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Beyond An HDB Flat.
Here is where I record my thoughts and experiences, most of which are from my time abroad and travels. Where I share and exchange insights on off-the-beaten-path destinations and translated literature. Where I discuss photography and societal observations.
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Recently I was thinking of a series of photographs that I took in Hong Kong of residential buildings across the street from the hostel room where AB and I were staying. After prying open the window, I had double-coiled my camera strap around my wrist and squeezed my Canon SLR camera pass the metal grill…
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An unexpected work trip on 20 January to London came up, lo’ and behold, this was right after the final day of the Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700-1900 exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Quelle chance! I had recently chanced across the exhibition and was captivated by a 13th century painting of a Japanese monkey…
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The art of making the cheongsam by hand is becoming increasingly rare in Hong Kong. At Linva Tailors, the “sifu” (master) continues to design the traditional Chinese dress in his little shop beneath the Mid-Levels escalator in Central.
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Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. So much so that I sometimes feel bad for people who cannot take any food in the morning. Surely they are missing out! I don’t need an elaborate breakfast, just something satisfying to give me a good start to the day. A typical weekday breakfast would be…
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Home to the Abashiri Prison which used to house political prisoners during the Meiji eria, Abashiri is to the Japanese what Alcatraz is to the Americans. Except that this is just one aspect of this tiny coastal city. The largest town on the Okhotsk Coast of northeastern Hokkaido, Abashiri is an important port in the…
Angelina Hue 