TRAVEL | MUAY THAI | LIFE IN JAPAN
We’ve been really fortunate here in Japan so far with dwindling covid-19 cases in comparison to a lot of countries around the world. It’s reflected not just in the relaxing of all state of emergency requests, but the people of Tokyo have definitely started to …
Hana Kimura passed away this weekend. She was 22 years old, with bright pink hair and quirky, glamorous costumes that she wore as part of her thriving career as a female professional wrestler. Some of us might have come to know of Hana through her …
While I may have lost count over how many days its been since I last stepped into a Muay Thai gym, what is irrefutable is that this is the longest I’ve gone without guided training since I began practicing in 2017. These periods of social …
According to digital documentation (read: photo album on my phone), Anxiety Baking started on March 30th. It was around this time that I began not really sleep and wake up around 4 am, no matter what time I went to bed. Saddled with copious amounts …
This is the final piece covering my winter vacation to Aichi Prefecture. Prior to meeting Emi, it was never really in my mind to specifically visit Aichi (despite having a lofty 47 prefecture goal a la Cheeserland), let alone spend as much time as we …
It’s a Hakone hat trick with my third visit to this getaway town, being the most memorable to date. This time we’re journey-bound to visit the IHG newborn, Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora, a jewel amongst a many star-studded locale, famous for its hot springs. It’s …
Last Friday I was at Midvalley Megamall in my hometown of Petaling Jaya, on the verge of the world’s worst migraine. The rush of finishing up work in Tokyo before an extended holiday, having almost zero sleep on the flight back to Malaysia and general …
Malaysia’s best food can traditionally be found at our hawker centres and in the form of street food but the tide is most certainly turning with the rise in modern dining. I’ve written about Dewakan in the past, a hero – by way of being …
Adventures in Aichi-ken continue as we head further south to Gamagōri, a place I had truly never heard of until Emi added it to our itinerary due to our penchant for onsen. A population of just 80,000 or so, the largest onsen resort town in …
The road to the end of 2019, to the start of 2020 and to Aichi Prefecture began with our first stop in the city of Nagoya. Nagoya is famous for not having very many things to do at all, or so said my cheeky colleagues when …