It’s the time of the year again – fire crackers, albeit being condemned by the government as dangerous and illegal, going off in the distance; and fireworks lighting up the dark, clear and moonless night sky. Everybody in my hometown, Penang, is welcoming the Lunar New Year with a huge bang. Afterall, our celebrations are [...]
Sorry for not updating for the past 9 days! It was a really exciting, heart-warming and tiring journey as we left the previous decade behind and embrace the new one ahead. I went on a roadtrip with a handful of close friends I’ve made in university, and I’m still struggling with the 800+ photos I’ve [...]
Here’s a big Merry Christmas to everyone! In fact, Mele Kalikimaka is a Hawaiian greeting, a transliteration from the very familiar phrase because the Hawaiian language simply lacks the matching phonemes equivalent to that of the “R” and “S” of English. I only learned about it after listening to a song from KT Tunstall’s 2007 [...]
I’m finally back in Singapore again! I traveled home with Legend (yea, his self-crowned nickname) on Friday morning so that I could make it in time for my dental appointment on Saturday morning and more importantly, my dearest cousin, Daniel’s wedding on Sunday. It was a really sweet event – nothing big, full of flair [...]
I remember that it was a balmy Friday night. I walked out of my room and headed for the letterbox located down the hallway. Stepping into the dark corridors with flickering lights, I probed the letterbox with my skinny hand sticking right though the hole. I felt something – ah, it’s the monthly bank and [...]
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I just turned 20! Props to Chong Yen for that photo. It was taken during a train ride back to Malaysia on the previous Saturday :) Thank you everyone who sent me birthday wishes through Facebook, Twitter and in person! My birthday only gets better by each year and I’m sincerely thankful that I have [...]
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I slowly trudged my way back to the hostel. Logging into Gmail and I was readily served with a handful of emails to comb through again. A mail sent from my contact form caught my attention – it read ‘Nuffnang’ in the title and out of curiousity, I opened it up. Golly. I’ve made my [...]
