Day 1 of #100DaysOfCode

I’m starting my 100 days of coding challenge today meaning by April 16, 2020 this challenge will be complete.

Currently I’m sitting in a hostel in Thailand deciding what else I can do to change the direction of my life. I don’t want to remain in the banking field anymore but instead be able to work remotely. This might be my ticket.

I have no experience with coding at all but seeing so many people start this challenge has inspired me to learn myself. I’ve always been curious how things work in the background of programs and websites.

Let’s go!

Things I have learned today:

- HTML tags <h><h1><h2><p>
- Commenting on HTML code by using <!— before and —-> after
- HTML5 embodies new HTML tags called <main><header><footer><nav><video><article><section>
- <IMG SRC=“”> Element and adding the ALT text for screen readers
- <a href> a elements need a destination web address called an href attribute. The A is called an anchor element.
- Internal links: I can have a link jump to somewhere else on the page by assigning an ID to an element I want to jump to and using a hash #. Example: <a href = #footer>Jump to Bottom</a>

Travelling Busan South Korea: What You Must See When You Come Here

Busan is the second most popular city to visit in South Korea versus it's northern capital city Seoul. Mainly being a port city, Busan is a place of scenic beauty with its hills, sea, and historic buildings.

I traveled to Busan in November 2019 and chose this city instead of Seoul because it's warmer during this time of year. The unfortunate thing was that November is the the lowest of the low season, so being alone in a hostel was common for me, even switching around to different hostels 4 times!

Must See In Busan

1. Haeundae Beach

The most famous beach in Busan. The white sand beach is roughly 1.5 km long, over a 30-50 m wide area, creating a beautiful coastline before a shallow bay, making Haeundae Beach perfect for swimming.

People flock to Haeundae Beach every summer. All kinds of accommodations from luxury hotels to private guesthouses have developed in the area around the beach, making this the perfect summer vacation spot. Haeundae Beach is also famous for various cultural events and festivals held throughout the year. Other facilities in the area include Dongbaek Island, Busan Aquarium, a yachting dock, BEXCO, driving courses and more.

Top 5 free and must see things in Singapore

Having just finished travelling Singapore I can finally recommend the top 5 things you absolutely must check out before you leave the country.

Singapore has a ton of things to do, try, and see and it can be mind numbing planning the most important things to experience since it’s a large city that encompasses four major cultures: Malay, South Asian, East Asian, and European.

Lucky for you I’ve can recommend these top 5 places that is worth the time, memorable, and you’ll enjoy!

Let’s go!

Flying to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur (KL) is the better option compared to taking a bus

Save yourself the time and energy and just book a flight

I've just spent about 2 hours pouring over customer reviews from taking the bus down to Singapore from KL by bus. This is a common bus route that goes from Berjaya Times Square, in Kuala Lumpur ---> To Singapore from the company Starmart Express.

Here's What Is Different With Ikea Food in Malaysia - It's Delicious!

Have you ever been to Ikea in Malaysia? If you haven't, you got to go and try the food, it's delicious!

I'm from Canada so most of the time the food there is really bland boring hotdogs, mustard, ketchup, pepsi, etc. You know, really boring stuff. The moment I walked into the Ikea here in Kuala Lumpur I was blown away with the food offerings!

How to backup all your travel photos easily and for free from your phone and camera

You're looking for a quick and easy way to back up your photos because you have thousands of photos on your phone or camera that you need to save and clear space for more! Luckily there is a way to do this all for free.

Google Photos

Did you know Google Photos allows you to upload unlimited HD quality photos to Google's cloud all for free? Yes! It's the best thing since slice bread.

All you need to do is download the google photos app on your phone, link it to your Gmail account and let it back up your entire camera roll. Now there's a catch.

Google allows you to upload unlimited photos at HD Quality, but if you want to save at your original quality you will have to cough up a subscription to GDrive space. What I've found though is HD quality is more than enough for my Instagram/Facebook addiction.

Clearing Space Made Easy

After you've uploaded all your photos to Google Photos, there is an option to allow the app to delete all the successfully backed up photos from your camera roll so you won't have to do it manually! Yes! Imagine trying to delete thousands of photos manually? No way.

Backing up your photos from an SD Card

You can also backup any photos from an external media, like the SD card from you camera. This will require you to have access to a computer.

All you need to do is log into Google Photos from a browser: https://photos.google.com/login 

Drag and drop your photos into it! That's it!

How travelling starts with the mind set and it ultimately dictates your travel experiences

How your trip experience ends up is all based on your mindset. Everyone dreams about travelling the world and exploring all the world has to offer, hopping from destination to destination, trying as many foods as you can. It’s a dream come true, but does it really stack up to the hype? 

What I discovered during my travel around SE Asia is that going from one place to the next, while trying to maximize your experience, can lead to major burn out. I didn’t think it was a thing until it happened.

After this experience and spending some time recovering from what is essentially traveller’s fatigue, I sat down and rethought about my travel plans moving forward. I wanted to make sure I don’t fall into the same thing again, because having traveller’s fatigue is a real downer!

Working on my mindset

What it boils down to is, if you want a great travel experience, then be sure to adjust your mindset to just enjoy the travel as it comes. No more planning every day to the T but have some loose plans in your head and let your day be semi-flexible. It really is the only way to really allow yourself to experience a country and the things that happens around you. When you’re so focused on your next “trip task”, you can easily miss the important things.

There’s going to be things on your long-term trip that will upset you like being pickpocketed or scammed, just don’t allow those things get to you so much that it ruins your trip. Get happy again someway somehow, replenish your funds if you can and continue. I guarantee you there is much more happy things to experience out there.