06062013 A great big mess

I know I’ve been missing for quite a bit, but things got a little messy here in my country after the elections. We had hope, we lost hope, not to mention sadden and also disgusted at the vulgar display of power, followed by the arrest of people voicing out their displeasure. Whatever it is, life […]

17112010 From Nara to Tokyo

Our very last day in Nara. This morning, most of them could not wake up, even my own roommate, as they had been working till early hours of the morning to prepare on their presentation, so I went down alone to get breakfast. Met our in charge sitting alone too, so asked if I could […]

15112010 Rediscovering Nara

Climbed out of my warm bed at 7am to a cold morning. Was still unaccustomed to the time (Malaysia is one hour behind Japan), so it felt like I was up at 6am. Went down for breakfast with my roommate and we shared a table with the female representative from Korean. Like her partner, the […]

14112010 From Narita to Haneda to Itami to Nara

It was a very tiring and long trip to get to Nara from Narita. About a year back, there was still a flight which serves between Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Osaka, JL722, which was the flight I took when participating in the JENESYS Program back in March 2009. However Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy in […]

27102012 Travel meme!

Found a very simple travel meme online so decided to do it for fun! 1. What country do you live in? Malaysia. 2. What was the last country you visited other than our own (or that you want to if you haven’t been out of your country?) I was last in Tokyo, Japan for a […]

11042009 Nara in Spring

Decided to head to Nara with two other Vietnamese girls who were heading there today to meet their friend. We got onto the same train together from Rinku Town, but missed out Shinimamiya stop because we were too engrossed in our discussions, so we had to get off at the next stop to catch the […]