Faerie Tales

I never regret traveling so much when I was younger, and went all out in my twenties and thirties; rarely staying in Singapore for more than...

Happiness is getting into Bangkok early in the morning and clearing both immigrations queue and baggage retrieval super fast. I rolled eyes ...

This is as far as I'm willing to 'travel' with Choya. I gave it a big whirl, and decided that taking her along on a trip wasn...

Flew out to Krung Thep for 48 hours to see the friends for a quick bit. I'm always a tourist in Bangkok, but on this trip, I'm not ...

Took Choya out to the beach the morning after we flew home. The Smol Girl was soooo happy. She couldn't believe that we were finally hom...

There was just a tinge of wistfulness when the vacation came to an end and I was airport-bound. That came from knowing that I don't trav...

This is the first real vacation that husband and I had in years — a full week in Tokyo. Needless to say, I didn't plan any itinerary. We...

Being decades-old friends doesn't mean that we can travel together. E, S and I can. We're compatible in terms of formulating to-do l...

A week simply flew by. Before we knew it, it's time to pack up and go home. It has been such a much-needed break. I've been sleeping...

Haebangchon  on Yongsan-gu is one of Seoul's last 'moon' villages. The name translates into 'Liberation Village', and wa...

While I didn't manage to get to  MPX Gallery  to see  Tatsuya Tanaka 's world premiere of his 'Miniature Life' exhibition  ...

The benefits of having a personal gym coach and getting familiar with all the weights and machines — I can adjust them on my own without loo...

If I'm in a city and in a decent hotel, then the exercise routine doesn't pause. I simply continue with it and find different slots ...

On May 1, we opted to hang out at areas near enough the hotel where we could walk back. Say, within a practical radius of 5km. It's May ...

So we need a city. Unsurprisingly, we settled on Seoul for this 'girls' trip'. The city is convenient and easy all around with p...

Since the 1960s, Wah Ngai Canvas (華藝帆布, established in 1954) and its founder Lee Wah 李華 are known as the maker of the iconic red, white and...

It took the flights to and fro Bangkok for me to finish Banana Yoshimoto's 'Dead-end Memories' (first published in Japanese in ...

It was a short trip to Bangkok for the man and I, but it was as long as we were willing to leave Choya, and not exhaust her caregivers. Choy...

Just like that, this short jaunt to Bangkok is done! Ate all the fiery chillies and spices, and a ton of  som tam . I can't find these f...

Hey Bangkok/Krung Thep, you're another city of my heart. How I've missed you. Can't believe that I'm here! And I'm here ...