My friend Cherie is an awesome, wonderful artist who creates the most distinct illustrations. She’s also a gung-ho motorbiking fanatic and has ridden her trusty bike all the way up from Singapore to Thailand and Myanmar and places I wouldn’t even think about driving to. As an artist and a traveller, she also does the…
When I travel, my preferred luggage of choice is usually a suitcase, something you can wheel around, something with sufficient space for me to toss all my clothes in. I am not the neatest person by nature, backpacks drive me nuts because you have to be pretty organized to keep everything compact and within easy…
I am sad to admit that I read a lot less than I used to these days – with limited free time and competing mediums like the Internet and TV, I just don’t devour books like I used to anymore. I still love walking in Kinokuniya though, and my bookshelf is one of my prized…
Here’s a reminder to look up occasionally! I love these particular photo series of Hong Kong buildings from Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze – it’s such a simple concept, looking up instead of ahead, but he took these pix with such artistry you can’t help staring at them, the colours and shapes are amazing! Here are some of…
This river in Colombia called the Caño Cristales turns multi-coloured when transitioning from the wet to dry seasons in September to November every year. The beautiful colours are caused by the algae in the water that turns red when it blooms. It’s not the easiest spot to get to though – you need to get to…
If you don’t have the chance to travel as often as you’d like, here’s a fun way you can see the world from your armchair! Postcrossing is a site where you exchange postcards with random folk from around the world. If you like receiving snail mail, you will love the surprise of random postcards popping…
The next time you’re on any subway, see if you can spot any hidden animals like Paul Middlewick did – check out his Animals on the Underground series! I love how whimsical and inventive this idea is, and while the Singapore underground line has too few lines to form animals at this point, one might…
Here’s a home grown project that I seriously adore – Democratic Society is a Singaporean outfit that collaborates with various local and Asian designers to produce thoughtful and seriously beautiful souvenirs that you’ll be more than happy to bring home with you. These aren’t the “dime a dozen” sort you get for cheap at the…
I love diving and on my last Manado dive trip, I have been working on improving my underwater photography from ‘what-was-that’ blurriness to generally decent shots with the occasional accidental Wow shot. But I don’t think I could have been as inventive as Jason Isley, co-founder and MD of Scubazoo, who brought various miniature toy…
One of the big news from last week is that Singapore is releasing new coin designs in 2013! It’s apparently been 28 years since we’ve had new coins (the last time we changed them was way back in 1985), and since we revamped our notes back in 1999, it’s probably about time for a new…
