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Temporary rest from Blogging

I just came back from an almost month-long vacation from Europe hoping to have a long sleep session to catch up with jet lag and recovering from the cold, only to find… that our house has been broken into. As a result, I am calling for rest from blogging for the month of June soContinue reading “Temporary rest from Blogging”

European travel from Australia: currency conversion and travel cards

There are many other resources on these topics and feel free to browse around for a wider range of opinions but what I did was to use S Money to do my currency conversion (I used Travelex for the New Zealand but S Money is offering me a much better conversion rate, S Money isContinue reading “European travel from Australia: currency conversion and travel cards”

Upcoming European trip in May- planning details and resources

This is not a travel blog per se but because I always obsessively plan my trips down to literally minutiae, I might as well collate the various bits of knowledge I’ve gathered for newbies like me. Firstly, for itineraries, I’ve found the following sites very useful as templates and I can adapt them for myContinue reading “Upcoming European trip in May- planning details and resources”

The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?

For me, the short answer is no. The long answer is well, writing could have changed it in a theoretical sense. Because, like a mechanic, a totally valid way for learning is to take a piece of writing apart and try to reverse engineer something of your own. In that sense, as a writer, oneContinue reading “The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?”

Revived jigsaw passion

So some time this year, my passion for jigsaw puzzles has been revived. These are the three redone puzzles that I had completed: I have a fourth one laid out on the coffee table that I have been neglecting for a week now. And this is the last one I will do before I leaveContinue reading “Revived jigsaw passion”

Upcoming European trip in May

Not sure if I had mentioned it before but I will be gone to Europe on my annual overseas trip with Mum in early May and back in June. We are visiting Italy, Switzerland and France all in one-go to save on airplane fares since we are never taking budget flights. Below is the skeletonContinue reading “Upcoming European trip in May”

A self-reflection on Youth

This is a piece prompted by a song that I’ve searched out to listen to the day before yesterday on Saturday. It’s a Mandarin song and my rough translation of the song title is “Betrayed Youth” even though a more correct one would be “the Youth we Turned our Backs on”, which seems too muchContinue reading “A self-reflection on Youth”

It was time to say goodbye…

This is a line invented by Laurie in response to the poem I Save My Love by Marjorie Saiser. It was time to say goodbye. I have not said much goodbye that sticks in the mind. Then again I tend to be forgetful. Out of sight, out of mind, as my best friend once saidContinue reading “It was time to say goodbye…”

Adventures aboard the Chen Xing- Chapter 28

Estella’s voice came over the intercom. “Seems Hue’s upgrades have given us a massive speed boost, we’ll be there in a matter of hours, compared to the couple days our previous trip took.” “Impressive, let’s hope the upgrades don’t cause additional wear on ship components, getting spare parts this far out won’t be easy, asideContinue reading “Adventures aboard the Chen Xing- Chapter 28”

2 week NZ itinerary without a car in 2023- Addendum

I just had a few thoughts to add about my NZ trip and I didn’t want to go back and edit my previous posts so here’s an addendum post where I would add all my miscellaneous thoughts about the trip and other stuff I had learnt about DIY trips and NZ as almost a completeContinue reading “2 week NZ itinerary without a car in 2023- Addendum”