it’s a jungle out there
If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere. — Vincent Van Gogh, painter
Finally, my personal travel drought has come to an end as the 2-year pandemic becomes endemic…
a short trip to artsy Chiang Mai, Thailand
I know it probably feels very funny if not odd that I am writing a travel blog now, in the midst of a year-long pandemic that we have yet to see the true end of it. Well, it obviously was a trip I made when it was still safe to do so and long before…
colours of historic city Melaka
I was planning my solo trip to Thailand when I found out my friend Vivian from home was going to be posted to the city of Melaka (English: Malacca). Without much persuasion, I decided to change course and head south instead of going up north. The historic city Melaka is only 1.5 – 2 hours’…
Selingan Island, Turtle Islands Park – a sanctuary for nature
My home state Sabah, Borneo is famous for its biodiversity rich with wildlife. As a Sabahan, I am embarrassed to admit that I only started my domestic travelling in very recent years. With the short distance I have travelled so far, it is plain to see that I have only scratched the surface when it…
experiencing fishing village life at Kukup, Johor
It was 5:30am and still dark when friends Ellen and Max came to pick me up. After a simple breakfast with roti canai and teh tarik at a 24-hour mamak store (Indian coffee shop), we were ready for our 4-hour southbound journey. Our destination was Kukup (龜咯), a fishing town at the south-western tip of…
cold weather . tea plantation . photography
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” — Anonymous At the crack of dawn and while bleary-eyed, I was picked up by friend Ellen before Yuen Yee, our other travelling companion. The three of us were to meet our designated driver Edvin back at Ellen’s for our weekend cross-state border…
a month in London
in the beginning… I knew I was going to London for a special work assignment to help take over a small hotel for my boss at one point but I just was not quite sure when it would be. The first trip in November last year was called off in the very last minute as…
reaching out, changing lives!
The list of information we received just short of a week before we were due for our weekend medical mission trip was brief. All we got was — electricity by generator set (still under repair), bring torch, sleeping bag and mosquito net, weather can be cold so bring something warm… then there was the assignment…
on top of Mount Tai, Shandong
Mount Tai/Taishan (泰山), one of the 5 sacred mountains in China is considered the greatest (五嶽之首) as its location in the east is regarded as a sacred direction with the sun and the moon rise. In history, it was said that there had been as many as 72 emperors including Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇) who…
endless gates, ancient trees and Confucianism at Qufu, Shandong
After a tour of the peony garden in Heze (菏澤) (a date with peonies), we continued our journey and headed to Qufu (曲阜), the birthplace of the old Chinese sage Confucius for some literary exposure. After a good night’s rest, we woke up to a pleasant sunny day on 27 April with temperature at around…
Colourful Threads of Life 