8 min readAlways, an overwhelming wave of gratitude fills me when I get to travel. Even more so when I travel with great company. I’ve had the privilege of visiting two exciting places at the start of this year. Two destinations, two contrasting profiles. One local, one international. One can be described as a summer paradise, the…
6 min readAlways, an overwhelming wave of gratitude fills me when I get to travel. Even more so when I travel with great company. I’ve had the privilege of visiting two exciting places at the start of this year. Two destinations, two contrasting profiles. One local, one international. One can be described as a summer paradise, the…
5 min readThere are places in this world that are far too beautiful for words to describe. Mount Bromo is one of them. Four hours after we set out to ride at dawn and climb steep hills in pitch darkness without anything to hold on to for dear life, we find ourselves standing witness to something truly…
5 min readRan and finished. 42.197km. 4:46:35. Months of gruelling training culminated in a moment that stretched into the early afternoon of the 6th of October when I crossed the finish line at Praça do Comércio, in front of an incredible crowd of spectators and supporters. Among them were two of my closest friends, Vanessa and Tina,…
9 min readYes Taylor Swift, it certainly did. I’ve been meaning to write about the most wondrous time I’ve had visiting a couple of my favourite cities in Europe plus a new one, meeting up with many great friends, and experiencing the joy of being at the Olympic Games for the very first time but other commitments…
12 min readI arrive on an autumn afternoon typical of the city of London – overcast, rainy and cold. I will find this kind of weather depressing any other day but my favourite people coming to greet me with usual fanfare as I take my exit from Paddington station is all the sunshine I need. We exchange…
6 min readI have a huge backlog in my writing. I haven’t been successful at holding myself accountable to dedicating time into this craft. It’s a shame because I also have to pay to maintain this domain. In my defence (defence from whom girl?!), you could say I have been doing more happy and mindful living than…
2 min readEighteen months after not having set foot in an airport, let alone an aircraft, I find myself inside a desolate Changi Terminal 3 waiting to board the plane that will take me to Munich. I am a mix of raw nerves and excitement. Singapore has opened a travel lane with Germany that will not require…
6 min readA couple of weekends ago, I watched Emily in Paris on Netflix in one sitting. The show is terrible. The show’s creator, Darren Star, masterminded one of my all time favourite TV shows, Sex and the City, so I don’t know why this series completely missed the mark. Anyway, beside the point. If you want…
4 min readWhile looking up things to do in Barcelona, I toyed upon the idea of embarking on a day trip to see other towns outside of the bustling metropolis. I brought it up to my travelling companions Vanessa and KC, to which they responded gladly and affirmatively. Thus we embarked. About 40 minutes northeast of Barcelona…