Born to Travel.
This is what you have to do in Hoi An, Vietnam — getting the tailor made clothes. There are more than 400 tailor shops around the town for everything: dress, skirts, shirts, bikinis, shoes, accessories and even jewelries. You can custom made whatever you want. I decided to explore the tailor made dress experience. [...] Read more »
“Ahahahahahahaha-“ The immigration officer couldn’t stop laughing for five minutes whilst my eyes were full of tears. “I’m serious!” I claimed. “Don’t worry! Vietnamese are very friendly!” She said. “To Koreans?” I asked. “No, to everyone! Don’t worry! You’ll be fine!” She answered. “So, I won’t go [...] Read more »
Dakgalbi 닭갈비 – means grilled chicken, literately. I posted a photo of Dakgalbi dinner from Korea a while ago, and Jenny mentioned that this was her favourite dish in Korea. We briefly talked about making it when I’m traveling to Vietnam. Few month later, here I am staying in Hanoi, Vietnam. We decided [...] Read more »
Wake up in the morning without a noisy alarm clock. One of the best changes from my previous routine. I love it. Make some tea. Preferably strong one; Pu’er green/ dark or black tea. Check my email from Gmail, and also I have an email application from Mac, which contains 5 [...] Read more »
For me, the name Yangtze River is quite familiar. It was always mentioned in the textbook through out the school years; the longest river in Asia, the third longest river in the world and it was an important area for human life in Asia. Other than that, I didn’t know much about it, [...] Read more »
People are rude to me. To their point of view, I’m rude to them. 90% of my conversation to Chinese locals goes the same. And it always ends with a hateful look from the people. Always. If they are randomly talking beside of me, I couldn’t notice because I don’t understand the [...] Read more »
“The natural world doesn’t come with an instruction leaflet, so it teaches you to use your creative imagination.” It pretty much sums up what I think about travel. This is a part of the news article from BBC how nature deficit is harming children. Throughout many interviews I did with fellow [...] Read more »
“Whoooaaa-“ The very first reaction we got from the students as soon as we walked in the door with Tom, who is my friend and an ESL teacher at Southwest University of Finance and Economy in Chengdu. Tom has been teaching English to university students for six months. While I was staying [...] Read more »
Woody Allen’s film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is a story about Vicky and Cristina in Barcelona. “Vicky and Cristina decided to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky was completing her master’s in Catalan Identity, which she had become interested in through her great affection for the architecture of Gaudí. Cristina, who [...] Read more »
To this day, Dali is my favourite city in China. For two months, I’ve been traveling in Guangxi Province, Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, and there were not many so places that I could see myself living, but Dali was one of them. Dali used to be a backpackers’’ THE hangout place, but [...] Read more »