Wow, it’s been a busy year.
January: Fell in love. With the best person possible, in the best place and way possible. I guess that set the tone for the year’s travel, and for life, in general.
February: Got too damn used to commuting 400 km for wine, ham, internet and other things.
March: Took a picture with Sondre Lerche. I still silently scream about that in my heart.
April: Went to a private island. It was awesome.
May: Lived in a tribe in Borneo, bathed in rivers, got a tattoo. That we were there for Gawai, and that I understand neither Malay nor Iban, means we all drank way too much tuak. Tattoo turned out a good idea, fortunately.
June: Went to Roses, Spain, the very next day (from a longhouse); ate at El Bulli and at Rafa’s.
July: Graduated. Glad to have gotten out, glad I made the friends that I did.
August: Started taking my writing and photography more seriously. Started work on a novel. Still working on it.
September: Found myself stranded in small town Java, asked someone what peanut butter is.
October: Moved to Dubai. Strangely enough.
November: Finally made it to Istanbul. Also: saw Ben Folds and Josh Rouse in London. Flight connections from Dubai are awesome.
December: Learned to drive auto-rickshaws. Didn’t kill any cows. (Do you see the fortylove.tv logo on that rickshaw?)
Oh, and… launched fortylove.tv, properly. I’d head over there if I were you, to see M.’s videos and my assy ones (better ones coming, promise.. editing footage of me learning to drive auto-rickshaws now, and it looks very, very good… and I don’t actually sound like that on normal days, sans sore throat).
Screenshot from Techgoondu, who has the best description ever of our project: two chio Asian babes and their travels around the world
And because a full time job isn’t enough to keep me busy, here’s another project I’m involved in that recently launched: DE51GN, a design-thingy out of Singapore and Dubai (duh!). Happy holidays everyone!
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“choi” sounds familiar…what does it mean again?
choi, it’s not choi, it’s chio!!
i mean…”chio”..so used to typing ‘choi’ :P
Happy New year!
I’m back in DXB, when are we meeting again?
Happy New Year! :)
Good luck with your book. Waiting for it. (I hope its not a cook book!)
josh rouse in london!!!! how was he live!
great! he’s really cute. he looks like shujian too, strangely enough, from some angles. haha. the gig was in union chapel, a gorgeous (working) church. people were just sitting around the pews. great vibes, great gig!
awww! i always loved him. never thought i would just have been a month late in catching him. what songs did he do, if you can remember! laughter/miracle/backstroke/sad eyes?
also, you know shujian got married too right!
yes, to my secondary school classmate no less :) they’re such a lovely pair.
can’t rem what songs he did… all the best ones!
aye they are (:
and you lucky girl!
and also, i will never work in dubai even though everyone’s telling my my career prospects will be awesome there. take care of yourself won’t you, it’s only a few more days. (so as to speak)