In my last post, I announced that I’m headed back to Malaysia soon. As my days in Beijing are quickly drawing to an end, I would like to share what they have been like here. It may not sound too exciting, but every single day has been special to me. The alarm on my phone goes off at 9 am sharp. Usually I like to naturally wake, which means I end up sleeping in til late, but in Beijing at my grandma’s,…
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…
A self guided wat hopping bike tour in Sukhothai
Happy Travel Tuesday! This week is themed, with the theme being “a sporty adventure”, so link up any activity/sports/hiking/camping/snorkeling/etc. etc. post you’ve got! I thought hard about of what sporty adventures I’ve partaken in recently, and couldn’t come up with anything. This embarrassingly means I’ve been lazy (and my expanding waistline and thighs can confirm). But then I remembered that I never talked about my bike ride around the ancient wats of Sukhothai! Guess this is as good of a time…
Grandma’s Kitchen: making tang yuan (glutinous rice dumplings)
Chinese New Year is officially over! Monday (February 22) was the 15th day of Chinese New Year, which is also the last day of the holiday. After this, everyone returns to work and there will be no more new years’ bidings and life goes back to normal. Side note: the Chinese really know how to celebrate the New Year with 15 days of festivities. Why isn’t the Western New Year like this?? And what happens on the 15th day of…
Day trip from Taipei: Yehliu Geopark (in photos)
Happy Travel Tuesday! I thought I’d finally start to share some of my Taipei adventures, starting with this day trip to Yehliu Geopark. I hope you enjoy this (mostly photos) virtual tour! And also, next week’s link-up is themed. Find out the theme at bottom of post! I met Khee randomly at the mall on my first day in Taipei. D and I were there getting some phone SIM cards and I got distracted by a display of something sparkly and girly….
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…
Chinese New Year: the first seven days
Happy Travel Tuesday! I’ve been in Beijing for a week already. I don’t think I’ve been this cold for a lonnnng time! I’ve borrowed a coat from my mom’s friend, a sweater from my mom, and wool pants from somewhere, and I’ve literally been wearing these same few pieces of clothes every single day (which you’ll see in the pictures below). But nevermind the weather, I’m loving being back at my birth city with my favorite people. :) And Chinese…
[Beijing] A Chinese New Year feast
This is the first time I’ve ever been in Beijing during Chinese New Year! (Except for when I lived here as a little girl, that is.) During the week of Chinese New Year, the city empties as the transplants all return to their hometowns, the usual horrendous traffic disappears, and for these few days, Beijing belongs only to the local Beijingers. Truthfully, I never really realized what a huge deal CNY is. Growing up in America, this holiday is not recognized…
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