I accidentally stumbled upon this photo taken by local street style photographer, Garbage Lapsap. It was taken 5 years ago when I was working non-stop and surviving on delivered pizza and chap fan. It reminded me of the most miserable time of my life. MISERABLE SARA Not only I missed my mothes homecooked food and sometimes …
I spend my Saturday morning catching up with one of my closest friend over homemade ice-cream sandwich and tiramisu. We spoke about many things including how our behavior and words affect people more than we think. It’s a good reminder to say nice things and give my biggest smile =:)
Religion is one of my favourite topic but one that I tread very carefully. It is such as sensitive topic but I believe it shouldn’t be. I have been discussing about faith with different friends for a long time – notably Baz, Ade, Sow Yoong – and now a few new friends I met at a …
“Je sais, je sais que je sais jamais (I know, I know that I never know)” -Jean-Pierre Philippe
It’s not where you get your education, it’s what you do with it
Wrapping my favourite books I find the act of wrapping books super therapeutic (?!). I’ve like the exercise of protecting my books with rolls of plastic sheet since I was 7. After more than two decades of practice, I can wrap books without help or cellophane tape; my books are wrapped so beautifully you can’t …
Common question “Why are you so hard on yourself?” I thought about it on a long drive back home. Answer: Because I am lucky. Because I was so graciously given things that many people in the world do not get: able body, love, education and opportunities. I feel so guilty, almost sinful, to not make …
“Passion is what turns mere mortals into magicians.” – Ketty Pucci- Sisti Maisonrouge
‘India’s daughter’, a documentary worth my tears. When Jyoti, the Delhi gang rape victim, was told by her father that he didn’t have money for her medical education, she said “Papa, whatever money you’ve saved for my wedding, use that to educate me”. She was an intelligent and hardworking girl with honourable dreams; she wanted …
Much more than how delicious food taste and how beneficial it is for our body, I realise now that like to cook and eat because of how home cooked food makes me feel. Loved. Nourished. Happy. Today I cooked popular dishes from six different countries. L- R: fish amok from Cambodia, mango salad from Thailand, …
