I have passed the mid-point of quarantine. Is it weird that I am a bummed about it? I missed my parents, but I could also use more me-time.…
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Good morning from my Jakarta Quarantine hotel. It's only 6 am here, and I woke up at 3 am and have been unable to sleep ever since.…
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I woke up sweating in the middle of the night in my hotel quarantine room. Before eventually realizing I had forgotten to turn on the AC.…
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The Indo government refers to hotel quarantine as the Repatriate Program, perhaps in an effort to make it sound less painful.…
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On my way to quarantine in Jakarta! Yes, I’m heading back home after 700 days. I’ve never been away from my parents for this long…
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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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The Srilankan food in Many Little, Red Hill Victoria, is an homage to the executive chef of Many Little Gayan's heritage.…
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Today's menu is Karuveppilai Eral (curry-leaves prawn) curry. It's the first recipe I marked and tried from the Curry Guy recipe book I bought recently after declaring to Fafa that cooking curries will be one of my 2022 goals. Prawn because it's my fave seafood, second to crab. And a curry dish from the…
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A little Google back home shed a bit more information on Nimbu Mirchi. As the shop owner said, it's usually hung in place of business to ward off the evil eye - kind of like Indian Feng Shui, if I may.…
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Fitzroy Market encapsulates Melbourne's quintessential hipster culture all too well in one single parking lot.…
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