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Singapura!
I realise that I haven’t made a single blog post yet about my shift to Singapore yet. I was dealing with my debilitating caffeine addiction, craving to buy notebooks at ungodly hours of the night,...
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Mooncakes and floating lanterns
A mooncake is a muffin-sized Chinese dessert that is traditionally eaten around this time. The occasion? A traditional Chinese festival called the ‘Mid-Autumn Festival‘, with its roots in moon worship...
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‘Vegetarian-flavour’ pot noodle and yucky durians
The only Oriental food that I am familiar with in Singapore (because of its ubiquitousness around the world) is pot noodle. Vegetarian cuisine is hard to find here, thus I was overjoyed to find...
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Pigging Out
A blog post about the time I ate pig intestines. But first… **** One of the reasons why I was excited about going on study exchange to Singapore, petty as it may seem, was that I wouldn’t have to cook...
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A day out in Pulau Ubin, More Strange Signs (TM), and cautionary tales about...
Given the state of house addressing, using Google Maps to guide oneself around in India ends in tears. Singapore, though, is a well-planned city with a robust public transport system – and here Google...
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An idiot abroad examines his tiny tendrils of guilt
On most days, I’d reserve these thoughts for my private blog. I have been vacillating since New Year’s Eve whether to publish this publicly or not. Maybe you’ll understand why as you read on. This is a...
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Staying connected in Singapore: A guide to phone companies, mobile data...
My last couple of blog posts have been angsty, because when you are twenty you Need To Rebel and Stick It To The Man for It Is The Cool Thing To Do and Eff Them… (See what I meant by being cynical of...
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Chocolate bars in post liberalisation India, and nouveau cirque in Singapore
I remember the first time I went to a circus performance; I was 5-6 years old. ‘Remember’, perhaps, is a strong word as I don’t recollect anything about the circus show except that it was in a tent. I...
View ArticleFarewell, Singapore.
This post has taken me far too long to write and publish. Well, most of it was written on my last day in Singapore – on the rooftop of NTU’s Art Design Media building, as I cradled my netbook on my lap...
View Article“Goodbye JEE”
And most of all, people might start questioning more seriously which college they want to be at. The IITs seem to be becoming more general too. I’ve heard of some introduction of some...
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