When my sister came to visit me in Malaysia back in June, I wanted to plan something special that will make her visit memorable. Like I’ve said before, photos are the best souvenirs, so I asked a local photographer in Kuala Lumpur (meet James in this post!) to take some shots of us. I had also planned on leaving Malaysia shortly after my sister’s visit. KL has been a very special place to me for the past year. I had…
June 2017 travel re-cap: sister visit to Malaysia!
June was one of the most fun months! The month kicked off with the arrival of my sister from The States. She’s been talking about coming out to visit me for forever, and I’m so glad it finally happened! With her limited 2 weeks of vacation time, I was determined to make it a great one. I planned a 2-week itinerary to hit up the best of Malaysia: from the exciting capital of KL to the foodie town of Penang…
[Kuala Lumpur] I finally eat durian for the first time
I’m not in too much of a blogging mood lately because I’ve been obsessed with working on some DIY clothing projects in my spare time. But I thought I’d quickly share this all-you-can-eat durian thing in case there are any readers in KL who really love durian. I’m leaving Malaysia in less than a week. After over a year of being here, I’m happy to say that I’ve done mostly everything I wanted to. I’ve checked off most of my Malaysian…
Goodbye Kuala Lumpur. Hello… ?
I had drafted this a while ago and debated whether to post it or not. It feels too private. But as my tag line is “an honest look at life on the road”, I don’t want to leave out significant developments in my journey. This is the story about why I’m leaving KL after a year of calling it home. When you’re living in a city you’re not from, the #1 question you get is: “What are you doing here?” Sometimes…
Three years of travel (in photos!) + a giveaway
Usually I don’t publish posts over the weekend, but today is a special date and I will not break the tradition of an April 1 post every year. Today is exactly 3 years since I first boarded a flight out of the US to seek adventures and make dreams come true. This 3rd year of travel has been a roller coaster. Though technically, it has been less travel and more staying in one place. The first year was all about exploring as…
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…
A new decade: on being my own hero
At age 30, one receives strength. – Talmud Today, I woke up in my childhood bedroom in my grandma’s house, which I’ve gotta say is not where I have ever imagined waking up on my 30th birthday. Honestly, I don’t feel much different from being still 29 yesterday, but now I’m officially a 30-something (oh gosh, I hate the sound of that!), which means that I’m expected to have it “together” now. I feel like at the age of 30 is…