On the Road | 在路上

Category: Asia

  • Agree to Disagree

    Agree to Disagree

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    The National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur is only open to tourists at certain hours, and I waited patiently in the blazing sun for quite a while before donning a purple robe that covered me from head to toe and walking up the cold stone stairs that led to the mosque. It was not at all…

  • This too, will pass.

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    “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” – Earl Nightingale Two weeks in Shanghai. I’ve settled into my new apartment, now fully furnished and decorated with IKEA everything. After 8 months on the road, I finally have a home of my own again. Of course, until the last month, I always…

  • The Sculptor

    The Sculptor

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    We met the sculptor on the streets of Xi’An, right outside the Big Goose Pagoda. He had an old bike, which reminded me of the one my dad used to ride around town with me sitting in front. A simple rack held 20 or so figurines made out of dough, mostly famous leaders and comedians,…

  • I

    I <3 Monkeys

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    Heading home for a couple of weddings and some family time and stuck at the HK airport with a 12 hour layover. Might as well take advantage of the Cathay Pacific lounge access! In 3 hours I already uploaded most of the photos that I couldn’t get to Picasa while behind the Great Wall, and…

  • The Power Of Hello

    The Power Of Hello

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    Day 3 in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. I already fell in love with this place the day arrived, and it hasn’t ceased to amaze me yet. We left early in the morning for the mountains, joining a tour of four to bike through the villages of rural Bali. Our two tour buddies are from my new…

  • Manila Encounters

    Manila Encounters

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    The BF got sent on an unexpected business trip, so I decided to make a last minute stop in Philippines. I made a brief one day stop in Manila before heading to the more touristy islands, and It’s not quite what I expected. The city was big, with sprawling buildings and congested roads like many…

  • A Divine Encounter

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    Photo not by me. I found it here. I had almost forgotten about this encounter if not for a discussion with Bryan re: religion on a bus ride to the Melbourne Airport.  A couple of days earlier we had talked about spirituality during an evening stroll back to our hotel, when Bryan’s friend summarized (somewhat appropriately)…

  • Pause

    Pause

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    It’s slightly amusing to me (and perhaps only me) that this beautiful island that’s probably rarely ever felt a cold front is called Samui, which is means cold in Japanese. I arrived here after my dive trip on the near by Koh Tao island for a flight to Kuala Lumpur, and booked a night at…

  • Into the Blue

    Into the Blue

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    If I had known what I know now, my trip would have been a lot different. But since I was a novice traveler, I was still under the impression that traveling around the world requires planning ahead. So my trip was planned around a few things — meeting up with friends in Vietnam and Cambodia,…

  • A Smile to Remember

    A Smile to Remember

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    If there’s a goal I’m striving towards in life, it would be happiness. Now I’ve had my share of philosophical discussions on the actual realization of this. If I lived a miserable life but experienced euphoria at the end of it, does that fulfill my goal? Or if I lived a lived a comfortable life…