On a grey, long winter weekend, we drove up into the Dandenong Ranges to do a getaway-cation in a yurt. Somewhere, the cold is prettier and the air smells of wet eucalyptus and woodsmoke. Every trip of ours starts the same way: a small ceremony of leaving the city. It’s usually shakshuka at Tall…
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I started my day in Dubai, accompanying Amma for 3 hours in one gold shop, examining every single piece of gold jewellery displayed. Twice. We tried so many things there, and it made her happy, which made me happy. It was also somewhat fun for me. I am turning into Amma. I am turning…
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Dubai's summer heat greeted us the minute we stepped outside, but my first day there was filled with abudance of experience I didn't mind it.…
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I have a soft spot for well-written travel memoirs. Here are some travel memoirs that helped shape my mind and life.…
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I spent the week before Christmas in Singapore relaxing and doing nothing while all my friends were still working.…
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One day in Switzerland, I headed outside Zurich and went to both Liechtenstein and Heidiland. Heidiland is a city based on the book Heidiland. I was looking at the most picturesque drop in my life. I know I say that so very often, but really, I was. I wished my parents could see this; I wished…
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Do you know that smoking weed is an illegal BUT unpunishable offence in Netherland?! Gave you tried space cake before?…
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My cousin brought a treat back to our Barcelona Airbnb, a pack of astronaut ice cream. We did the unboxing video and finally tried it.…
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Once upon a time, there was a tiny cat living with a not-so-tiny woman in a tiny bedroom. He spent his days happily with her. They read, played, and did house chores together. There were times he was left alone when she had to search for food for both of them, and he didn’t…
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