Touch my Toes

This is my kitchen. My new IKEA chopping block and knife. That’s me, standing on a wobbly stool that the tenant left behind. The door of my front-load washing machine left ajar with fresh dirty laundry in the queue. This could have been a better picture if I had paid more [...]

X: Goodbye, Europe

Realised I left out a lot of information about my Europe trip after going through the digital footprints on my laptop. Particularly fish and chips from North Sea Fish near Passfield Hall, with vinegar instead of mayonnaise. My last couple of days in Europe were spent getting wasted every night with [...]

burabura has moved

to http://burabura.me!
I am moving to China this Sunday and since WordPress is banned over there (read: the Great Firewall of China), I’m transferring burabura to my own web hosting. A little ironic that a has-been web designer is now using off-the-rack blogging solutions, free themes and free hosting when she’s perfectly capable of scripting and [...]

Alone in Europe – Prologue

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, [...]

Post CELTA Thoughts

You’d say it’s home sweet home for me right now but I’d rather be somewhere else in the world living without the comforts of a 24/7 mother, caring and concerned father and sister, and friends who miss me. Not sure if selfish is the appropriate adjective for me but there’s so much I want to [...]

A Letter to Family

Dear Michi,
All is well over here, please let Pa and Mummy know and tell them not to worry.
Golden Sweat has been very accommodating with my nonsense and makes sure I get to school on time every day. He is very smart and helps me a lot, especially on grammar and phonetics. When I get too [...]

Dempsey

JH brought me to Dempsey for some Ben & Jerry’s (love cookie dough). I’ve never been to Dempsey mainly because it’s so inconveniently located (without a car) and because my friends don’t hang out there. Only one out of four photos I took that night turned out nice, I guess 25% isn’t too bad a [...]

Hot Shots

Came across this book when Suya lent it to Kenji when we were in Bangkok and I went to borrow a copy from the National Library (I seem to be the only non-student I know who borrows from NLB regularly). I absolutely adore this book and I’m so gonna get a copy for my personal library. Makes [...]

I want a Weekend Bag

I like the title for this article: Have Weekend Bag, Will Travel. I was looking for a weekend bag and came across this really cute Doctor’s Bag by MowLift.
My colleague likes my Burberry’s gift with purchase weekender but it’s very, very worn. I like his agnès b or maybe something similar to Porter. No LeSportsac [...]

TSA recognized

Went to the gym on Saturday only to realize I forgot my water bottle and padlock (for the locker)! Goes to show how long I haven’t hit the gym to actually forget them. So I went to Outdoor Life, conveniently located below the gym at Novena Velocity and got this TSA recognized, magenta padlock.
TSA screens [...]