Sorting the ephemeras I collected during my first backpacking trip in December last year. I’m still not a firm believer of ‘everything happens for a reason’ but as luck would have it, I won a ticket to Paris at a CozyCot Holy Grail Private Party. (Thank you, CozyCot.)

A single return ticket to Paris via KLM, which may I add, is the best airline I’ve travelled with yet. Almost a year on, I have now exhausted my savings after visiting a couple more countries in Asia since Europe and got a CELTA last month. Let me attempt to record what I experienced last winter before I leave to teach in China and start a new chapter.