Featured Post
Pancakes and Cigarettes
16 April 2015 3 Comments
While wandering in Kyoto, my sister and I were in desperate need of coffee. We couldn’t understand the signs but we spotted a sign of a coffee cup above a narrow doorway. Inside was a coffee shop that looked like something out of a Murakami novel. Smoke filled the air from the patrons’......
A Year of Daily Walks
This year I keep dreaming about Japan. Because of covid, we canceled a trip a week before take-off almost exactly one year ago, and so my mind keeps returning to my last visit almost six years ago. I remember walking all over Hiroshima; each day I'd leave my hostel and walk for a few...
Read moreTwo Soft Boiled Eggs Drowning in Soy Sauce
My sister, cousin and I recently returned to Singapore to visit relatives. We stayed in Tiong Bahru, and every morning my sister and I would walk the five minutes to the hawker center while my cousin slept in, which was just enough time for our makeup to melt away in the humidity....
Read moreA Coffee Shop in Brooklyn
The first time I went to Burly in Brooklyn, I met my friend for a writing session. I had been in New York for a month and finally no longer needed to spend most of my day applying to jobs. At the time neither of us lived near Burly, but it was equidistant between us. I had come...
Read moreMessy Pasta in Paris
A few years ago my friend and I arrived in Paris, planning to drop our study abroad bags off with someone before taking a train to Barcelona that night to start a three-week backpacking adventure. However, of course things fell through on the first day when the person who was supposed...
Read moreWinter in Review
I moved into a great apartment in Brooklyn (with a laundry machine and stairs!!) and survived winter by reading a lot. I also learned that if a subway car is empty, it is empty for a reason. Can I call myself a New Yorker now?
1st row: curry puffs with Lauren // blizzard in Bed-Stuy...
Read moreRiding the Shinkansen in Japan
culture
,
Japan
,
Kyoto
,
Tokyo
No comments
:
My sister is not the best seat buddie on the Shinkansen. Last year we travelled together in Japan and rode the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto. I envisioned a quiet, reflective time; I would read Murakami while catching glimpses of Mt Fuji from the window. I was able to do this when...
Read moreGong Xi Fa Cai!
Last year in Singapore my sister and I were able to partake in some of the family Chinese New Year traditions. I had two days off from work, and my sister and I attended reunion dinner with our relatives. We received ang pows (red packets enclosed with money) and ate everything....
Read more
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)