Tag: fun
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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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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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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…