12 min read I 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…
Category: Travels
Life Interrupted
6 min read I 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…
Window of Opportunity
2 min read Eighteen 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…
Excuse Me Mwah and Other Things Parisian
6 min read A 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…
Girona
4 min read While 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…
London Town
4 min read On a sunny spring morning in May uncharacteristic of London, I was greeted by Richard outside of a tube station few blocks from their Hyde Park flat coming from a short detour in Dublin. I asked where Dann and Vanessa were only to discover their whereabouts a few seconds later when they had successfully scared…
Madrid
6 min read When my friend Vanessa hit a bit of a snag with her visa and had to stay behind in London for a few hours, KC and I went ahead and embarked on our trip to Madrid, the second city on last year’s European holiday itinerary. Our friends saw us off at the tube station that…
The King in the North
6 min read This tiny Nordic island nation of about 364,000 strong inhabitants rule the north Atlantic with its dramatic landscapes and progressive political views. Iceland is small compared to its other Scandinavian counterparts but, just as David took down Goliath, this nation proves itself to be a tough competitor. Notably, it is the smallest nation to qualify…
The Gods Must Be Crazy
3 min read It felt imperative to me that my inaugural post on this new space is an ode to the city that cradled the birth of western civilization as we know it. Much of our daily lives is influenced by classical Greek teachings, though we might not be conscious of it. The democracy largely enjoyed by many…