Barcelona Day 2: Mercat de la Boqueria, Park Guell, Sagrada Familia & Bar Casi
Oh Barcelona. This city is irresistible in its own old-world charms, appealing to all kinds of international visitors. As the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous state of Spain, this city houses one of...
View ArticleBarcelona Day 3: Barceloneta, Picasso Museum, Ethnology Museum of Barcelona
Following our adventures from Barcelona? Here's the last of the three installations (for now) - our trip to Barceloneta beach - in spring, and the final day milling around museums. Most people I travel...
View ArticleYou Are What You Eat - Beijing, Circa August 2018
Circa August 2018, Beijing. I remember this trip acutely, it was one of those trips that made me really loved and hated the city of Beijing. I loved it for its fast-paced, competitiveness, efficiency,...
View ArticleCats of Wu Dao Ying - Beijing, Circa August 2018
If I were to think of the greatest inventions known to mankind, the camera is definitely on the list. Otherwise, I would not have remembered as much details of these places that I have been. Then...
View ArticleAn Alternative Work Society with a flattened Maslow hierarchy of needs.
[Covid-19 has struck us and travel has been reduced to zero. This is a written series of thoughts about patterns of society and its arrangements.] The year is 2020. Most humans on Planet Earth live in...
View ArticleDon't go yet, 2020 - a post on personal lessons & observations.
2020 was horrid for many, many reasons.People die and suffer; businesses fold and some go bankrupt. These things happen before 2020 too.Some people are 'grateful' for 2020.Surely that can't sound...
View ArticleComing to 29.
I know I haven't been updating this space in a long while, but the habit of writing has never really gone away, I've only taken a step back to write in a more private space. But I feel that coming to...
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I realised that wherever I am, wherever I goI'm not really happy . Maybe I'm not happy with myself. Or I never prioritize my happiness. Or I'm just always making excuses to NOT get my own happiness,...
View ArticleBeijing with Beijingers Itinerary - Day 1
Here we are, at my Beijing travelogue, finally! Procrastination is definitely one of my middle names - I have since gone back to Beijing two more times already, and undoubtedly Beijing is one of my...
View ArticleOn Entitlement, Social Awareness & Life Lessons
As a person of Chinese descent and Singaporean upbringing in the 90s, I remember being drilled the idea that nobody owes anybody a living. If you want something, work hard for it. But you may not get...
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