March has well and truly entered the room and we’ll soon be saying goodbye to Q1 of 2018. And if thinking about the year in terms of financial quarters isn’t already an indication of old age, I don’t know what… Continue Reading
The cave scene at Destiny Islands is an incredibly important location in Kingdom Hearts. In the game, it’s referred to as ‘The Secret Place’ and is hidden behind the waterfall on the island. The memories that are retraced via the… Continue Reading
I haven’t written a comprehensive ‘I did this, then I did that’ travel post in a long time. This wasn’t a conscious decision on my part, just a gradual shift in the way I wanted to write my posts. However,… Continue Reading
Mortality is not something you think about in your twenty somethings. Death and decay come for everyone, irrespective of age, but you believe in the invincibility that you’re afforded because of your youth. 2017 is likely the fittest I’ve been my… Continue Reading
I’ve written a year in review on this blog every year for the last three years. I started this tradition in 2014 because I wanted to recap every bit of travel I did while on exchange in Stockholm. For 2015,… Continue Reading
Many people I know have a love-hate relationship with Hong Kong. They share a common dislike for its impatient disposition, for the way their bodies perspire uncontrollably in summer humidity and for the stereotypical Hong Kong local’s lack of candour.… Continue Reading
The first time I sashayed (read: hurtled) through the doors of VIVE Cooking School, I was late and on assignment for The AU Review. Their launch event was a cooking class with housewife heartthrob Manu Fieldel and Julien Vasseur, VIVE’s… Continue Reading
A visit to RŌNIN is one where both the journey and the destination are almost equally weighted. We were on our way there, yet ended up bidding farewell to our taxi driver somewhere in the middle of Sheung Wan. It… Continue Reading
Bright Red, Phthalo Blue and Phthalo Green. An artist dutifully pulled bold strokes with these colours, completing the painting before throwing soap water onto his canvas. Johnson’s No More Tears tells mothers that the product is gentle, safe and mild… Continue Reading
There’s something about don. Don being donburi, the Japanese word for rice bowl dishes. It conjures images of comfort food, of dinners in front of the TV with a stolen airplane blanket and someone you love. A bowl is an… Continue Reading