The memory of travelling through the sand dunes of Tibet is still strong in my head but since then (plus a short week-long trip to Moalboal, Cebu, in mid-October for some unadulterated pristine scuba-diving), the itch to pick up my backpack and go! has been clawing at my heart yet again. Thus, I plan to make full use of the upcoming Christmas ( Read more... )

I thought life would be a lot easier since I had a decent hotel room and with my body slowly adjusting to the thin air. But of course, Tibet is like a big Kinder chocolate egg surprise - you never know what you're going to get. For one, I expected the food to be bearable but I was way off. Yak meat and potatoes are the staples of Tibetan cuisine so ( Read more... )

So I made it; I survived the three-week-long trip to Tibet. It's all too easy to forget that I was there a couple of weeks ago, suffering the effects of the high altitude and griping at the lack of anything tasty to eat. But after uploading my photos, memories of the endless bumpy roads, dry air, bluer-than-blue sky, monasteries and monks in red ( Read more... )

I was craving for a mocha and was way too lazy to go to Cafe O, so what do I do? Put a few pieces of Toblerone (dark chocolate) into a mug and microwave it on high for 5 minutes. Obviously that was way too long because what came out was a steaming pile of black crust - pretty much like dried volcanic lava.

You think you've seen it all? Well, I thought I had, at least in the amazing world of culinary delights. I had tried the tame but controversial foie gras, inhumane turtle soup, the freshest sea urchin plucked right off the seabed and brought up to the boat, sliced in half and eaten raw with a teaspoon, the tiniest (Japanese) peach called yomomomo ( Read more... )

So I took a day off from work and scooted off to Laos with a few mates from high school. The idea first came about after debating for hours on where to go for the Annual Backpacking Trip. First of all, it must be affordable. No S$300-per-night-at-a-really-fancy-hotel sort of travelling. We then agreed it should ideally be in South-east Asia since ( Read more... )

This picture was taken last year during the mid-autumn festival - I had such a good laugh engaging with the advertisements on the wall at Admiralty MTR.


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I have been up to no good, really. Look at Hong Kong's clear sky - I am partially responsible for clearing up the air in the form of coercing all my colleagues to recycle their endless supply of paper bags from Cafe O and Pret a Manger, and practically making all my mates abandon the meter-doesn't-even-tick taxi ride in favour of walking or taking ( Read more... )

Because I've just discovered Bonjela. I feel liberated.