I’m not a hardcore travel person, but whenever I do get the chance to venture overseas, the thing I like to observe most is the people. I’m a keen observer of human behaviour, and recently I had the chance to put my observational skills to use when I visited Siem Reap. I’ve found the Cambodians [...]
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Travels
Monday, 5 September, 2011
Post-Trip Thoughts 6: Media
Monday, 1 March, 2010
One thing which I really enjoyed doing during my trip to England was buying the newspapers every day to soak in the news. I bought at least a few different newspapers every day and spent considerable time at night or on the long train rides reading the news. There are so many titles to choose [...]
Post-Trip Thoughts 5: Nottingham
Sunday, 28 February, 2010
I decided to stop by Nottingham for two nights en route to Liverpool from London. Well, I didn’t explore much of Nottingham except for the city centre and the Nottingham Castle, but the reason why I chose Nottingham was because it felt like a nice quaint city with a rich and colourful history (such as [...]
Post-Trip Thoughts 4: Richard Rodgers And The Football Connection
Sunday, 28 February, 2010
Because I had the privilege of attending matches at both Anfield and Manchester City during my trip, I learnt that Liverpool fans always sing their anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone” before a match, and that the theme song of Manchester City is “Blue Moon”. Which is great. Both are wonderful songs. Has anyone else noticed [...]
Post-Trip Thoughts 2: Musicals!
Thursday, 25 February, 2010
One of my main goals of this trip was to do some research on musicals, i.e. watch some West End shows. I could have gone for three musicals if I had pushed, but I settled for two in the end – Oliver! and Hairspray. To be honest, you can’t go wrong with either of these [...]
Post-Trip Thoughts 1: Change
Thursday, 25 February, 2010
London I think it was at the end of one of the episodes of “No Reservations” (starring Anthony Bourdain) which I stumbled upon some time back, where he said about travel something like: Travelling is meant to change you. You always take something away, and hopefully leave something behind too. And hopefully you become a [...]
Back
Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
The worst thing about going for a two-week trip is the out-of-sync feeling when you get back from it. It takes a few days to adjust back to reality. The refrain that always enters my mind after a long trip is “back to life, back to reality…” Anyway, I really liked the fact that I [...]
Trip
Tuesday, 9 February, 2010
I’m glad to say I’m going on a much-needed long vacation starting tomorrow. Haven’t travelled for quite awhile. I’m super hyped-up for this trip cos I planned every detail of it, and it’s going to be a blast. Anyway, I’m just looking forward to being able to take some time off to reflect on the [...]
New York, New York
Tuesday, 13 October, 2009
I was watching the show “America The Wright Way” on Discovery Travel and Living yesterday night. I believe it’s a weekly show hosted by this funny little British guy named Ian Wright (not the footballer). Discovery Travel (i.e. Channel 16) is one of my favourite channels on cable, cos you get to explore fascinating parts [...]
Post-Trip Thoughts 5: London
Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
(Yes, I know…my trip was half a year ago, but who cares right? It’s never too late to do some post-trip reflection. I had lots of fond memories.) If anyone were to ask me to name my favourite city in the world right now, I’d tell them that the top three contenders would be London, [...]
