Melbourne went into a 5-day lockdown this month. I did Adriene’s Yoga for Uncertainty on the first day of it. It helped more than I anticipated. I just finished Echoes by Shu-Ling Chua in one sitting and spent the rest of my night going through her blog, Hello Pollyanna, archive. It was a Friday…
Keep ReadingWalking back home from Cucinetta, I reflected on how this would be one of the last dinner dates while we lived within walking distance.…
Keep ReadingSummary 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.…
Keep ReadingOur Meletos staycation at the end of last year turned out to be so-so only. The food, the service and the room could be much better.…
Keep ReadingSummary 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.…
Keep ReadingAnother good night’s sleep (Fafa complained that I started all my recent entries with the status of my sleep ━ it’s a diary, Fa, That’s how I write my diary) and stayed in bed for some time while Fafa cooked us Farmer’s breakfast. I so can get adjusted to this morning routine! After breakfast…
Keep ReadingI woke up from another day of excellent sleep a bit later than usual, but why not? After all, it’s my vacation day. So I pulled the card of the day ━ Page of Wands ━ and journaled a bit about it while updating my to-do list for the next two days and next…
Keep ReadingI might have jinxed it when I wrote about the most peaceful sleep I had in months on my first night here — because neither of us got much sleep yesterday, no thanks to the severe wind storm. It had started yesterday afternoon, but by midnight it was a full-blown storm. The whole house…
Keep ReadingIn less than 24 hours of staying here, I have decided to 1) buy a house with a similar layout in the city and 2) fill it with vintage furniture and antique knick-knacks, 3) come back here next year, 4) buy a farm+farmhouse as our holiday+retirement house in the future. So yes, in short,…
Keep ReadingAfter a 3-hour drive from Melbourne, going around almost four empty towns that reminded me of Timaru in New Zealand, we reached Echuca.…
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