During Hungry Ghost Months, humans do the age-old tradition of ancestor worshipping and hungry ghost appeasing as it’s believed that the spirit-world gate opens, and the ghosts return to the living world for a whole month.…
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I put Happy Pizza on my list ever since I knew there is a "Happy" Pizza. I first read it in Sally's e-book, Best of Unbrave Girl.…
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You know, I have never eaten Cambodian food before I visited Cambodia and I realized this when I was in Cambodia. This might seem normal for some people, but living in Singapore and surrounded by its potluck culture, it was a surprise for me. Apparently, I wasn’t alone. Cambodian food is one of the…
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Have you heard about Kbal Spean the river of a thousand Lingas before? I hadn’t. Until the last day in Siem Reap when our driver insisted on taking us to the mountain. He took us to several places that day, including temples and waterfalls. The most interesting part, though, was the river. He stopped…
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Besides Candi Borobudur Temple, Angkor Wat in Cambodia has been on my bucket list for the longest time. I finally got to visit it recently. Angkor Wat We woke up at 4 AM to get ready to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat, Siem Reap. We walked past the pitch-black neighbourhood and reached the…
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First day in Phnom Penh. First time in Cambodia. I will be here until 3rd June.…
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It was a morning flight to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and I had Nasi Lemak for breakfast. I ordered oriental fried rice, but I made Fafa switch.…
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I daydream of taking the gap year to do cultural travel with a DSLR and a travel journal, even though most days I reconcile bank statements in my office cubicle. So today, the first thing I do, after waking up groggy this morning due to consuming an excessive amount of bubbly drinks on NYE, is made the…
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