Basking in Barcelona! June 4, 2010

Everyone tells you Barcelona’s a fantastic city. Everyone talks about its liveliness, its culture, its Gaudi-ness, its art, its people, its shopping and its nightlife. But until you’ve actually been to Barca, it’s hard to understand or appreciate its splendour! It is a city that is always buzzing and stays awake well into the night. [...]

A slice of heaven! January 25, 2010

So you’d probably think a night’s stay under the stars with a gorgeous mountain view set on the bank of an immensely gorgeous lake, pleasant 20 degrees C weather and the most incredible home cooked Indonesian food would set you back a few hundred dollars. How about if I told you that you could get [...]

Itchy feet! December 16, 2009

So I am getting desperately wanderlusty again and I keep looking up budget flights to go somewhere – anywhere and all this has to happen REALLY soon cos I am just getting positively edgy staying put for as long as I have (3 months!!! oh my god!) So yes, I am off to Chennai in [...]

Do you ever really know…? November 18, 2009

…a place? As I have been traipsing around Singapore, armed with my camera and guided by instinct, I have been finding out so many interesting pieces of information I never really knew about my country. Like there’s a hidden fort at Katong Park! I live near Katong Park and I never knew this. Thought to [...]

A Singaporean’s Guide to Singapore Part I November 11, 2009

This is the first part in my Accidental Tourist Series, where I go around Singapore and give you the ”insider tips” of places to go, things to do, foods to try etc. With the help of friends, I have sourced the best of Singapore just for you. Together we have braved the heat, the rain and the calories to bring you [...]

Venice – The other side July 7, 2009

I was looking through my pictures and I really liked these. I think they give a different dimension and view of the place, as opposed to just the many postcard perfect pictures of the maze like lanes and St Mark’s basilica and the Piazza and these pictures remind me of my Venetian experience more than anything else. I really [...]

Ok maybe there are some mountains that are high enough… July 3, 2009

I’ve  just come back from Kinabalu, with blackened toe nails, cramped muscles and several scrapes and bruises. These are the reasons why I will never climb a mountain again. And these are the reasons why I might just decide to train harder and try again. Maybe…. Or maybe I will just watch Discovery channel more. [...]

Ain’t no mountain high enough… June 25, 2009

Tomorrow this time, I will be huffing and puffing up this very mountain. I cannot wait! Update: I am back and I am alive. I am also in a million different kinds of pain. I will write about the trip in detail when I feel a little less bleaugh.

Dreaming of Rome.. June 15, 2009

I miss Rome. I feel like I have a constant achy feeling of Rome withdrawals. How is it that a place you spend such a short time in can take such a big piece of you away? As I was reading Miss Expatria’s post on Rome, I knew exactly what she was struggling to articulate [...]

The countdown to Kinabalu… June 12, 2009

I know it feels like I just unpacked after my 3 week holiday, but I am already counting down to my next. In 2 weeks, i am scaling Mount Kinabalu. I was having mixed feelings about the trip – Am I fit enough? What if I fall? What if my luggage is too heavy for [...]