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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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Spring must finally be arriving! Here’s a belated Easter Sunday post: I was in Paris last weekend and visited my friends and their newborn, who will be four weeks old today. Great company, delicious chocolate, fresh flowers, hot tea, and of course, the sun was shining. Ah, is this not happiness?Interestingly, I just discovered a beautiful French…

Surely not. But that’s kind of what I’m feeling right now after the initial sips of some Oolong tea (北埔白毫乌龙) while listening to Everything But The Girl. A little light-headed, a profound sense of bliss… I must be drunk with happiness. The sun has just peeked through the overcast sky. Ah, is this not happiness?

After having experienced a full winter in 2010-11, I told myself that I’ll not complain about how hot and humid Singapore is. Since then, whenever I returned to Singapore to visit family and friends, I would remind myself of this and try to sleep with the windows open instead of switching on the air-conditioning. Being…

Today at 0613 HKT (0013 CEST), the sun is just rising in Hong Kong. These photos were taken during the early morning from our apartment in Tai O, a little fishing town on the western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It was half past six in the morning and the sky was already…

I first came upon La Caféothèque (52 Rue de l’Hôtel de Ville, 75004) in summer 2011 when researching for places to show my family around when they were in Paris. While we never made it there, something kept it at the back of my mind and I’ve been meaning to visit since… perhaps it was…
