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A popular proverb says "Have and do what you love, or at least love what you do and have". Although a fair supporter of the idea of pursuing one's dreams, there is something just as necessary, fulfilling, and yet easier to achieve: it's the "love what you have" part. Because we grew up in the 20th century, we just take for granted what surrounds us nowadays. Same goes for our ...

If you're around South-East Asia, you like nature, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, challenge, and you're in good physical condition, then I do recommend that you go for climbing the 4000+ meters of Mt Kinabalu. Here is some very valuable advice from someone who's done it in the worst possible conditions and learned from it for next time. The ascent is done in 2 steps. You register the first morning ...

Yeah, I know you are all tired of me writing about how much I had fun, but guess where I am back from? I recently came back from Northern Thailand, more precisely Chiang Mai. After a quick transition in Bangkok (Tuesday), mainly to check out the (morning) floating market about 2 hours south of Bangkok by (slow) bus, we headed to Chiang Mai on a night train from Bangkok. Count ...

Many foreigners coming to live in Singapore sooner or later complain about Singapour being a boring island with nothing to do in it. No wonder the multiplicity of Singapore's cultural events is a funny joke for a Parisian or a New Yorker. Yet there is a few non-cultural activities one can do on evenings or week ends that will just spice up the daily routine. Among them, water sports ...

Thailand The first marking experience you have in Thailand is definitely the people. "Thailand" literally means the country of a thousand smiles and that you will agree of when you land there. Prices are fairly cheap for food, accommodation and goods, from 2 to 4 times cheaper than in Singapore, which is already roughly from 1 to 2 times cheaper than France. It will be a good deal though only ...

Capoeira is the essence of fitness and balance. It's all about a fine harmony of flexibility, strength, control, speed, rhythm, playfulness and community sharing. Look at these beautiful videos. One the most aesthetic video I found so far: Another one in the same fashion: And an excellent extract of a movie featuring almighty Muay Thai expert Tony Jaa in a fight with almigthy gymnast and Capoeirista Lateef Crowder: All apologies to the ladies, ...

Try Anjappar ! Anjappar is a restaurant chain that sells Chettinaad dishes. Chettinaad is a region of southern India very renowned for their local cuisine. They have a stall at NUS (Prince George Park Residence), it was delicious. I rarely asked to shake the cook's hand but this time I did because great food deserves great appreciation. It was one of those dishes that just make you crazy at every ...

According to Abraham Maslow, human needs are to be sorted by priority into 5 levels, thus forming a pyramid. First, Maslow's official pyramid, followed by...a version adapted for Singapore :) And...

Unbelievable but true, this is indeed a post about...yep: Toilets :) The city of Paris faces a huge lack in the number of those public facilities. Anyone who has been to Paris knows that and it's one of the very few reasons why I hate Paris at times. Not only there is not enough but they are often barely clean, they charge, and they are closed at night. So ...

Although buying and reading books may not be listed in the favourite hobbies in Singapore (although shopping for books could be), you may need, at some point of time, to purchase a book. Forget about Amazon, there is no Amazon Singapore, besides so far I found no Amazon website that accepts to do international shipping to Singapore. If you're a student, or know people from a university, you may want ...