(Sunrise over Mina)
I miss lying down on the cold, hard ground under a mute, starless sky, waking up at midnight to find myself staring at a moon that looked as though it’s been cut perfectly in half.
I miss sleeping in a tent with total strangers, six of whom became very close friends in the end, [...]
I’ve been the lucky recipient of a huge bunch of vanilla beans quite recently. They’re of the Vanilla planifolia species from Madagascar, more commonly known as “Madagascar-Bourbon” vanilla. They were given to me neatly tied up in strings just like in this photo that I found on the internet.
I was astounded to read in Wikipedia [...]
I was in Jakarta last week and needed to stay in a hotel within close proximity to a client’s place. They booked me at Harris Hotel Tebet, a small hotel which is — as its tagline proclaims — simple, unique and friendly.
This is a shot of the hotel lobby…
…and this is the area in front [...]
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Mama’s twin boys,
You turn 4 years old today. How is it possible for my twin babies to have outgrown babyhood in so short a time?
I miss feeling the two of you fighting for space when you two were still inside my tummy.
I miss watching the two of you crawl up to me every time feeding [...]
Malaysian year-end school holidays typically start on the last few weeks of November and last all the way until the first Sunday of January. Hence, even though I was away for 30 days last November/December, I still managed to hang out with the children for the last ten days or so of their school holidays, [...]
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