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I am being haunted by memories of Japan. One minute, I’m in the MRT – the Singapore train system – on my way home and the next minute, I’m on the Chuo line in Tokyo. It’s a bright sunny summer morning and I’m out with one of my language school friends. She’s dating a fellow-Singapore,… Read More A Primer on Japanese Aesthetics
You may or may not have picked up on this, but I’m a fairly picky eater. Well, I’m a “potato is a vegetable” type of picky eater and that, coupled with an unusual lack of tolerance for spicy food (very unusual for a Singaporean), means that there are lots of things that are popular in… Read More Foods I Enjoyed in India
I initially wasn’t going to write too much about Okinawa but well… months after the trip, I felt like hopping back to the start of the year and telling you why visiting Okinawa in January was a great idea. Good (no, PERFECT) Weather Coming from hot and humid Singapore, Okinawa in January was perfect. Temperatures… Read More 3 Reasons to Visit Okinawa in January
While I can confidently say that on the whole, this trip to Okinawa was a success, there is one thing tha I wish I did differently. I really would have liked to stop by more Michi no Eki. Michi no Eki is literally translated as “The station for roads”, though in my mind the Japanese… Read More Memory Rest Stops
Lately, I have been obsessed with buying Mamianqun (Horse faced skirts). It’s part of my growing fascination with hanfu — traditional Chinese clothing. While I have bought a few modernised Tang and Song dynasty outfits, the first piece of hanfu I bought was a mamianqun and the pieces I’m most often drawn to are mamianqun. … Read More Wearing Mamianqun in Okinawa
Here is something else that I forgot to talk about!! When I met up with one of my friends in Lille, we decided to go to a tearoom. And you know how I love tearooms. But anyway, this post is less of a review and more of a “I went there” type of post because… Read More Visiting Meert’s Tearoom in Lille
Having visited the Cadbury World in Birmingham and Chocolate Story in York, you might think that I’ve had my fill of chocolate museums. Well, my family certainly had their fill but since my boyfriend has never been to a chocolate museum, the two of us decided to visit Choco Story Brussels! To be honest, I… Read More Visiting Choco Story Brussels
Dear Nice, The first time I landed at your airport, I was shocked to find out how hot it was. Last week, when I revisited you after more than a year, I was also shocked to feel the lingering summer heat. But that is where the similarities end. The first time the plane touched down… Read More a nice letter
Yes, this post is going to be as weird as the title sounds. I was looking for things to do over the new year’s break and I heard about the Forever Twenty Cafe in Johor. Since I was already planning to go to Malaysia a little early for work, going for this cafe sounded like… Read More I tried painting on toast!
One thing that I wanted to do (and surprised myself with how much I wanted to do) in Seoul was to wear hanbok! So one fine day, my boyfriend and I set out to try on Korea’s traditional dress and hopefully visit a museum at the same time. Alas, the museum visit was not to… Read More Wearing Hanbok in Bukchon Hanok Village (and a tea museum?!)