin bar doesn’t cover up header bar.
    • 404 Page modified. – Not much, just makes it more ‘me’.
    • Image links edited – No whitening glare when hovering on some images.
    • Custom Search Text – Makes it unique, easier for visitors to understand, lays foundation for further changes.
    • Responsive Ad Unit – Ad graphics resize appropriately to different browser sizes, helps me out too.
    • Small Minuscule CSS Stuff – Makes site more consistent in design, and getting rid of unnecessary stuff.
  • Technical Site modifications – Utilises better offered features, and decreases load time.
    • IP Address Shift – Dedicated IP. No traces of other unrelated sites within subdomains, more focus on own content.
    • CloudFlare – Minimize load time, Maximize reading/browsing experience.
  • Photo publishing now handled using Pressgram.

Long list? 😛

Photo credit: Erin’s Adventures in Israel.

Oh My Jesus!

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Arts and Science Centre

Taken in Valencia, Spain.
Taken in Valencia, Spain.