The Big Picture

Having started getting into photography just a month ago, I decided to enter a recent picture I took in Germany into the Telegraph's The Big Picture photo competition. Much to my surprise, I won this week's competition!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/the-big-picture/the-big-picture-photography-competition-round-404/

view from a balcony of Neuschwanstein Castle of the Schwangau village

Seoul

Spent a short but awesome weekend in Seoul eating and doing touristy things. Sometimes a simple food-filled getaway is all you need!

20 Facts About Me

                                 

Thanks to my friend I had to do a 20 facts instagram post, so why not blog it too.

(Btw this photo was taken when I was biking  yesterday)

Okie here goes:
1. I once almost swallowed a bee, it was in my can of ginger ale and naturally I only realised when I spat it out. 
2. I own more than 100 pairs of earrings. It's the best present I could ever receive, earrings. 
3. I intend to join my uni's Quidditch team. 
4. I wouldn't mind being a Slytherin. 
5. I've never lived in my hometown, KL. 
6. I was in the newspapers when I was 6 for an advertisement, I used the money from the photoshoot to buy a Casio watch that I still use.⌚
7. I have in my possession a fake cockroach, itching powder and stink bombs. It would be wise to not be my enemy. 
8. I'm better at cooking Western food than Asian food.
9. I have a vampirish body clock. 
10. Which is why I rarely voluntarily open my curtains. 
11. So it's not unusual for me to go running near midnight when there's no sun. 
12. I have K-Pop, J-Pop, French, Mandarin and Spanish songs in my phone besides English ones.
13. I love Snoopy. 
14. I still love Pokémon for that matter. 
15. I can tell a zucchini from a cucumber.
16. I bring mints and gum to exams, once I brought 4 flavors of gum and 3 types of mint in a plastic bag and earned a bewildered look from the supervisor. Needless to say, it was a math exam that required so much ammo. 
17. I actually got away with eating lollipops in my IB mocks.
18. My close friends know me for my sarcasm. 
19. I laugh at all bad puns and jokes. ALL. I appreciate bad humour to the max so more often than not my friends are face-palming at ME, not the bad pun. 
20. I have recurring dreams of flying. I was totally born to play Quidditch. 

Drive-and-sing

went for a drive with mum and sang along to everything from Sarah Brightman opera to Disney to K-pop. #mymumisawesome 

Every cloud has a silver lining

Do you like flying? :) 

Hello London

First evening in London during our UK summer '13 trip.

University of Nottingham

The university is b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. Hands down.

Oxford

Pelabuhan Ratu

A flower I found on a beach trek during my Silver International Award* expedition to Pelabuhan Ratu, just thought it looked cool. :P

*The International Award is basically like the Duke of Edinburgh Award. It involves 4 elements:

• Physical (Sport activity)
• Skill (Musical instruments, cooking, art etc.)
• Service (Community Service)
• Expedition!

Bandung Tea Plantation

Just a short escape from the city during mid-terms. :)

Camp Caldera

December 2011 - A 3 day-2 night Camping Residential to Caldera for my Silver IA.

IA = International Award -- Our Duke of Edinburgh Award equivalent. :)

Rubber trees!

The Land Down Under

Summer '12: ten days in a camper-van driving around Western Australia, it may have been my summer holidays but it was winter there - a nice change actually, from the mercilessly hot city of Jakarta!

First time in a camper-van, but thoroughly enjoyed the experience in the Land Down Under. :)

Norway, Summer '11

throwback to Norway, 2 summers ago, a beautiful place I'm unlikely to forget :)