I jumped..you?

A huge look of disbelief would appear on people's faces when I told them about my Macau experience. Well, life seems meaningless without having a little bit of adventure – and though jumping off a high building or sky-scraping tower may not be everybody’s idea of fun, it certainly was for me. Inspired by a [...]

The importance of being an aunt

The coolest thing of being an aunt is....you get to be the awesome person your nephews and nieces turn to when they're mad at their parents 🙂 I became an aunt for the first time 13 years ago. I flew back from Edinburgh during the winter of 1999 to introduce myself to Erfan, or "Labu" [...]

A Wedding Tribute

“Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age," says French actress and singer Jeanne Moreau. Being a cynic on marriage, I actually surprised myself (and a lot of people) at how much fun I had at my youngest brother's wedding last year. Yes I did. While I [...]

THAT Epic Raya of 2012

Sure, everyone has their own Hari Raya stories, tales and dramas to tell..but 2012 was an epic one... After 12 years of donning long hair, I FINALLY got the guts to chop it short. Like so short that my 13-year-old nephew claimed that his hair is much longer. It also marked a few radical changes [...]

First time, will always be the special one :p

Being a holiday-freak, I used to save up on every penny and pound that I could while working part-time and studying full-time in Edinburgh. While my friends spent their allowances on buying designer goods and branded electrical gadgets, I would put everything into my holiday piggy bank, and owing to that diligence (or some may [...]