Off road – Ferns and forest

Published

I have some exciting news! I’ve just completed my first month writing for Global Vision International (GVI). I’m participating in their writing academy which spans four months, covering brand, SEO insight, travel writing and freelance work. GVI is an organisation whose values chime with my own. Their projects centre around sustainable development and they offer…

Skin

As I was reading on the summer lawn, a shadow passed across the pages of my book. I squinted skywards. “Is that real?” “Yes.” My boyfriend’s mother looked at my tattoo and quietly walked away. I felt as though I had let her down. I had my first tattoo when I was seventeen. It was…

WordPress : Pages and Themes

I’ve been on WordPress for five years now, and I was faithful to the Twenty Ten theme until a few weeks ago. I had always found the Pages infuriating- tagging my content or sorting it into Categories didn’t magically sort my posts into the right pages. Instead, I was left to arduously copy my content…

Not Cutting It

I am rebelling. I have not cut my hair in a year. It all started last summer when I visited a Korean hair salon. My hairdresser confessed that his English was limited, but I figured that showing him pictures of caramel highlights would be enough. I was mistaken. I had to go into work looking like…

Reading into my Readers

I was curious about who was visiting my site, so I took a look at my Stats and Insights. There, I found some illuminating facts about you, my dear readers. My top post is about some massages I had back in 2013. Then, for better or for worse, I delved into the Google searches that…

A Wild Idea

Having recently returned from a Borneo trip, I was busy sorting through my footage. My neck still ached from scanning the trees with my head stretched backwards, but the sights were worth it. The light bursting through the canopy as a wild male orangutan spat out some unwanted food, his impressive flanges framing his kind…

Antisocial

Back in January, I locked myself out of Facebook and Instagram. Here’s an honest account of the last four months sans social media following my initial ‘Life Without Likes’ post. It hasn’t all been plain sailing I recently sent my pregnant friend a TED video that gave a fascinating view into what babies learn before they…

Filling in the Gaps

I’ve never been comfortable with silence. I strike up conversations with strangers on long haul planes. I fill blank spaces with empty small talk. I condense my experiences into conversation fodder. I misquote idioms. I overshare with new acquaintances and scare off any possibility of friendship. I say things I don’t agree with, but then…

Pole dancing

This post needs no witty title. The experience of my first pole class was amusing enough. Always willing to try something new, I signed up and somehow managed to persuade one of my teacher friends to come along. I know what you’re thinking – it’s not the first thing you associate with a nursery teacher,…

Yoga Three Ways

I was running late. In flip flops, I clumsily sprinted past the Chinatown stalls and hustled my way through dawdling groups of tourists. Passing the Hindu temple, I paused to allow some worshippers to cross my path as they made their way towards echoey chanting. Sprinting across the road and ignoring the oncoming traffic, I…