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Walking Into Cambodia And Back Out
I did that before lunch, and I’m not sure how some farangs do it every month: bus it to a border, leave Thailand, stamp into another country, turn around and walk back into Thailand. I needed to do that dubious visa run (though I’m only at 14 days in Thailand, my flight back to Singapore [...]
So, what do you want to be when you grow up?
He graduated — from SMU For a good chunk of my life, I responded to that perennial question with the classic answer that always shut everybody up. “Lawyer,” I’d say curtly. And that was that. Everybody understood. And approved. The truth was, I didn’t want to be a lawyer. I thought I did — growing up in [...]
Haad Nopphara Thara
Ao Toh Ko (Koh Phi Phi) was great—as it always is—but we decided we needed a change of scene. A boat ride back to Krabi, and a short taxi ride later, we landed ourselves in Haad Nopphara Thara, a quiet beach 18km from Krabi. From the moment we got to the Laughing Gecko we knew [...]
Hello Krabi
Had a short stopover in Krabi tonight. Will catch the boat to Ko Phi Phi tomorrow, but managed to finally have the chance to walk around the town despite having passed through it before. It was a nice enough town, though sleepy. The cars never honk, everybody’s friendly, there’s good food everywhere, and while walking [...]
Procrastinators: Tomorrow’s Leaders
Qualities I embody to the fullest — it’s the last day of the school term. Within the next twelve hours, I need to deliver (from scratch, mind): a 4000 word essay about health care reforms, study 4 months’ of work in ‘environmental change, healthcare and aging”, wrap up an external writing assignment, move all my [...]
Kawanku
mrbrown pointed out a fantastic video. A Malaysian Chinese rapper from Muar recorded a fab rap in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Malay, and English. The part in Mandarin is about Singapore — and this person says what we feel in just a couple of phrases. Spot on. (click here for an accurate translated transcript) ‘我的朋友 My Friends [...]
White Cats are the Best
They can take the bus. (story here) /buries head in books
Only in India
I asked at my favourite India travel forum for advice about entering a Hindus-only temple in India (I’m just curious), the same one which refused to allow Lord Curzon and Indira Gandhi to enter (as she married a Parsi). This was the answer I received: try to wear a local made saree and cover your [...]
Travelling Solo
Somebody responded to my tales and plans of travelling solo with an uncalled for “but the last girl I met who went to (insert third world country here) by herself, never came back! You should go with a man!” Sorry, I don’t need — or want one — for travelling, companionship, or other purposes. For [...]
I spend too much time on my computer.
Proof. 3am and in mid sleep in my little shoebox hostel apartment room. My blanket has been stolen, again. Groggily I turn to the person next to me and say, “Baby, can you please flip the blanket a bit.” That person said, “Flip it… which way?” “Flip it… to portrait mode. This blanket in landscape is too short. [...]