Lavender-colored dream

(Image grabbed from Wikipedia)

Where do I want to be now? In a field of waist high (not possible) lavendar. I don’t care in which part of the world it is, I want to be there.

I want to be among the buzzing bees and intoxicating scent of lavender. I want to pluck bunches of the flower and dunk them in olive oil to make scented oil.

As you can see, I have a fetish for lavender.

I don’t know how that happened but I have the urge to buy every lavender scented product I see. Fortunately, my budget does not allow me to purchase much of the real or artificial lavender products out there.

When BootsnAll posted Day 27’s prompt: Wanderlust “Share a photo or video that just makes you want to GO. RIGHT. NOW“, I thought hard. I couldn’t think of a location or a monument I want to see now.

Then I remembered where I want my dream home to be: next to a field of lavender. So here it is.

The rest of my posts for the project can be found here.

Zero meaningful connection on the road

I am unfortunately a painfully shy person when it comes to strangers. I blame it on being ISFP, a personality trait aptly encapsultaed on this Web page:

[ISFPs] seldom speak with strangers because they’re reserved; that quality can make them seem standoffish and even unapproachable, despite their innately caring personality.

That’s why I never made any long lasting friendships while on the road.

But I did try to be friendlier and create a short lasting companionship with a fellow hosteller while in Luoyang China.

It didn’t work out. Continue reading “Zero meaningful connection on the road” →

It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!

I grew up on the tropical island of Borneo.

Correction, 2 percent of the tropical island of Borneo–right next to Lok-Kawi Beach and where I can see the magnificent Mt Kinabalu even when it’s cloudy.

I guess that’s where my nonchalance for nature comes from. Too much of a good thing makes it boring. I’ve always thought of myself as a city girl. Someone who prefers concrete jungles to rainforests, night lights to the stars (actually stars are really nice).

Since moving to Singapore for my studies and work, I began missing all the nature stuff that I thought I didn’t like. Whenever I go home for vacation, I would stare at the blue South China Sea while my parents drive. Continue reading “It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!” →

Quiz says I’m a Classic Globetrotter

Your traveler type: CLASSIC GLOBETROTTER!

Who says you have to spend your trip unearthing hidden gems or exploring the obscure? You're the type who knows that the iconic sights of the world didn't come to the attention of travelers because they were, well, meh. They got there because they're truly amazing. You want to see what a place is famous for and see the jewel in its crown. You love the wonder of a big, historical showstopper, so here some of the big-ticket travel icons that never go out of fashion.

Take the What's your travel style quiz to find out your type.

How I learned to eat like a rabbit

I hate eating raw vegetables. Maybe it’s because I’ve grown up in a Chinese household where salads are not common.

I dislike the taste of raw leafy greens, eating it makes me feel like a goat. (Others would inject here: At least say a rabbit, not goat!)

It wasn’t until I was in Vietnam where they consumed pails of vegetable that I learned how to eat raw greens (half raw, would be the better term).

At a pho restaurant, a metal pail of fresh greens await you. When you bowl of piping hot beef noodle soup comes, you pluck the leaves off and dunk it into your soup.

I gingerly sniffed the darker greens. It smelled alright. A bit of the unnamed vegetable and I was hooked. Their veg has a slightly herby taste that goes so well with beef soup.

The next time I ate another pho, I eagerly drowned my vegetable in the hot soup and slurped it along with my noodles. Yummy.

But the spell broke once I ended my trip. Back home, all greens uncooked taste yucks.

This post is part of BootssAll’s 30 Days of Indie Travel project. Day 8: Love Learning.

The rest of my posts for the project can be found here.

1st post: why another blog

It’s exams week but I can’t help but create a blog to just blab about my future travel. The username is inspired by Ms Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, only mine doesn’t sound as glam.

I’m going to Japan! Yipee!

Lots of stuff to do before it can become 100% true.

Apply for visa (complete below before visa possible)

Get proof of student
Reserve plane tix
Photocopy bank pass book
Get letter of sponsorship – in progress

See if can map modules

Read all I can about travelling in Japan

Plan for pre-Fukuoka travels:

Tokyo – I love big cities!
Kyoto – I love old cities!
Kobe – I love to eat (beef, in this case)!
And everywhere between Tokyo and Fukuoka!

Ask nicely for people to let me stay at their place

It’s not so bad, after listing all the to-dos out