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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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  • The winter sale has just started this week and I bought five items yesterday. Most of them were purchased at my first stop: Les Enfants d’Edouard, which sells secondhand designer items. I bought a YSL scarf for just 25€, alongside items from Belgian designers Natan Edouard Vermeulen and Ann Demeulemeester. Total cost: 125€ Inspired by my…


  • After yesterday’s post, counting down to my visit to Hong Kong, I was inspired to go through the photos of HK that I’ve taken between 1995 and 2011. I had wanted to put up 20 photos – to coincide with my being in HK in 20 days from today. But there are too many that…


  • Date: 3 September 2011 Location: Mong Kok, Hong Kong I took this photo on the first night we arrived in Hong Kong from the window of our teeny weeny room in Ah Shan Hostel in Mong Kok. After prying open the window, I stuck my chunky DSLR out of the window after ensuring that I had…


  • Amsterdam

    5 November 2012 @ Groenburgwal, Amsterdam


  • We had Pennsylvania Deutsch pork sauerkraut on New Year’s eve and on 1 January 2013. This is a traditional dish that is served in AB’s family, as well as amongst Pennsylvannia Dutch families, every New Year’s Day. Today, it is more commonly known as “Pennsylvania Dutch pork sauerkraut” nowadays – as the word “Deutsch” (the German…