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Goa, India
I am back at this place again. This camp-style table in a little gazebo in Gillman Barracks somehow keeps calling me. Any time I feel exhausted and need a quite moment I think of here. Any time the onslaught of thoughts catches me at the strangest moments in my life, I think of wanting to come here…
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A new experience in modern Singapore
I added a new work experience to my resume yesterday: Helped to build a community garden in Singapore. What a unique opportunity to learn how building a garden on a rooftop is planned and executed. And what a unique opportunity to think about urban gardens and transformation of cities to blend built environments and nature…
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Easter in Singapore
3-day weekend. Started with no plans. Ended up cycling a lot, swimming in the sea, celebrating a friend’s birthday, doing some good, trying a watermelon steak, eating a bit of durian, watching many random people pass by, dreaming of buying a car, trying to see familiar shapes in clouds or the spaces between clouds. drinking…
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Connecting with art is changing how I see the world
2 short verses by an aspiring poet – inspired by this ink painting In prose….. 26 little fish on a plain, brown sheet of paper. Their imaginary pond only slightly larger than a dinner plate. Yet they seem so lively, so happy and on an infinite journey not bound by physical limitations. How is it…
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A visit to Akshaya Patra
Sometimes our dreams are somehow destined to become reality. About 5 years ago, I was sitting on my couch surfing the impressive list of TV channels available to us here in Singapore. I came across a show on National Geographic, called Mega Kitchens. This title piqued my interest. I like cooking, I am used to working…
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The World, India, me
India. I am back in this inspiring place. Somehow my trip was different this time. Visited four cities in five days. Had more meetings and work conversations than I can correctly recount. But the warm smile and bow with a loud “namaste” welcome by every security guard at my hotels, the warm and almost calming…
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A fun taxi ride
I rode to town with a super-cool taxi driver uncle yesterday. A Rubik-cube Zen Master! As soon as I got in the car, I saw he had some kind of puzzle on the middle console. I asked him what it was and he told me it was an advanced Rubik-cube which he has been trying to put…
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My experience as an art exhibition host
It’s been less than 24 hours and I am already back here. Gillman Barracks, Singapore. Surrounded by a feeling of a time long gone, for the spirits from our past, taken over by a sense of nostalgia and the aura of contemporary creativity, I was drawn back here to write my reflections of my experience of being…
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Travel diary: Beyond Limits on Ice 4: Trek across frozen Lake Khuvsgul in Mongolia – Part 4
February 2023 My travel diary – Part 4: Closing thoughts 1. On my interactions with fellow expeditioners Finally I found some quiet time to sit down and write this next chapter of my diary. I am in a Starbucks on the West side of Singapore, as I watch people pass by, I realize that I have come to…
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Travel diary: Beyond Limits on Ice 4: Trek across frozen Lake Khuvsgul in Mongolia – Part 3
February 2023 My travel diary – Part 3 1. On food and being vegan I spoke about food in the previous chapter, but I would be remiss not to spend a few words on being vegan in Mongolia and specifically on this trip. From the initial trip briefing onwards I have had a number of conversations with…
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