I remember walking beneath an emerald canopy in Arashiyama, west of Kyoto. A bamboo grove so lush it was hard to see the light sometimes but the sun finds its way. Walk too deep and what came before and what comes after looks about the … Continue readingWhat came before, what comes after
A pair of glutinous rice dumplings, floating in clear ginger soup, spicy and sweet. One tong yun is pale green, coloured with pandan leaf juice and filled with dessicated coconut. The other is snow white and as I bite into it, I discover a heart … Continue readingWinter solstice
This is where Krabi meets Phuket. It’s a pun but it helps us remember we are walking along Krabi Road in Phuket’s Old Town. The colourful Peranakan shophouses a few streets away along Dibuk Road. The BKPP fangirls who tick landmarks off their lists, from … Continue readingWhere Krabi meets Phuket
The large wave crashes upon the rocks. I shall write about this one day, I think. But what will it be about? What will I write? What is the ocean saying to me? It’s a riddle. We all love riddles and the best stories are … Continue readingWhat the ocean is telling me
What made me decide to begin blogging, 20 years ago? To write that first post, frenzied and chaotic as it was, and publish it? I was about to fly to Munich, to further my studies. I’d be living abroad for the first time in my … Continue readingMay there always be another train station
Even halfway across the world, at the very end of the world, in fact, I had managed to stay glued to my screen. We were taking a break from wandering in the near deserted town, from the cruise ships that brought us to islands to … Continue readingMissing out