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5 Eateries We Tried in Our First Month in Houston, Texas

We arrived in Texas in August 2024, the peak of the summer heat in Texas.

It was a persistent and scorching hot 38 to 42 degrees celsius everyday. It was not a pleasant start to starting settling into life in a new city that’s for sure!

Houston is also not a city made for walking. It’s truly a driving city, with roads and complex highways that easily connect one part of the city to another.

Houston is a sprawling concrete jungle of a city with a population of ~ 2.3 million.

It’s actually the 4th largest city in the United States by population size! As a big city, there are a ton of restaurants, bars and eateries to choose from. Being a big city in Texas, Texmex and barbeque are two of it’s most well known cuisines.

Today, I’ll be highlighting the first 5 eateries we checked out in our first month of living in Houston.

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First Impression & Review Of The Newly Released Fujifilm X-S20 Camera

The Fujifilm X-S20 was announced back on 24th May 2023 by Fujifilm.

It’s been over 2+ years since the release of the Fujifilm X-S10 camera. I was not a previous user of the Fujifilm X-S10 camera, so when the opportunity came to get my hands on the pre-production Fujifilm X-S20 camera, I jump for it!

Who is this camera for?

It’s an mid-range mirrorless camera that is part of the ever popular Fujifilm X Series line up of camera.

It fits squarely in the mid-range camera range that targeting beginners and enthusiasts photographers or videographers. But don’t let that fool you. It also serves as an excellent second camera for the more seasoned or professional photographers who want a more compact/travel-sized camera body to compliment they’re existing X series Fujinon lenses.

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Flight Diary: Qantas Airbus A330 Business Class (Sydney to Perth)

The direct flights from Melbourne to Perth were pretty expensive back in June 2022. We played around a with different flight times and stop-over combinations to either find a flight on points or a flight at a cheaper price.

Alas, we managed to find 2 Qantas Classic Rewards points seat to fly back to Perth from Melbourne via a brief transit Sydney. Given the price of tickets, we thought it was a good use of 20,300 Qantas frequent flyer points to fly economy class back to Perth (economy ticket prices at the time were pretty close to $800+).

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Brunch at Henry M’s in Manning

Henry M in Manning open back in December 2021. It’s one of the new kids on the block that is very popular with the locals. Been meaning to try it out since it’s relatively close to where we live. We had the opportunity to visit a few weekends ago. Despite the rainy and storming weather that weekend, the place was packed with brunch-goers.

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Review of Melbourne Qantas Domestic Business Lounge

On my way back to Perth from Melbourne, we checked out the Qantas Domestic Business Lounge in Melbourne Airport. I’ve been here a handful of times and it has a similar modern interior design to the Perth Qantas Domestic Business Lounge. Like the last lounge review, this is an experiential review of the lounge in Melbourne. The Melbourne lounge is dubbed one of Australia’s best domestic lounges. Did it stand up to that nickname? lets see!

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