Lately, I have been trying my best not to let my mood follow the drop in temperature. I have employed lavender bath oil, Oodie, extra candles, flannel PJs, heater, electric blanket, copious amount of mulled wine, curries and apple pies. So far, those things have been helping, but you guys… it’s not even officially…
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Can I love Melbourne as much as I love Japan? This question comes to me almost every morning ━ when I have to layer my clothes to go to work.…
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Holi, a festival celebrated widely in India, marks the arrival of spring on the last full moon day of the Hindu lunar calendar.…
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It has been a while since I write the supposedly monthly NoNe series - so here I am trying to recap the last three-plus months into a short blog post.…
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The Filipino pop pup market was relatively small ━ around ten-stall. It was dominated by Filipino products, from food to books.…
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These days, my weary self yearns only for one kind of travel, to time travel to the pre-covid era — when I could travel on a whim, even with a very limiting Indonesian passport.…
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I am writing to you mid-flight, in between Jakarta and Melbourne. In between Indonesia and Australia. In between Saturday and Sunday.…
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Do you remember precisely when Covid turned your life upside down? Mine was when I reached Bali and got a plethora of text messages about the then-new-to-me Covid thing. That was two years ago. Today, I get to eat Amma’s homecooked meal at the dining table together with my parents. And for that, I…
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November has been both a busy and blessings filled month hence the lack of blog updates.…
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Hello! I have had my MacBook opened on my lap for more than an hour to write this semi-regular not-really-travel-culture-related life update.…
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