Last Saturday, I met a geisha online!! This would be my second time meeting a geisha (first being the Kimono competition in Kyoto) and my first time meeting a Hakone geisha. As a quick background, Geisha (or Geigi) can be found in the following prefectures [1]: Kyoto : Kamihichiken Geigi (上七軒芸妓)、Gion Koubu Geigi (祇園甲部芸妓)、Gion Higashi Geigi (祇園東芸妓)、Pontochou… Read More I met a Geisha online and you can too!
Singapore has entered a circuit-breaker phase, which essentially means that we are in a soft lock-down. With this, we’ve joined many people around the world who are in lockdowns or social distancing measures of varying degrees. All these measures, while absolutely necessary to flatten the curve, will have huge impacts. Apart from the impact on… Read More Small Businesses You Can Support (Financially and Otherwise)
This is the start of an irregular series where, on Mondays, I’ll be posting about mental health. It might be an update or something that I’ve learnt, it might be a collection of links that resonated with me, or it might be a book review. I’ve been talking about mental health on and off for… Read More Mental Health Monday #1: Burnout, Anxiety, and other links
I can’t believe I almost forgot about this! I went for the Jimami Tofu 5D Dining Experience the week after STF and absolutely enjoyed it, but I also started my smartphone detox soon after and with my new reading speed (or rather, with the extra reading time I’ve found on my commute), I’ve been so… Read More Movie Review: Jimami Tofu (5D Dining Experience)
I can’t find the image now, but just after the Avengers Endgame opening weekend, one of my friends shared an image of the top movie in various countries. Endgame topped them all – except in Japan, where the number one movie was Detective Conan: Fist of the Blue Sapphire. If the fact that Detective Conan… Read More Movie Review: The Fist of the Blue Sapphire (Detective Conan Movie #23)
Hey guys! I’m back from a family holiday to the UK. I managed to schedule a post every other day for when I was gone, so hopefully you didn’t notice anything different. I was planning to resume reviews + other posts today, but it seemed odd not to acknowledge the trip in some way. It’s… Read More I’m Back!
Yesterday, I went for the 2019 MEXT Scholarship Briefing session. But this time, I went as one of the scholars and I was there to help answer questions about the scholarship. My seniors asked me to go, and since I remember attending a scholarship briefing session like that a few years back (and that was… Read More MEXT Scholarship Briefing Session
If you have email updates for this blog, you probably got a deluge of updates – I’m so sorry about that! I decided to move most of the archives about my time in Japan over here too. I’ve realised that those five and a half years were an important time for me and I’d like… Read More Blog Archives – Update in Progress
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending an ikebana class. I haven’t had one since my time in Infini, so I really appreciated the opportunity to learn more about ikebana and spend time with great people and beautiful flowers (given that I have the opposite of a green thumb, it’s pretty rare for me to… Read More Ikebana Class
It is 9:30 pm and I am still working because I’ve been drowning in work for the past three days. The last time I was this busy, we were preparing for the Singapore Tea Festival. And because the work suddenly became insane (partly because I underestimated it), I haven’t had time to schedule a few… Read More Taking a Breath + Update on my Laptop