I got asked the other day what I ate on my vacation and I had to think about it for a minute. It feels like ages ago now, being a vegetarian and a picky eater, I try not to make too much fuss about the food I eat. Luckily I... [view entry]

A great way to learn about a city is to learn about its people. Every house or building has a story to tell, a story about the people who once lived there and the people who live there now. One of the exciting things about walking in a historical city... [view entry]

So whatever happened to my bento lunches? I don’t take lunch to work anymore these days; I miss that. For several months last year, I meticulously and lovingly packed my own cute scrumptious lunches. It was such fun endeavour, not at all the work I thought it’ll be. I ate... [view entry]

I can’t believe that it’s been a month already since I got back from vacation. I barely just got all my pictures uploaded on to flickr. I got an email about a picture I took of the Aeroflot offices on Piccadilly which got me thinking about airlines from my childhood... [view entry]

I didn’t go to work today, I stayed in bed instead and watched sci-fi movies; Contact, Sphere and The Abyss. I heard the rain this morning as I slept in, I wanted to go walk the seawall later on in the day and take pictures of fall foliage. Somehow I... [view entry]

Westfield London, the largest urban shopping centre in Europe is celebrating its first anniversary this weekend with a series of events and activities. I bet opening a retail centre developed at £1.6bn amidst a recession last year wasn’t lost on the finance-types or the owners. It seems like it’s had... [view entry]

My friend M. found her perfect golden-hued dried maple leaf this morning. She laid it on her desk and smiled with a glint in her eye. There’s just something splendid about life’s little pleasures. Sort of like the little glee in my heart when I found the new Marmite snacks... [view entry]

Our final days in London were a bit of a whirlwind. There still seemed so much to do and yet time was closing in on us. Feeling inspired after the Paris trip, we decided to fit in a little shopping. It was long overdue, I’d been running around for days... [view entry]

I went to see Anish Kapoor’s newest art piece ‘Tall Tree and the Eye’ at the Royal Academy of Arts’ Annenberg courtyard. The sculpture is part of the ongoing Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Royal Academy which ends on December 11th (He’s the first living artist to take over the... [view entry]

My great-aunt Felicia loved traveling. She and my great-uncle were diplomats who traveled the world over for work and leisure. When we were kids, she used to say that every adult, at least once in their life had to visit these two places: Paris & Gbadolite, Zaire (now Democratic Republic... [view entry]