A Day in the Life is back! Remember when I used to do those? :) It’s so hard to pick a day that I want to tell you guys about. Each day in Penang is different and exciting. Some days I go to the beach to read and watch the sunset. And some days, it’s to Georgetown for foodie adventures. A couple of times, it’s to the night market with my Airbnb host and a lot of times, it’s just…
Malaysian eats: 15 dishes to try in Kuala Lumpur
I cannot believe it has taken me THIS LONG to write this post! After an entire YEAR from when I came to Kuala Lumpur for the first time. I guess I just wanted to do as good of a job as possible and to be as thorough as possible. But I realized that there is no way I can possibly eat every single dish offered in Malaysia. And plus, once I found my favorites, I just keep on eating them over and…
A DIY food tour through a Malaysian Night Market (SS2 @ Petaling Jaya)
I’m trying to be less of a perfectionist when it comes to blogging. I always get so obsessed with the writing and details and whether the post is informative enough or if the photos are pretty enough or if anyone will even be interested. This is why I can never seem to blog in real-time (my mom always complains I’m too slow!). So many of my daily happenings are left unwritten simply because I never deem them “blog worthy” enough. I’m…
First time in Kuala Lumpur: where to stay, what to do, and where to eat
I thought it’s about time I wrote a post like this, now that I’ve been in Kuala Lumpur for almost a year (on and off). Over these months, I’ve had some friends visit, which requires me to brainstorm a list of things to do/eat for them. And some people who happen to find my blog also ask for suggestions. I’m by nooooo means an local expert, but so I don’t have to repeat myself over and over, I figured I’d put…
Budget air travel in Malaysia (+ my Southeast Asian bucketlist)
So in my life update from this recent post, I said that I’m not sure what my next plans are. See, I genuinely do like Kuala Lumpur a lot. I really have fallen in love with it purely as a city. But at the same time, I’m also not sure if this is where I belong anymore. And while the idea of truly solo travel scares me a little still, there are so many other places in the area that I…
Caturday! – Purradise Cat Cafe (Kuala Lumpur, TTDI)
Since I still seem to have trouble keeping to a blogging schedule, I thought I’d ease into it with pictures. Because who doesn’t like to see pics of cute CATS?! And because, it’s Caturday! :) Also, I really want to start blogging about Kuala Lumpur (my temporary home) and talk about small adventures I get up to when I’m not being a hermit working in my room. So we’ll start with cats! One thing I really miss with this whole…
How Kuala Lumpur was nothing like I ever envisioned: an introduction
Hi there. Remember me? :) I know it’s been a while. The short + simple answer is that I’ve been busy and focusing my time on freelancing work. The more complicated answer is that I’ve been uninspired to write and that because I’m spending most days working now, I feel like that there’s just not too much to write about anymore. Which is unfair because I really do love Kuala Lumpur a lot, so there should be no excuse for not sharing…
February 2016 travel re-cap: change of plans
Where we left off at the end of the last month’s re-cap, I was just starting my solo stint in Malaysia. I had 6 weeks planned by myself: 2 in Kuala Lumpur and 4 in Penang. If you’ve been following along, you’ll already have known that things didn’t exactly pan out this way. I was a little bit nervous to be alone, but it made it better that D was with me in KL for the first two weeks, so…
January 2016 travel re-cap: saying bye to Taiwan and falling for Malaysia
Damn, I really wanted to starting getting these re-caps out on time now (that means the beginning of each month!), but I’m failing already. So let’s jump right into January! The 1st – Jan 15: Taipei As soon as the new year rolled around, I started to get sentimental about leaving Taipei. Time really flies by fast when you’re comfortable in a place. I still had a long list of things I never got around to doing, and I managed…
A Day in the Life : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Happy Travel Tuesday! I’m coming at you from Beijing today… surprise! In case you didn’t catch my last Facebook update, I’ve scrapped the rest of my Malaysia travel plans to fly back to Beijing to be with my family in the wake of my grandfather’s passing and to celebrate Chinese New Year with them! I also happened to find last-minute super cheap tickets (and also, thank you 10-year visa!), so that only further convinced me that Beijing is where I need to be. It…