While in Korea, I bought a few "souvenirs" for myself, but my favourite, almost two years later, is the Dojang, a Korean name stamp.…
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Since I started travelling, which was only a few years ago, I have been giving myself travel rules. Here are some of it.…
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"Yeah, we eat with hand", I shrugged, finally answering my friend's question: "it's pretty normal for us. It's a part of our culture".It's pretty normal for us to eat with hand, it's a part of our culture, it's as normal as you eating with a spoon.…
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Located in the west coast of country, Goa India still boasts Portuguese culture, marked during the colonization many years ago.…
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Daruma Doll is considered as one of the most popular good luck charms in the Japanese culture and it is also one of Japanese many Kami.…
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With all these bad and ugly during my last Japan trip, you might think I would be done with Japan. Hey, even I thought so.…
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Almost all of the Japanese toilets I have been to are high-tech. My absolute favourite Japanese toilet is one inside the Ueno Starbucks.…
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One of the most heartwarming and inspirational Christmas stories I have read so far was when New Zealand did a nationwide Secret Santa.…
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Located less than an hour from Adelaide, Hahndorf is Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. It’s the Little Germany of Australia with a well-preserved culture within the unique one-of-a-kind village. We only walked halfway through one side of the street when I gave in and suggested having lunch first. The weather was chilly that day,…
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The magnetic, marvellous and magnificent Uluru is officially my favourite place in Australia and on my top ten best travel places list. “This Uluru trip means we are going on a pilgrimage, the Australian way“, I told Jik, my best friend, at the airport while waiting for our flight to Ayers Rocks. She stared…
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Sumi-e is the ancient Japanese charcoal drawing technique practised by Buddhist monks initially. It is created with brush strokes, creating a natural flow of the drawing. The central theme of Sumi-e is nature, with four types of plants most painted representing the ever-changing four seasons. It uses ink derived from densely packed charcoal ash,…
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