Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Lunar New Year. Traditional CNY greetings are usually about wealth and prosperity, but I prefer to wish everyone good health instead. The sentiment is especially strong this year for unfortunate reason(s) LoL. It's not uncommon for people to get sick during new year, it probably happens more often in this period than the rest of the year. … [Read more...] about Happy CNY 2019 and Good Health
The journey so far, going forward, and rebuilding the blog
This will be the final year of my 30's. Time flies, and it seems to fade faster as one gets older. This post is a bit of recap of my adult life and some future plans. Travel Travel has always been my passion. Haven't seen as many places as I had hoped but it's been pretty good regardless. One of the main reasons I started this blog in 2007 was to share my travel and food … [Read more...] about The journey so far, going forward, and rebuilding the blog
Happy Notting Hill Year 2017
Crossed into 2017 watching Notting Hill, a 1999 film, on TV while trying to write some "surreal but nice" stuff... but couldn't organise my mind to write a grand story so this is going to be a "bit of everything" post, whatever comes to mind. … [Read more...] about Happy Notting Hill Year 2017
February snow in Seoul, Korea
It's a warm winter in Seoul in 2015-2016. Snow was scarce and I thought I would not experienced another snowfall during this trip, but thankfully it did snow for a few hours on February 28... not a heavy one but enough to create some nice sceneries. Photos from a small hill-park (mostly) near my hostel in Sungin-dong. … [Read more...] about February snow in Seoul, Korea
I went to Seoul Motor Show 2015
I'm in Korea again, three years after my previous trip. It's my first visit to a Korean trade event though, and there's probably no better place to start than the biennial Seoul Motor Show (on April 10), with beautiful cars and promo models. … [Read more...] about I went to Seoul Motor Show 2015
Korea encore – Namsan hiking
Arrived early Monday morning at Incheon Airport, my second trip to South Korea... … [Read more...] about Korea encore – Namsan hiking
Last evening of 2011
Was hoping to snap a slam-dunk sunset photo on last day of 2011, but turned out to be a pretty ordinary evening. Kinda reflects my year... which was average, but in a good way considering how volatile the world has been in many aspects over the past 12 months. Best wishes to everyone in 2012, Happy New Year. … [Read more...] about Last evening of 2011
Passport lost & found
Went to Vietnam last week. A mini saga occurred when I was back at the airport at Kuala Lumpur, when I realised that my passport was not in my possession... I wouldn't panic under most circumstances, but a series of (chaotic) events preluded the incident... which led to an immediate thought that I had dropped the passport somewhere (instead of simply keeping it at another … [Read more...] about Passport lost & found