I realised that I had recently immersed myself in Melbourne coffee culture when I ordered two cups of flat white without thinking much.…
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Today is Melbourne Eureka Skydeck 88’s 11th birthday. Yeah, the building has a birthday, on 13th May. Eureka Skydeck has been yet another overlooked Melbourne city tourist attraction. At least it was ignored by my friends and me the first time we visited Melbourne three years ago. What a mistake! Now that I live…
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Guess who did the happiest 5k marathon yesterday? Me! I found out about The Color Run Night – Get Ready to Glow in Melbourne the day I landed here and quickly signed us up. I wanted to keep up the momentum of these happiest 5k events. Starting from last year’s Music Run in Jakarta and now with…
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Summary of the last 30 days of Kulture Kween, the person and the blog, which are heavily based on the notes I scribbled down in my journal.…
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Meanwhile, I am staying for another night in Singapore but in another hotel and neighbourhood, not Quincy Hotel Singapore.…
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I have a soft spot for well-written travel memoirs. Here are some travel memoirs that helped shape my mind and life.…
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I spent the week before Christmas in Singapore relaxing and doing nothing while all my friends were still working.…
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I was online with Amma the same day I went to the Noryangjin fish market. She asked me what I did that day. I told her I had gone to the famous fish market in Seoul. After being silent for a few seconds, she said, “But we also have a fish market here. You…
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I’m writing to you from Melbourne airport. We are stranded here for hours before returning, which means taking another flight to Sydney first before returning to Singapore. So just when I was going to write off Melbourne from my move-and-live-for-a-few-years list, we went out earlier today, and I got to see how it would…
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We touched down in Melbourne this afternoon. After almost an hour’s bus ride to the city, we finally reached the hotel. Though it has plenty of sunshine (opposite the gloomy Sydney we flew from), Melbourne’s vibe has been pretty mellow. The city doesn’t feel like a vacation destination. Though we are staying in the…
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